On Sivakumar dragged out, BN speaker takes over

Song: The Umno-dominated depraved BN has forcefully and illegally taken over the assembly and appointed Ganesan as the speaker in place of Sivakumar.

As I can recall, the Umno-dominated depraved BN had commented the that the rightful Perak MB Muhammad Nizar had shown disrespect to the sultan when he refused to resign and make way for the illegally-appointed Umno MB Zambry.

Now I saw that Zambry had decided to to take over and convene the Perak assembly without even waiting for the sultan or his representative Raja Nazrin Shah to first officially declare the sitting open.

This hostile takeover was done while the Regent was sitting in the VIP room waiting to be called to officiate the sitting.

What respect and honour to the Sultan or his Regent has been shown by the Umno-dominated depraved BN?

They were so 'concern and respectful' to the royalty before this but now they have given the message that the role played by the royalty is trivial and they can just make do without it by convening the assembly without the necessity of it being officially opened.

What hypocrisy and shame.

Well, before this about 10 years ago, we had ‘1BlackeyeMalaysia', but today indeed we have a ‘1BlackMalaysia'.

Way to go Najib....

Yum: I'm no constitutional expert. I'm not even a lawyer.

But if the sergeant-at-arms, the police, the state secretary and the BN lawmakers don't follow the constitution, then what I understand from this episode is that the constitution not the supreme law of the land.

Is BN and its incestuous relationship with law enforcement and public government advocating anarchy? Sure seems like it.

Peter Ooi: Looks like BN in Perak are no better than highway robbers. In the presence of speaker Sivakumar, the deputy speaker Hee Jit Fung, could see it right to 'oust' him.

While we are trying to educate our young ones to follow the rule of the law, we have in the august Perak hall, law-makers, particularly from BN, making a mockery of it.

I wonder what has become of the rules and regulation in the august hall. When Sivakumar ordered Zambry and company out of the assembly, why didn't the sergeant-at-arms escort them out?

As the speaker, Sivakumar is in charge of the assembly sitting including the sergeant-at-arms.

Since R Ganesan has now shamelessly claimed to be the Perak speaker, we have now in the assembly two speakers and, oh yes, two MBs too.

With this in mind, we may end up with two sets of law. In such a situation, let us hope the Sultan of Perak can solve the impasse. We know that the Sultan has the rakyat at heart.

Ong: The legitimate speaker has no more power because, as Mao Zedong said, power comes from the barrel of a gun.

Right now, all the ‘guns' are in the hands of BN. The ‘guns' here include the police with the real guns, the state secretary and his staff, sergeant-at-arms, clerk of the asembly, the judiciary, the palace.

And I am sure when push comes to shove, BN will bring out their really big ‘gun' (the army).

TCP: This is a circus which has no winner, and the rakyat will be the loser.

In the assembly, both sides (BN and PR) will be making all sorts of claims, and the impasse will still continue.

Meanwhile the rakyat just watch and are not able to do anything. Hold Perak elections now!

James Khoo: My feel on the ‘chaos in the Perak Assembly' is that one wrong will lead to the second and so forth.

Hence, from one mentri besar, we find a second one on the scene, and likewise we now have two speakers.

No wonder the sergeant-at-arms had rightly refused to heed orders from either Pakatan Rakyat or Barisan Nasional to evict whoever had been ordered to be ‘evicted.'

But the poor guy may find himself being penalised once the dust finally settles for the accepted MB or speaker.

I just hope when the day comes, the accepted MB or speaker will be magnanimous enough to understand the sergeant-at-arms's predicament.

Speaking of accepted MB or speaker, like many others, I feel strongly it is best to go back to the people, ie, the voters to decide once and for all who they want to be their MB or speaker.

Only an election, costly and time-consuming as it is, will put an end to all doubts regarding the legitimacy of the Perak state government.

As it is, now it is even more costly and time-consuming.

Lawrence: I would like to bring your attention to The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 and make and analogy of the current events that's unfolding in Perak my beloved state. From Wikipedia:

‘The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was a treaty signed between the British and the Sultan of Perak.

The treaty is significant as it signalled official British involvement in the policies of the Malays.'

Do you think that if was a mistake for the Sultan of Perak sign this treaty? The Sultan allowed the administrative power to fall completely into the hands of the British.

Hence surrendering the sovereignty of his country to the British. Well, everyone else knows what has happened since then.

But why am I quoting the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 now? Yesterday, May 7 is a day to remember because whatever took place in the Perak state assembly coupled with the sentiment of Perakians will be the beginning of the downfall of the institution of monarchy in this country.

What could be the sultan's mistakes? The same mistakes Raja Abdullah and Raja Ismail made. You figure it out.

On Activist's arrest: 'Welcome to Najibocracy'

Vivian Lim: All Najib, Muhyiddin and Umno/BN's nice little touches over the past weeks have gone to waste.

I for one was never deceived, but just in case there were some who were taken in, all these recent arrests, continued manipulation of the courts, refusal to allow elections and extreme disregard of the rakyat's opinions in Perak show that nothing has changed.

In fact, things might even be worse.

As a Malaysian, I am furious and disgusted at the way Najib's government and Umno/BN are carrying on.

They may be able to claim their hollow little victories in their kangaroo courts and in lopsided confrontations between their lap dogs and the rakyat, but in the hearts and minds of all decent people of Malaysia, there is no question of their guilt.

They may be able to stop us from saying, writing and doing what is right, but they can never control our thoughts and our desire for justice.

To all the people who are fighting for what is right, I salute you and thank you.

RJ Manecksha: Wong was arrested for asking people to wear black. Mat Sabu was arrested for wanting to say his prayers.

Totally incomprehensible.

On Cops get court injunction against tomorrow's gathering

Maran: The respondents on the court order were:

1. Members and supporters of PKR, PAS, DAP and Barisan Nasional

2. Members of public

The court order was obtained against all Malaysians if interpreted properly.

And for Musa Hassan, he got no right to warn the public to not wear black. It is our freedom of movement and freedom of expression. Malaysiakini