IPOH: Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir has filed a motion with the State Assembly to remove Speaker V. Sivakumar from office.
The motion was apparently proposed last Thursday by Dr Zambry and supported by senior executive council member Datuk Hamidah Osman.
Following this, notices on the motion were delivered to all state elected representatives from Monday onwards by assembly secretary Abdullah Antong Sabri.
According to the notice, the motion would be brought into the assembly sitting on May 7 and if passed successfully, the next agenda in the House would be to appoint a new Speaker.
As such, all state assemblymen were told to propose a candidate’s name and submit it to Abdullah Antong by Thursday.
The secretary also noted in his letter that this was according to procedures under Article 4(1) and (2) of the state assembly’s Standing Orders.
When contacted Wednesday, Dr Zambry, who has been dodging questions on Barisan Nasional’s plans for the assembly for the past week, still declined to confirm whether he had filed the motion.
“You can write what you know but this is information that I cannot release,” he said.
Hamidah could not be reached for comments.
Several Pakatan Rakyat representatives however confirmed that they had received the notice.
Former senior exco member Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham said he received the notice on Tuesday.
He however said that since the Speaker had suspended Abdullah Antong, the notice was “illegal.”
Sivakumar had suspended Abdullah Antong earlier this month for sending out notices on the May 7 sitting without first informing him.
Ngeh added that such a notice was also contemptuous of the Speaker’s office.
“The House does not go on speculative missions,” he said.
Ngeh added that it was clear the Barisan had little or no confidence in deputy Speaker Hee Yit Foong for they had chosen to elect a new Speaker instead of promoting her to the post.
On whether Pakatan would heed the notice and nominate a name for a new Speaker, Ngeh said:
“Since the notice is illegal and hence void, we will not be responding to it. It is just another piece of paper, floating around.”
However, it is learnt that all Pakatan representatives and state leaders will meet Thursday evening to discuss their next course of action.
Meanwhile, attempts to contact both the Speaker and Abdullah Antong were futile.
According to several Pakatan representatives, the Speaker will remain out of public eye until further notice.
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