GEORGE TOWN, March 4 — The four state assemblymen from Perikatan Nasional (PN) who failed to stop the tabling of a motion to vacate their seats will still attend the assembly...
GEORGE TOWN, March 4 — The four state assemblymen from Perikatan Nasional who failed to stop the tabling of a motion to vacate their seats will still attend the assembly sitting tomorrow.
Seberang Jaya assemblyman Dr Afif Bahardin, one of the four affected representatives, said they would attend the sitting and were prepared for any eventuality, including being asked to leave the House if the motion was passed. ‘’We will be present to defend our position during the debate on the motion, especially regarding the loopholes in Article 14A of the Penang State Constitution. This piece of legislation does not give the Speaker the power to vacate seats and is also vague on the definition of party-hopping.
“The state government is trying to seize the mandate given by the people, by using the motion to vacate seats. They want to determine who should be in the assembly when it was the people who put us there,’’ he told a press conference here today. Apart from Afif, the other affected assemblymen are Zulkifli Ibrahim , Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq and Zolkifly Md Lazim . They all won their seats on a Pakatan Harapan ticket in the 14th general election in May 2018.Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state assembly would table the motion to vacate their seats on Monday, following a Federal Court ruling that a provision in Penang’s constitution against party-hopping passed in 2012 is valid and consistent with the Federal Constitution.
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