Any attempt to stop the legislature from sitting tomorrow as planned would be viewed as contempt and the penalty included jail terms

State Secretary’s office issues circular that main entrance to Secretariat will be closed on Tuesday.

·Perak CPO warns members of the public not to gather outside the state Secretariat building.

·MB Nizar says they would have emergency sitting at coffeeshop or canteen if the doors to the Dewan were barred.

·Perak thief Mohd Zahir serves notice of misconduct against Speaker V. Sivakumar.

·The thief, Zambry files court case to declare his suspension as unconstitutional.

Umno’s misuse of its might as it instigates the federal apparatus into carrying out its political will - regardless of the law - will cast the entire nation, not just Perak, into further disrepute. Pakatan Rakyat leaders slammed the move as an underhanded tactic, accusing Umno of forcibly removing the keys from the assembly secretary and of bringing ridicule to the state of Perak.

Pakatan Menteri Besar Nizar Jamaluddin warned that any attempt to stop the legislature from sitting tomorrow as planned would be viewed as contempt and the penalty included jail terms.

“The sitting will be held no matter what happens because this is our promise to the people of Perak to bring about the democratic process and return to them the mandate that is rightfully theirs …“The House operates independently from the state secretariat. I appeal to the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to advise (the thief) Zambry to seek the dissolution of the state assembly and prevent the impasse from continuing.

Might of the pen
02/03/09

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