LIKE the 7 May 2009 sitting, proceedings in the Perak legislative assembly today, 28 Oct 2009, were again a showcase of unparliamentary behaviour and the state of political affairs at their worst. The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s challenging of the forced seizure of its state government in February 2009 through defections and desertions is still morally [...]

IPOH, 15 May 2009: Perak state legislative assembly Speaker V Sivakumar, from the Pakatan Rakyat, has sued the Barisan Nasional choice for Speaker Datuk R Ganesan, for alleged assault and battery and false imprisonment. Sivakumar’s move stems from the results of the chaotic state assembly sitting on 7 May, which saw the DAP assemblyperson being [...]

Corrected on 14 May 2009 at 6.38pmCorrected on 14 May 2009 at 1.15am Updated 54.40pm, 13 May 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 13 May 2009: The Court of Appeals here will on 18 May hear Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s motion to set aside the stay of execution order obtained by Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir over [...]