BN - apa apa pun boleh, bukan BN - apa apa pun salah

Kota Seputeh rep keeps state seat

(The Star, 2/9/09) PUTRAJAYA: Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif remains the assemblyman for Kota Seputeh state seat in Kedah despite failing to show up for two sessions of the state assembly sitting.

The decision was made by the Election Commission, after convening a special meeting yesterday to deliberate on the matter.

In his statement issued after chairing the four-hour meeting, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof said it has been decided that the status of the seat remained unchanged as per the 12th general election results.

Kedah Speaker Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail had on Aug 18 written to the commission, informing it of Abu Hassan’s failure to attend the sittings on April 19 and Aug 9. On the other hand, Abu Hassan had submitted medical chits for his absence.

Under Section 51 of the Kedah state constitution, an assemblyman who fails to attend assembly sittings twice in a row would automatically lose his or her membership and would have to vacate the seat.

Abdul Aziz said it was concluded that the two sittings which Abu Hassan was alleged to have failed to attend were not two consecutive meetings in a single session but was in fact two separate sessions held three months and 20 days apart.

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Yang jelas hitam/putih dijadikan keruh oleh mereka yang ditugaskan menjaga kewibawaan sistem pilihanraya negara. Tapi, dalam kes ni jelas di mana pendirian SPR.

Walaupun perlembagaan kerajaan negeri Kedah menyatakan dengan jelas yang sesiapa tidak menghadiri persidangan dengan dua kali berturut-turut akan dilucutkan kerusinya serta-merta. Tapi dalam kes ini, kita boleh lihat SPR ini berdebat 4 jam dan akhirnya jumpa alasan untuk ADUN BN mengekalkan dirinya, walaupun tak hadir kerja.

Oh...enjoy betoi la, ADUN BN. Suka-suka tak kerja, takpe. Bila tindakan disiplin dijatuhkan, senang aje. Pi jumpa kawan SPR kautim. Cubalah siapa-siapa dari parti pembangkang buat gitu. Habis hancur dibuatnya!

Kat Perak pula, Speaker Sivakumar nak jalankan tugas tapi dihalang oleh polis, setiausaha kerajaan, dll. Adakah patut pekerja yang menyuruh bos? Adakah patut polis digunakan bukan untuk mengawal keselamatan rakyat tapi untuk menekan rakyat?

Hari ini kes berlaku di Ipoh lagi. YB Sivakumar cuba membuka persidangan tapi dihalang polis, walaupun polis sendiri mengaku tak berhak buat begitu. Apabila ADUN-ADUN Pakatan berkeras ingin memasuki bangunan kerajaan, diberkas pula mereka.

Negara kita negara demokrasi yang mengamalkan doktrin kemuliaan Dewan. YB-YB tidak boleh ditahan daripada menghadiri persidangan. Kini di Ipoh, bukan saja mereka dihalang tanpa sebab oleh polis, malah diberkas tanpa sebab!

1Malaysia ke ni? Rakyat didahulukan ke ni? Pencapaian diutamakan ke ni? Penggubal dan penguatkuasa undang undang negara pun melanggar undang-undang negara!

Alahai...cepatlah GE13 kita boleh kebumikan BN ni.