The Barisan Nasional (BN) government has probably scored another first in the world.
It has sent its police force to enter a state legislative assembly hall to physically haul the sitting speaker out of the assembly hall and escort another speaker of its choice to take over the empty seat during a melee.
Through this act, BN claimed that it has successfully ousted the Pakatan Rakyat speaker S. Sivakumar.
We have seen scuffles between opposing legislators in legislative assemblies in other parts of the world, notably in Taiwan and South Korea. And we have also seen sergeants-at-arms getting physical in such situations.
But I don't believe there is a precedent anywhere that the police force enters a legislature to take control of events – least of all, physically evicting an incumbent speaker and physically installing a new speaker from the opposing camp, like what happened in the Perak state assembly on May 7.
SAPP
10/05/09
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