He is expected to seek royal consent from the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah, to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly to pave the way for fresh state elections.
His aide Amran Harun, delivered a formal letter informing the palace of Nizar’s wish for an audience with the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, to seek his royal consent to dissolve the Assembly. The letter was delivered at 8:20am.
Pakatan Rakyat state executive councillors had started gathering at the so-called “democracy tree” where the March 3 “under the tree” Assembly sitting took place as early as 7:30am.
As soon as Nizar arrived, the group moved towards the state secretariat building where they were temporarily denied entry by police who said they were acting under the instructions of State Secretary Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim.
There was a heavy police presence at the building, with some of them in riot gear.
Nizar, who was declared the rightful mentri besar by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday, had actually suspended Abdul Rahman, although the letter of suspension had not been served yet.
The Pakatan group was finally allowed in after a few minutes. Also accompanying them were Ipoh Barat Member of Parliament M. Kulasegaran and V. Sivakumar, who was ousted as Speaker in the May 7 State Assembly sitting whose validity is now under question.
Suspension letters were served to both Abdul Rahman and State Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid at about 8:15am.
On Monday, High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim had granted a declaratory relief to Nizar that he is still and was mentri besar at all material times.
The court, which issued a declaratory relief that Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir had no right to occupy the office of Perak Mentri Besar, also ordered him to show cause and give information under what policy, power or authority he allegedly held office and exercised the responsibilities, functions and duties as mentri besar. (thestar)
Meanwhile, MIC politician R Ganesan has been reported as saying the Umno-BN would hold an emergency sitting of the state assembly to legally vote out Nizar.
As Ganesan is not an elected representative, perhaps it is understandable that he did not grasp the significance of Monday’s ruling, which invalidates the existence of the Zambry Kadir administration right from day one.
However, Nizar has said he will not automatically revoke all decisions entered into by Zambry ,but these will have to be subjected to review. The exception will be the controversial May 7 sitting, during Ganesan was illegally voted in as Umno-BN’s Speaker of the assembly.
“As far as we are concerned, they have no right to call for an assembly. How can they call for a sitting when they don’t have the legitimacy to do so?” he had said to reporters at a meeting conducted in the wee hours of this morning.
Should the Pakatan agree to a sitting, they would control the 59-seat assembly by 28 to Umno-BN’s 21 as 10 lawmakers, including Zambry, are still in suspension for between 12 to 18 months after breaching House rules.
Despite the advantage, Pakatan has promised to dissolve the assembly and call for the fresh election that Perak folk have clamoured for.
State secretary Abdul Rahman Hashim and state legal advisor Ahmad Kamal Shahid were also suspended by Nizar for gross unprofessional conduct. The pair - along with Jelapang assemblywoman Hee Yit Foong, Changkat Jering’s Mohd Osman Jailu and Behrang’s Jamaluddin Radzi - incurred national notoriety for their treacherous behaviour. (tmi)
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