The Speaker strikes back

Lol..really lol..really really lol..

Ahh...if one thinks the Perak drama has quieten down until the court makes a decision, he is gonna be so wrong. The Perak assembly speaker, V. Sivakumar flexes his muscles yesterday as he suspends the clueless coup MB Zambry and six of his exco members from sitting in the assembly for 18 months and 12 months respectively. BN goons got pawned. Big time..haha

Now, unlike the MB and his exco members, the Assembly speaker cannot be removed by the Sultan or the MB. Only a no-confidence motion from the assembly can remove him. Without the assembly sitting in, Sivakumar's butt is as sacrosanct as it can be on the chair. Even if there is an assembly, Sivakumar will surely bar the 3 independent candidates from entering it since he had declared their seats vacant already. This would mean there is no clear majority to remove him from assembly! Now with 7 people out of the sitting, PR would form the majority if any sort of motion were to be tabled. And the no-confidence vote against Zambry can theoratically be tabled with success with PR's majority. But that's in THEORY.

More likely, Zambry is gonna send in a legal team to question the legitimacy of Sivakumar's use of power. It's already foreseen from the time of the coup that Sivakumar is gonna be a thorn in the BN Perak government. Because of his position, he's gonna be able to slow down any attempts used by BN to reverse the decision. It seems that the courts, even if they can declare the suspension void has no power to stop the speaker. The speaker could theoratically (again..haha) enforce the suspension using the Sergeant-at-arms stationed in the legislative assembly. But practically, it would depend whether he regards the Speaker as his boss or the OCPD in Ipoh..lol.

The Perak episode is gonna spiral out of control. All these could have been prevented if snap elections were held to stop all these nonsense once and for all. Now, the ball is in Zambry's court and Najib would have to brainstorm ideas to get out of this dead-lock. Najib himself knows that he cannot afford to be embarassed again before taking office. I have to commend Sivakumar though for having the guts to come up with such a move. I wonder if the Sultan is pondering over the consequences of his decisions. With the by-elections due only in April and the on-going saga of Elizabeth Wong, it's a big mess out there with sporadic battles being fought in individual states. Nevertheless, the wishes of the rakyat must prevail above all and hopefully, let that be shown in the by-elections.