Penang govt has seized people’s mandate by declaring seats vacant, claims rep

Penang govt has seized people’s mandate by declaring seats vacant, claims rep

Penang govt has seized people’s mandate by declaring seats vacant, claims rep
Penang govt has seized people’s mandate by declaring seats vacant, claims rep

KUALA LUMPUR: The Penang government has seized the mandate given by the people to declare the four vacant seats at the state assembly, claims Bertam assemblyman Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq.

The Penang assembly had approved the motion to declare vacant the seats of four assemblymen in the state recently.

The assemblymen, namely Dr Afif Bahardin (Seberang Jaya), Zulkfili Ibrahim (Sungai Acheh), Khaliq Mehtab and Zolkifly Md Lazim (Teluk Bahang), were also ordered to leave the state assembly sitting at midday after the majority of the assemblymen voted in favour of the motion.

“We have tried our best to serve our people; only the people can remove us,” he said during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

Khaliq described the Penang assembly’s move to table and passed a motion to remove them after they had previously withdrawn their support for the administration, as an “abuse of power” and “clearly politically motivated”.

He said there were three scenarios to party jumping, as mentioned in the amendment to the state constitution: party jumping, dismissal from the party and declaring oneself as an independent representative.

“None of these scenarios affected Teluk Bahang or me, and Zulkifli and Dr Afif, who were PKR members when they were elected, have since been sacked by the party,” he added.

Pakatan holds 33 of the 40 seats in the state assembly, while Barisan has two seats.

There will be no by-elections to fill the four vacated seats as the state polls will occur within the next few months.

Khaliq said they were filing an appeal to the court and it has set May 2 for case management.



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