“Even if the speaker has sent us the letter, the power to establish whether there is a casual vacancy or not is by the EC. Even we have received the letter by the Speaker, we will study and hold a special meeting to decide if we are going to accept the resignation. In the case of Perak, we rejected the resignations - Malaysian Insider (24/3/2010).
This is the price we are paying when suddenly EC became so powerful that democratic right of Malaysian is compromised when a Civil Servant can decide whether a seat becomes vacant or not. This is the dire price and consequence we are now facing when EC becomes too almighty.
When our PR Speaker, YB Sivakumar announces the resignations of the three kataks in Perak, the EC refused to accept the Speaker decision and held that they have not resigned. However in this case, the Perlis Speaker himself admitted that he has received the resignation letter from Titi Tinggi and yet, the EC refused to accept the fact !!! Is it simply because the EC knows that the BN, especially the PM is trying very hard to persuade the elected rep to retract his resignation. How long do we have to wait until EC accepts the resignation ?
What if Yip Sau Onn is adamant and his decision is final ? Will the Chairman of EC, Tan Sri Dato Seri Aziz bin Mohd Yusof take and accept full responsibility for it ?
When an ADUN resigns, he/she can not retract the decision because the resignation has taken effect and the only decision the Speaker can made is to declare the seat as being vacant. If he is allowed to retract, and serve as elected rep, illegality can be challenged in Court of Law as from the moment of his resignation he/she is no longer an elected rep.
We need to stand up and correct the wrongdoing of the EC and BN. We cannot allow them to trample and interfere with the democratic process and rightfully, this democratic right must be given back to the rakyat.
Let us kick BN out in the coming GE-13.
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