Perak State Legislative Assembly To Dissolve Today?

My reading is The Regent of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah will agree this morning at 9am when he meets the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak Dato’ Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin for the dissolution of the Perak state legislative assembly and to pave the way for a fresh state election. This will be the most honorable [...]

May 7: A Desperate Day For A Desperate Government

Our Media will not publish these pictures. Mark my word! Hear Najib Tun Razak’s boys have instructed all newspapers not to publish pictures of Perak Speaker V Sivakumar violently dragged out of the Perak State Assembly. See more here which is compliments from Malaysiakini. Also see more banned footage’s of Speaker Sivakumar humiliated and dragged [...]

Mahathir Says Barisan Nasional Acted Too Hastily in Perak As The Sultan Has No Power To Remove MB

This is reported today by The Edge Barisan Nasional (BN) acted too hastily in Perak and monarchs cannot remove elected heads of government. On the eve of the continuance of Perak’s constitutional crisis, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said: “Under the Federal Constitution, as far as I know, very clearly states that the [...]

Nothing Is Lost As V Sivakumar Is Still Speaker

I believe by this Federal court decision the court has set a precedent as it can now review whatever the Speaker says or do even though the Speaker’s power is paramount. Anyway, the decision of the courts must be respected, but, has anything changed in the Perak State Assembly from this Federal court decision? No, [...]

Rebellion in Terengganu

In a bid to oust the Menteri Besar of Terengganu Ahmad Said, 10 BN backbenchers boycotted the second day of the assembly sitting by not turning up at Terengganu state assembly sitting today. Yesterday,  rumour was buzzing and spread like wildfire through SMSs’  and all over the internet saying that there was going to be [...]

Former Court of Appeal Judge N. H. Chan’s Legal Commentary On The Constitutional Crisis In Perak

We are pleased to share with CPI readers the full text by Judge N. H. Chan of his legal commentary on the constitutional tussle.  We thank him for sharing it with us and our readers. Dr. Lim Teck Ghee, Centre of Policy Initiatives Full text by Judge N.H. Chan