When Parliament should have invoked its powers to deal summarily with violations of parliamentary privileges like the obstruction and menacing by Selangor UMNO Youth goons of DAP MP for Bukit Gelugor Karpal Singh from carrying out his parliamentary duties in the parliamentary precincts on Feb. 26, 2009 when this is very clearly provided for under the Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act 1952, the
Barisan Nasional-majority Parliament failed to do so.
Up to now, these Selangor UMNO Youth goons have got away scot-free, as none of them has been penalized, although such an offence is punishable with a seven-year jail sentence under Section 124 of the Penal Code.
Although the suspension of Gobind for one year without pay and privileges was a black-lettered day for Parliament, DAP had not earlier considered challenging the gross injustice in court, as we hold to the doctrine of separation of powers among the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, and in particular Article 63(1) of the Malaysian Constitution which stipulates: “The validity of any proceedings in either House ofParliament or any committee thereof shall not be questioned in any court.”
Imagine our shock and outrage, and those of thinking Malaysians, when the Federal Court last Thursday, 16th April 2009 overturned the doctrine of separation of powers and ruled that the Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend usurper Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly.
As former Court of Appeal judge, N.H.Chan had written, this was a “perverse judgment of the Federal Court” because it was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”.
If the Federal Court could disregard Article 72(1) on no court interference with State Assembly proceedings,how court Article 63(1) on no court interference with parliamentary proceedings stand?
The Federal Court has created a precedent which would justify the legal challenge of the unjust andoppressive one-year suspension of Gobind as MP without parliamentary pay and privileges.
Or is the Federal Court going to be guilty of selective and discriminatory justice
Do not challenge the ruling government. The BOSS is always right, remember.
BalasPadamHi YB. Honorable LKS,
BalasPadamWhat difference does it make? The Federal Court with Mattress Augustine and the Other BN Judges will turn down Gobinds case anyway!!
And what can we the people or you all the MPs do?? What can be done?? Absolutely nothing. Unless the BN Govt. is thrown away in the next GE.
I'll only pray that the People of Malaysia will realise all this and throw out the Bn Govt. and I also pray that once PKR comes to power U guys will begin dismantle all that is bad in our country and turn around our country to at least pre-mahathir era.
Best wishes
Isn't there
What do you expect from Lingam courts ???
BalasPadamAnd who started it ???.
Mammak Kutty you are the DEVIL!!!
WHAT TO DO. I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT EVEN BN THEMSELVES DON'T KNOW THE LAW THEMSELVES - HENCE MADE IT UP AS THEY GO. ALSO NO SURPRISE HALF OF THE BN MPs DON'T EVEN KNOW THE RUKUN NEGARA OR SING THE NEGARAKU BY HEART. ALL THEY KNOW IS MONEY-KU & RUKUN BN.
BalasPadamDear all,
BalasPadamTo me...all of you who say they are Pakatan Rakyat YBs are all coward and N.A.T.O (No Action, Talk Only)...with all these nonsense, all of you are still talking and talking knowing that the status are same.
Why can't you start do something beside TALKING?
Please do not provoke ok. This is Pakatan Rakyat. We do thing according to the law and we have to show to the people that we are a good political party and able to show a good example....
BalasPadam