PR gives two days ultimatum to Zambryto dissolve Perak SA

KUALA LUMPUR : Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming said today Perak state assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar will call for special assembly meeting if Barisan Nasional (BN) Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir refuses to call for the dissolution of the state assembly within two days.

Datuk Dr Zambry AbdulKadir At a press conference in the parliament lobby today, Nga said Sivakumar had written to Perak Sultan, Sultan Azlan Shah last week requesting His Royal Highness' consent to convent a special assembly meeting.

"According to an opinion poll of Perakians, more than 80% of the voters wish for the assembly to be dissolved to pave way for a fresh elections.

"I urge Zambry to respect democratic system and call for the dissolution of the assembly as this is the only way to end the constitutional crisis in the state," he said.

Nga, who was an executive councillor of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government before the state government fell to the BN, said if Zambry has fails to do so, the PR would move a motion to stop the BN government which is deemed illegal, from using the state money.

"We feel sad for such development because if the state fund cannot be used, the administration of the state government will be affected, so the only (to prevent this) is to call for a fresh election," he added.

Nga also criticised the announcement by Zambry that his legal team was seeking advice from a Queen’s Counsel, on the state crisis.

He descrined Zambry's act to seek opinion from former colonial master – the United Kingdom which ruled the state from 1874 to 1957, as being akin to "a baby crying for his mother although the baby is now almost 52 years old".

Sivakumar"It also shows that Perak Umno does not truly understand that Malaysian constitutional law should be interpreted by Malaysians.

"It does not understand that Malaysia is an independent country and that the best solution is here within the country .... and it is in the ballot box, said Nga who quoted then Raja Azlan Shah (Sultan Azlan Shah now) as saying: ‘Those who find fault with the wisdom of the Act… normally must address themselves to the legislature… they have their remedy at the ballot box."

Nga said the PR government under MB Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin is confident that there are enough Commonwealth and local case laws which will vindicate the action of the PR to protect and defend the rights of Perakians under the doctrine of constitutional supremacy.
"It is shameful to go back to Ye olde England for help when the answer is at our doorstep," he said.

On Sunday, Mohd Nizar had announced that the PR is planning to move a motion of no confidence against the BN government and a motion to dissolve the assembly in the coming assembly meeting. (TheSun)