Emergency Meeting Of The Perak Assembly

Perak Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar invokes Standing Order 8 and 11 to call for an emergency state assembly on Mar 3 to vote on two motions related to the constitutional crisis in Perak.

The motions are on the vote of confidence on Pakatan Rakyat's ousted menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as well as the no confidence motion on Barisan Nasional’s menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir.

He has instructed that notices be sent to all state representatives to attend except suspended Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Kadir and his six executive councillors and the three Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen who quit their party to become Barisan Nasional friendly Independents.

Press Statement

Emergency Meeting of The State Legislative Assembly of Perak D.R.

on 3^rd March 2009

On 06.02.2009 I have written to HRH Sultan Azlan Shah, seeking HRH agreement to convene a meeting of the State Legislative Assembly the soonest it may be convened for the Assembly to determine and resolve who amongst the members of the State Legislative Assembly of Perak commands the confidence of the majority of members and qualifies to be appointed as the Menteri Besar of Perak.

In the said letter I have also requested HRH for the occasion of the swearing in of YB Dato Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir as the new Menteri Besar of Perak be adjourned to a date after the said meeting of the State Legislative Assembly of Perak.

It is now common knowledge that the events on the 06.02.2009 had overtaken the contents and relevance of my letter dated 06.02.2009 to HRH Sultan Azlan Shah.

I am now in receipt of two Notices of Motion dated 24.02.2009, which are proposed to be moved in the State Legislative Assembly of Perak with such requests that the need under Standing Order 27(3) of Standing Orders of the State Legislative Assembly of Perak (SOSLAP) be dispensed with.

As the State Legislative Assembly of Perak now remains in it’s 1^st session after being constituted and having considered the dispensation of Standing Order 27(3) SOSLAP with powers of such dispensation provided for under Standing Order 8 SOSLAP in matters of emergency, I wish to inform that the State Legislative Assembly of Perak will convene an emergency meeting on the 3^rd day of March 2009.

Dated 27.02.2009

YB V. Sivakumar

Speaker

State Legislative Assembly of Perak D.R.