IPOH: Opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat will lodge a report with the anti-corruption agency against Perak's new Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.
Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming said PR would lodge the report today, but he did not explain the reason for the move.
This came just hours after the opposition coalition announced it would file a legal suit to challenge the legitimacy of Zambry as Perak's new menteri besar.
Nga had said the coalition would file the suit in Kuala Lumpur as it was worried about the impartiality of High Court judges in Ipoh. “All the documents related to the suit are ready,” he added.
PR has refused to acknowledge Zambry as the menteri besar, and it proclaimed that it was still the government of the day.
Former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin and his state executive councillors continued reporting for work until they were barred from entering the state secretariat building on Tuesday. They instead turned the MB’s official residence, currently occupied by Nizar, into their office to “run state matters and meet investors”.
Nga said the Perak Constitution states that Nizar is still the legitimate MB unless there is a vote of no-confidence in the state assembly against him, The Star reported. He argued that any government formed without the approval of the assembly is illegal.
State Ruler Sultan Azlan Shah appointed Zambry as the new MB after Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak informed him that the Barisan Nasional had gained enough support to form a new government. This was after three opposition lawmakers quit their parties and supported BN, giving it the necessary three seats to form the government.
But PR had wanted the Ruler to dissolve the state assembly and call for by-elections. It believes that is the only democratic way to form the government. Nizar had earlier said he would resign if there was a vote of no-confidence.
He also refused to move out from the official residence. But in an exclusive interview with online portal The Malaysian Insider yesterday, Nizar said he would move out of the house “in dignity” at the “golden moment” if he is given a notice to leave.
He explained that he did not receive any notice to leave except a phone call. “I have my own dignity. I am not going to be like a stupid, mad boy staying forever until I am officially evicted.”
The Straits Times
12/02/09
Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming said PR would lodge the report today, but he did not explain the reason for the move.
This came just hours after the opposition coalition announced it would file a legal suit to challenge the legitimacy of Zambry as Perak's new menteri besar.
Nga had said the coalition would file the suit in Kuala Lumpur as it was worried about the impartiality of High Court judges in Ipoh. “All the documents related to the suit are ready,” he added.
PR has refused to acknowledge Zambry as the menteri besar, and it proclaimed that it was still the government of the day.
Former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin and his state executive councillors continued reporting for work until they were barred from entering the state secretariat building on Tuesday. They instead turned the MB’s official residence, currently occupied by Nizar, into their office to “run state matters and meet investors”.
Nga said the Perak Constitution states that Nizar is still the legitimate MB unless there is a vote of no-confidence in the state assembly against him, The Star reported. He argued that any government formed without the approval of the assembly is illegal.
State Ruler Sultan Azlan Shah appointed Zambry as the new MB after Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak informed him that the Barisan Nasional had gained enough support to form a new government. This was after three opposition lawmakers quit their parties and supported BN, giving it the necessary three seats to form the government.
But PR had wanted the Ruler to dissolve the state assembly and call for by-elections. It believes that is the only democratic way to form the government. Nizar had earlier said he would resign if there was a vote of no-confidence.
He also refused to move out from the official residence. But in an exclusive interview with online portal The Malaysian Insider yesterday, Nizar said he would move out of the house “in dignity” at the “golden moment” if he is given a notice to leave.
He explained that he did not receive any notice to leave except a phone call. “I have my own dignity. I am not going to be like a stupid, mad boy staying forever until I am officially evicted.”
The Straits Times
12/02/09
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