Speaker wants to convene State Assembly on Tuesday

Perak Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar has called for an emergency sitting of the State Assembly on March 3.
He said he was invoking Standing Orders 8 and 11 so that the assembly could vote on two motions, for which he had received notices on Tuesday.
He declined to reveal what the motions were by Titi Serong assemblyman Dr Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah and Teja assemblyman Chang Lih Kang, except to say that they involved the constitutional crisis in Perak.
Former senior exco member Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham later told reporters that the two motions involved seeking the dissolution of the State Assembly and reaffirming support for Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as Mentri Besar.
Speaking to reporters at a hastily called press conference in his office at the State Secretariat at 3.35pm yesterday, Sivakumar said 14 days’ notice was required to convene the State Assembly under normal circumstances but that in the event of an emergency, the Speaker could call for a sitting at any time.
To a question, he said convening such a sitting did not require the consent of the Sultan of Perak.
His lawyer Chan Kok Keong interjected that the Sultan’s consent was only needed to summon a sitting by way of royal proclamation if the assembly had been dissolved or prorogued (adjourned by royal prerogative).
But because the last sitting was adjourned, the assembly could carry on its usual business in an emergency session on March 3, said Chan.
Sivakumar said he has instructed assembly secretary Abdullah Antong to send out notices to all assemblymen except for the 10 who have been suspended and resigned.
He was referring to Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six executive council members whom he barred from assembly sittings, Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, Changkat Jering assemblyman Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu and Jelapang assemblyman Hee Yit Foong whose resignation letters he had received.
Sivakumar said he had had problems sending out the notices, claiming there were government servants trying to prevent him from convening the emergency sitting.
He claimed that state legal adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid had apparently warned the assembly secretary not to send out the notices.