LETTER TO THE EDITOR/MEDIA STATEMENT
The Chaotic Perak State Assembly
Law and order has completely broken down in the Perak State Assembly.
What we are witnessing today is a farce that has brought down the
dignity of the State Assembly.
This may be the first occasion in the entire history of parliamentary
democracy when two separate Assemblies have met under one roof
simultaneously presided over by two Speakers, with two different agendas
tabled and debated.
This circus will be the order of the day when parliamentary procedures
and principles are ignored frustrating the will of the people by
underhand tactics with the assistance of corrupt politicians. Anarchy
reigns supreme in the Perak State Assembly today.
This is what is to be expected when the majority mandate of Perakians
are nullified by three unscrupulous political "frogs" who betrayed their
mandate by switching party and making a mockery of Parliamentary democracy.
For this chaotic situation in the Perak State Assembly, the Barisan
Nasional must be held accountable. It is they who masterminded the
toppling of the Perak Pakatan State Government. It was our Prime
Minister who engineered the fall of a duly elected government of the
people. For all his talk of democracy and 1Malaysia, he has miserably
failed to unite the people or persuade them to share his vision for the
nation.
This is not the government the people wanted or elected or supported.
This is the government thrust upon them by foul means. They don’t feel
themselves as part of this undemocratically foisted government.
Even at this stage, it is never too late to right the grievous wrong to
put matters right. The only solution is to dissolve the Perak State
Assembly to seek a fresh mandate of the people. If the BN is very
confident and is convinced that Perakians are solidly behind the BN,
this is the time to put that belief to the test.
P Ramakrishnan
President,
Aliran
28 October 2009
