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Perak crisis

Strengthening parliamentary democracy

By Deborah Loh

May 4, 2013

The majority of MPs who responded to MP Watch want parliamentary democracy strengthened. Two top suggestions for doing this were reforming election practices and having parliamentary select committees.

Remembering the Perak crisis

By Ding Jo-Ann

January 10, 2011

IT’S been almost two years since Barisan Nasional (BN) wrested the Perak government from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but does anyone still care to remember? And how would we choose to remember it? If, as the saying goes, “History is written by the victors”, then the history of the Perak takeover would probably go like this: […]

“I’m not the menteri besar of the court”: Zambry

May 25, 2009

IPOH, 25 May 2009: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said today he was not “the menteri besar of the court” who did not have the support of the Perak people as claimed by Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. Taking a swipe at the PAS spiritual leader’s remark on […]

Courts don’t decide who will form state govt

By Shanon Shah

May 23, 2009

BUKIT MERTAJAM, 23 May 2009: Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s embattled Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said it is the people, not the courts, who will ultimately decide who will form the state government. Nizar said this to reporters at an impromptu press conference outside the nomination centre for the Penanti by-election this morning. […]

BN acted within the law in Perak MB case (Updated)

May 22, 2009

Updated 8.49pm, 22 May 2009 SINGAPORE, 22 May 2009: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the Court of Appeal ruling in Putrajaya today declaring Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the rightful menteri besar of Perak proved that the Barisan Nasional (BN) had acted within the law in the matter. Expressing satisfaction […]

Only Perak sultan and PM can resolve crisis: Aliran

By Gan Pei Ling

May 21, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 21 May 2009: Only the sultan of Perak and the prime minister can solve the current Perak political crisis by allowing for a dissolution of the state assembly, said human rights movement Aliran. Its president, P Ramakrishnan, in a statement today, said the current political crisis in Perak cannot be solved in courts. […]

Perak, PAS and unity

Translation by Shanon Shah

May 19, 2009

THE ongoing Perak crisis, the upcoming PAS party elections, and Umno’s 63rd anniversary were topics covered widely in the Malay-language press from 11 to 17 May 2009. On 11 May, Berita Harian group editor Datuk Manja Ismail wrote a commentary, Apabila yang tewas enggan terima kekalahan, saying Perak needed to learn from Kelantan, post-2004 elections. […]

High Court judgment on Perak MB released

May 18, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah cannot dismiss Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from his office because the latter (menteri besar) does not hold office at the pleasure of the ruler. This is the ruling of High Court Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim when he declared Mohammad Nizar as […]

Najib defers Perak crisis talks with PR

By Deborah Loh

May 18, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: After his initial offer to meet Pakatan Rakyat over the Perak political impasse, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak now wants to wait for the matter to be decided in court. Najib said only after the court made its ruling on Perak’s lawful menteri besar would Barisan Nasional (BN) be […]

Nizar wants five appeal court judges

May 18, 2009

PUTRAJAYA, 18 May 2009: Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today filed an application for a panel of five Court of Appeal judges to hear his application to set aside the court’s decision last week to stay a High Court declaration that he was the rightful menteri besar of Perak. Lawyer Leong Cheok Keng, representing Mohammad […]

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