民联霹雳州议会议长西华古玛及霹雳州高级行政议员倪可汉于今日上午11时30分联合入禀高庭，要求宣判3个州议席即九洞区、美冷区及章吉遮令区悬空，必须举行补选。霹雳州议长已经接受原任州议员许月凤、贾玛鲁丁及奥斯曼的辞职信，霹雳州政府也承认他们已经不再是有关州议席的人民代议士。
我们希望法庭谕令选举委员会承认上述议席出现悬空，必须举行补选；同时，国阵不能够声称拥有多数议席，因为上述3个议席已经宣告悬空。国阵与民联目前同时拥有28个议席。
我们也恳请霹雳州苏丹同意，在目前的霹雳州局势，解散州议会以重新举行选举。
“在出现问题的情况下，最好就是重新寻求人民的委托，作为议会民主程序的一部分。我们不知道为何国阵如此害怕重新寻求人民的委托。”
Thursday, February 5, 2009
MEDIA STATEMENT BY V.SIVAKUMAR PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER AND DATO NGEH KOO HAM PERAK STATE SENIOR EXCO MEMBER, 5 FEB 2009
The Speaker of the Perak State Assembly and the Perak State Government will be filling a suit this morning at the Ipoh High Court to declare that the 3 State elected representatives namely Puan Hee Yit Foong, Encik Jamaluddin bin Mohd Radzi, Kapt(B) Mohd Osman bin Mohd. Jailu for Jelapang, Behrang and Changkat Jering are no longer elected representative for the said constituencies respectively. The speaker have already accepted the resignations of the said elected representatives and the state Government also recognizes that they are no longer elected representatives for the said constituencies.
This declaration is sought to compel the Election Commission to recognize that the said 3 seats have fell vacant and by-elections must be called. BN also cannot claim that it has the majority in the State Assembly as The Pakatan Rakyat has 28 members while BN also only 28 members. The position of 3 other elected representatives will now have to be determined by the court.
In view of the hung situation the Speaker and the Perak State Government are in full support of the requests by YAB Menteri Besar that the State Assembly be dissolved. We sincerely hope that HRH the Sultan of Perak will grant the dissolution of the State Assembly as requested.
In situation of doubt, it is best to go back to people to seek a fresh mandate as such practice is an inherent part of parliamentary democracy. We do not know why BN is so fearful of seeking a mandate from the people if it purports to rule with the people’s support.
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