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Perak: Will democracy survive?
08:28 Zambry has filed two suits. The first is over Speaker Sivakumar's use of undated letters to declare seats vacant. The second is over the suspensions of Zambry and his six exco members.
08:29 Blogger delCapo reports that the state government building is crawling with media people and more than 150 police personnel are at the scene.
08:33 Road blocks are up and no traffic is allowed near the state government building.
08:52 Blogger delCapo reports that the crowd is building up at the scene - but more cops than rakyat!
08:54 Another contact on the road in Ipoh reports heavy traffic in many places.
08:59 Jalan Istana, where the state government building is located, has been closed to traffic.
09:02 My contact is now in the High Court. The Speaker is being represented by five lawyers. The lead counsel is the good Tommy Thomas and he is being assisted by Chan Kok Keong, Augustine Anthony, Phillip Koh Tong Ngee and a fifth lawyer
09:17 The contact has revised the estimate of the crowd to over 1,000. People are expecting the PR Aduns to show up for the assembly sitting at 10.00am. They Aduns are believed to be holed up at a hotel somewhere.
09:25 The suit at the High Court is being filed by the BN state government team. My contact there says the BN is being represented by lawyers Dato Hasfarizam b Harun, Faizul Hilmi, Ahmad Zamri and Badrul Hishah b Abdul Wahab.
09:31 A little quarrel between an Umno supporter and a PR supporter near the state government building, says my contact there. Shouts of 'kurang ajar' can be heard - but more media people around than anyone else.
09:37 The PR Aduns are now at the scene.
09:38 DAP's Kula is accompanied by the whole team of PR Aduns and they are now about 60 metres from the entrance to the building. They have been mobbed by reporters
09:47 The police have ordered the crowd to disperse or else.... the water cannons?
09:49 The police have used their loud hailer to call the Speaker to enter the building - but only the Speaker alone.
09:50 But the Speaker is not entering alone. Why should he enter alone? The Speaker has returned to his car outside and is waiting for the clock to run down to 10.00am.
09:52 The five minutes is up for the crowd to disperse, and the water cannon truck has moved to face the crowd. But my contact reports that no one appears to be budging.
09:53 My friend at scene call me that Nizar and team are barred from entering...
09:57 All the PR Aduns are now moving to the DAP office opposite the entrance to the state government building, reports my contact. The DAP's Ngeh says they are going to have a press conference there.
09:58 Malaysiakini reports that the police physically pushed the ADUNs away from the entrance!! What a sad day!!!
10:01 Meanwhile, over in the High Court, my contact reports that the Judge hearing the suits is Ridwan Ibrahim.
10:04 Two lawyers from each side have been inside the Judge's chambers for the last 20 minutes.
10:07 The Speaker and the PR Aduns are all at one corner outside the state government building. MB Nizar is inside the car. The Speaker seems about to make an announcement as to what they are going to do next, reports another contact at the scene.
10:16 The Speaker has just announced that he will be holding the sitting of the State Assembly about 50 metres from the entrance in an open space near a couple of trees.
10:17 They are starting the proceedings with a prayer as a crowd of about 500-600 look on.
10:18 I asyik bdebar je, susah nak buat kerja. Hanya tunggu berita terkini. Apapun kita sama samalah berdoa kepada Allah swt supaya memberi jalan kepada PR utk mencapai kemenangan. Ya Allah, tunjuklah jalan penyelesaian kepada kami "PR" sebagaimana Engkau selamatkan Musa ketika terdesak dikejar Fir'aun di laut Merah. Amin!!
10:21 They are having the Dewan assembly sitting under a tree! They are meeting right next to my contact's car. It's all very formal and they are addressing the Speaker as Yang DiPertua etc.
10:23 Another contact estimates that about a 1,000 people are watching the open-air proceedings. It's a historic sitting of the Dewan. Back to the people.
10:25 Sidang tergempar DUN diadakan di tempat letak kenderaan diadakan juga di depan Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan setelah bangunan tersebut - yang menempatkan dewan itu - ditutup. Ia diadakan di bawah sepohon pokok, dan semua 27 wakil rakyat Pakatan termasuk menteri besar mereka hadir dengan dipengerusikan oleh Speaker yang berpakaian rasmi. Tiada kerusi untuk semua 28 ahli DUN tersebut. Sidang tergempar DUN dibuka dengan bacaan doa. 10.01am Nizar dan para wakil rakyat Pakatan - yang asalnya berdegil ingin meneruskan sidang tergempar seperti dirancang Jumaat lepas - meninggalkan pintu masuk Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan. Mereka bergerak ke tempat letak kereta, kira-kira 50 meter dari pintu masuk tersebut, untuk mesyuarat ringkas. Speaker DUN V Sivakumar turut kelihatan. Kumpulan kira-kira 200 penyokong Pakatan tidak berganjak
10:33 nampaknya semua bangsa mengharapkan pr kembali bekerja untuk mereka...terharunya...elakkan api perkauman,mari kita bersatu membentuk negara yang aman ...semoga semuanya berjalan lancar
10:33 Usul kedua - membubarkan DUN - diluluskan dengan sebulat suara. 10.23am Usul pertama yang dibentangkan sebentar tadi - menyatakan undi percaya kepada menteri besar Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin - diluluskan dengan sebulat suara.
10:36 The resolutions expressing support for the MB and calling for the dissolution of the assembly have been passed. Everyone is now adjourning to the DAP office.
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