Restraining order against Speaker to be challenged

The Ipoh High Court order restraining Perak State Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar from convening any assembly sessions will be challenged, Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming said.
He said he would apply to the Court of Appeal to set the order aside.
He said under Article 72 of the Federal Constitution, the validity of any proceeding in the legislative assembly could not be questioned in any court.
“I am shocked that the judiciary had a hand in legislative proceedings. It will make a mockery of the rule of law,” he said at the Parliament lobby here Wednesday.
Nga said the three motions passed by Tuesday’s emergency sitting of the state assembly which was held under a tree would stand as it was held before the Court ruled.
DAP chairman Karpal Singh said the ruling was “null and void” as it was unconstitutional and beyond the jurisdiction of the High Court.
He said the ruling was not backed by any law and could therefore be ignored.
“The assembly is within its power to ignore the High Court order. In fact, the court may be in contempt of the assembly.
“Yes, a court can be in contempt itself because if it has no jurisdiction whatsoever. It thus enjoys no protection,” he argued.
On the ruling that Sivakumar must be represented by the state legal adviser, Karpal Singh said it was a “wrong decision” as there was a clear conflict of interest.
“The Speaker cannot be expected to be defended by the state legal adviser as it was he who said the Speaker had no right to convene the assembly,” he said.
Earlier, Nga filed a notice to call for an emergency motion on the Perak political crisis to be debated in the Dewan Rakyat.