Perak Pakatan leaders question Ganesan’s legitimacy – Photo by Kinta Kid
Perak Pakatan leaders have further questioned Ganesan’s legitimacy as Speaker, piling pressure on the BN.
They claim that even if Ganesan was rightfully elected – “which he was not” – as Speaker on 7 May, “his failure to cease practice as a lawyer would have disqualified him”.
The Pakatan leaders cite Article XXX VIA (5) of the Perak Constitution which states that a Speaker would be disqualified if after three months from his date of appointment, he remains as a member of any board of directors or management or if he works for or engages in the affairs of any organisation (except for welfare or charitable organisations).
They produced an information sheet from the Bar confirming that Ganesan was the sole proprietor of a firm as at 11 August, he had a valid practising certificate and his status was “active”.
I got in touch with a senior lawyer who told me that having a valid practising certificate alone may not be sufficient to prove that Ganesan was engaging in business as a practising lawyer. “The Perak Pakatan leaders may have to show that Ganesan had actually engaged in business as a practising lawyer or carried out related transactions.”
Ganesan, for his part, has pointed out that he had written to the Bar Council on 4 August informing them that he would cease business on 6 August, according to a Malaysiakini report.
Pakatan leaders say the next “legitimate” State Assembly meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, 2 September – six months after their last sitting under the Democracy Tree.
Nizar has thus called on the BN to respect the rule of law and recognise V Sivakumar as the only legitimate Speaker of the Perak State Assembly.
Tell me when did BN government ever follow rule of law?
A disbarred lawyer can still tand for election.
Khairy gulity of money politics can still be elected as youth chief.
Ali Rustam too was guilty of the same offence and remains a CM.
Lots more!!!
Tell you this will fall on deaf ears of the authority!!!
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this is 1Malaysia style. coup to topple a legitimately elected govt. a total disregard for rule of law.
after Perak, he is salivating for Selangor. you touch that man?
teoh, dont die in vain. its all crocodile tears from him.
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If anyone needed any proof that Nizar is a DAP puppet look no further than the aboved photo..
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zamry… good for nothing.
now , they want to topple selangor.
previously, najib acted like a child and said that the other kid started it.
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PR, keep up the pressure. keep putting pressure on BN up to the next GE so that the rakyat will never forget the dirty work of BN/UMNO!!!
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Perak PR leaders, have you forgotten the MB appointed by the court? The MB appointed by the court announced in June 2009 that the RM9 billion Vale investment agreement should be signed on or before 20 June 2009. Plie pressure on him for talking big.
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Rakyat believes that Pakatan is the legally elected Govt and Sivakumar is the Speaker.
BN has lost and will continuously loose whatever strength.Look at the way they are abusing their power by bending the laws to their favour.
BN is power crazy. Well, they got to be or else (many) BN reps will be exposed (corruption )
At one time Nazri was attacking former PM. Now he too talks like him. No difference.
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Do all of you notice something? Najib has been so quiet lately. I think something is really cooking in Selangor!!! PR better get your underground people working full time.
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Sue after Sue , probe after probe , protest after protest ,
ivestigation after investigation- Abuk pun tak ada.
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Is Malaysia becoming a lawless state? Just read what they write about this country overseas. Many unpleasant news. We are losing investors because of all this. When the law is not respected, the economy will find its way out through the window. Malaysia needs a change in governance.
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Malaysian must wake up now and kick BN out from the federal govt. If Malaysian dreaming about BN can change, it will be a disaster for Malaysia. I don’t want to mention all the wrongdoing of BN it will be a long list that this page will never able to feed in. Hope have somebody give one wrong doing of BN govt for the past 50 years.
1. BN=Corruption
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Hei, Fatimah Zhri ….YB NIZar is a DAP puppet? DAP puppet better than puppet of Uncivelised law and constitution raping …
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Please ignore Fatimah Zuhri,
he/she (sounds like an) UMNO… blogger
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Fatimah Zuhri
Hey, you are here again…oozing out toxic waste?
Why don’t you have a good look at the BN coalition. You will not only see puppets, you also see beggars!!!
All these political beggars in the component parties, MCA, MIC and Gerakan have to kiss… the Ketuanan UMNO Melayu…. what blooming low beings!!
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Hi Anil,
Agree with Penangite, Najib’s exceptionally quiet, must be busy consulting and cooking up a royal stew!
Btw Fatimah Zhri you can’t be color-blind, just being nasty and shame on you!!
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Fatimah,
Yes Nizar is a puppet but he is a puppet for the PEOPLE. He got the Perak people’s support to serve the people of Perak and so he is definitely puppet of Perak people.
Your court appointed MB Zambry is only the court + Police + holigans’ MB. No matter how or what you say, the people had spoken and the votes are there to show. What more do you want us to prove? If you are not satisfied, then ask BN to dissolve the state assembly and let the people of Perak decide once and for all who they want. A people’s puppet or a BN puppet.
I pity you that you are still in your slumber thinking of comfort within BN. Wake Up….52 years are enough and we dont want BN anymore. Check the total votes PR won as against the total votes BN won in Perak and from there you got the people’s mandate …not by force and from some jumping kataks.
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Fart-timah zoo-ri, I had looked and looked at the picture I still could not see what you wanted us to see. There were so many malays there and your suggestion was rather mischievous and malicious. If they had held the press conference in a PAS office where the pas symbols are everywhere would you then say that the dap is the puppet of pas ?
Nizar is a nice guy and as such you have to destroy his image before you could destroy the man. Is this the kind of islamic behaviour umno is condoning and promoting ?
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macc has broken the camel’s back
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Dear Fatimah Zuhri,
I hope you are open to a fair and rational dialogue. You obviously support the moves made by BN in usurping power in Perak. Can you please tell us why? Do you really condone the way the Speaker was bundled out? What about the presence of the police in that august house? Do you really think that was right? Come, share with us why you would support Zambri….
New Malaysian
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Well,
It proves that we still have naive Malaysians. Anyway, I hope that recent happenings does not turn folks in “Benjamins”
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Fatimah Zuhri,
I think your thinking is skewed towards racial line.
Nizar in the presence of mmore Chinese , to you, is a puppet of the Chines. This shows how narrow your thinking is.
By the same extension, just look at the photo of Obama surrounded by whites. To you, he is a White’ puppet.
Wake up! Your way of thinking will definitely bring our country decades behind others.
Most of the comments on you is very correct!!!
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So sad to this never ending saga
The only way to solve this is to do state election again!
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Fatimah Zuhri. For you info, in case you are not that observant or stupid, the picture shows what we learnt in school…that is a true picture of MUHIBBAH. This is what we called 1 MALAYSIAN. Not like the case in Johore during the ‘Anwar Traitor’ demo where there is only 1Malaysia=UMNO!!!!!
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Thanks to PAS and PKR, DAP is now accepted by all Malaysians. DAP will do more to help the Malays and Indians then MCA and MIC. Give them a chance and they will prove it. I have personally seen how dedicated these DAP people are to help the poor among the Malays and Indians. Nizar is a great leader. What puppet? Despite DAP having more seats in Perak, it does not mind the CM post be given to PAS candidate. This is true Malaysian spirit. See how PAS and DAP work together in Perak. When DAP of Penang and Perak are helping the Malays, there are UMNO people saying otherwise. What a shame. All this UMNO propaganda has backfired. The next GE will see the country governed by Pakatan. BN should still be there, but as a responsible Opposition. At last we have come to a 2-party system. Bersyukurlah rakyat Malaysia. Jangan kita sempit fikiran. Monopoli kuasa hanya membiak rasuah, kronisma dan ketidakadilan.
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What pressure? In the first place he is not even a Speaker. The rightful Speaker is Sivakumar. Let him practise law if he wants to. He knows that he lost in Sungkai and he knows that he is not the rightful speaker. He now has to think of his ‘periuk nasi’. Just dissolve the state assembly and call for an election. See who will win.
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