Pakatan Rakyat's ousted menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin has urged Barisan Nasional's Zambry Abd Kadir and six executive councillors to vacate their posts with immediate effect.
This is following the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision to declare Mohammad Nizar as the rightful menteri besar.
The Pakatan leader is currently on his way to seek an audience with Perak ruler Sultan Azlan Shah in Ipoh.
Mohammad Nizar must get the sultan's consent to dissolve the state assembly in order to hold a fresh elections.
However the sultan is believed to be away from the country.
Mohammad Nizar is expected to seek an audience with the Regent of Perak tomorrow morning.
Later in a statement, Mohammad Nizar said the judgment meant the law and constitution were the true winners.
Calling judge Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim a brave and courageous person, Mohammad Nizar said everyone would benefit by the judgment "because an independent judiciary is absolutely essential for the well-being of any country and its people".
He also said that all previous decisions made by Zambry and his exco members were "subject to review but not invalidated until further notice except for the calling of the May 7 sitting".
Suspend the state legal advisor
He further urged the state illegal advisor Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid is suspended with immediate effect.
He said an exco meeting will be held the soonest possible.
"(And) we reiterate that the house should be dissolved as per the resolution as per the assembly under the tree on March 3," he said.
In an immediate reaction, opposition stalwart Lim Kit Siang commended the ruling.
"This is a great judgment. This is the first time the court has restored public confidence in the judiciary," he said.
However, BN could still have the upper hand with regards to the state assembly, especially with its strength in numbers.
Along with its appointed speaker R Ganesan, the BN bloc can call for an emergency assembly sitting where a motion of no-confidence can be moved against Mohammad Nizar.
With its '28 + 3' assemblypersons as opposed to Pakatan's 28, BN should have no problem in pushing the motion through.
Malaysiakini
11/05/09
This is following the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision to declare Mohammad Nizar as the rightful menteri besar.
The Pakatan leader is currently on his way to seek an audience with Perak ruler Sultan Azlan Shah in Ipoh.
Mohammad Nizar must get the sultan's consent to dissolve the state assembly in order to hold a fresh elections.
However the sultan is believed to be away from the country.
Mohammad Nizar is expected to seek an audience with the Regent of Perak tomorrow morning.
Later in a statement, Mohammad Nizar said the judgment meant the law and constitution were the true winners.
Calling judge Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim a brave and courageous person, Mohammad Nizar said everyone would benefit by the judgment "because an independent judiciary is absolutely essential for the well-being of any country and its people".
He also said that all previous decisions made by Zambry and his exco members were "subject to review but not invalidated until further notice except for the calling of the May 7 sitting".
Suspend the state legal advisor
He further urged the state illegal advisor Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid is suspended with immediate effect.
He said an exco meeting will be held the soonest possible.
"(And) we reiterate that the house should be dissolved as per the resolution as per the assembly under the tree on March 3," he said.
In an immediate reaction, opposition stalwart Lim Kit Siang commended the ruling.
"This is a great judgment. This is the first time the court has restored public confidence in the judiciary," he said.
However, BN could still have the upper hand with regards to the state assembly, especially with its strength in numbers.
Along with its appointed speaker R Ganesan, the BN bloc can call for an emergency assembly sitting where a motion of no-confidence can be moved against Mohammad Nizar.
With its '28 + 3' assemblypersons as opposed to Pakatan's 28, BN should have no problem in pushing the motion through.
Malaysiakini
11/05/09
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