Malaysiakini - Kit Siang moots constitutional amendment to allow MPs to recontest after resigning (extracts):
Under Article 48(6) of the Federal Constitution, a person who resigns his membership of the House of Representatives shall, for a period of five years beginning with the date on which his resignation takes effect, be disqualified from being a member of the House of Representatives.
"Let the 54 BN parliamentarians declare if they will support any constitutional amendment to repeal the Article 48(6) of the constitution, at the first parliamentary meeting this month," he said.
He believes that the constitutional amendment can be done in Parliament, with the support of 113 MPs from Harapan, eight MPs from Warisan and 54 MPs from BN.
"There is more than the requisite two-thirds parliamentary majority of 149 votes to enact such a constitutional amendment – even as a stand-alone amendment bill," he added.
"Let us hear from the Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the new Umno president elected last Saturday," he said.
"It is now for Noraini to first prove her sincerity and integrity before Mas Ermieyati has to prove her political integrity by resigning from Parliament," he said.
"In such circumstances, I would support Mas Ermieyati contesting against Umno in a one-to-one contest, and for Pakatan Harapan to stay out of the Masjid Tanah by-election," he added.
Lim, however, said he was also touched by the reasons given by Mas Ermieyati for leaving Umno.
"It reminds me of what another outstanding scion of Umno, Syed Hamid Syed Albar, who said a few days ago that Umno today was not the party he once knew.
"Syed Hamid said Umno has become a selfish party that strives for its own survival and gain, and cares little or not at all for the rakyat," he added.
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"Let the 54 BN parliamentarians declare if they will support any constitutional amendment to repeal the Article 48(6) of the constitution, at the first parliamentary meeting this month," he said.
He believes that the constitutional amendment can be done in Parliament, with the support of 113 MPs from Harapan, eight MPs from Warisan and 54 MPs from BN.
"There is more than the requisite two-thirds parliamentary majority of 149 votes to enact such a constitutional amendment – even as a stand-alone amendment bill," he added.
"Let us hear from the Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the new Umno president elected last Saturday," he said.
"It is now for Noraini to first prove her sincerity and integrity before Mas Ermieyati has to prove her political integrity by resigning from Parliament," he said.
"In such circumstances, I would support Mas Ermieyati contesting against Umno in a one-to-one contest, and for Pakatan Harapan to stay out of the Masjid Tanah by-election," he added.
Lim, however, said he was also touched by the reasons given by Mas Ermieyati for leaving Umno.
"It reminds me of what another outstanding scion of Umno, Syed Hamid Syed Albar, who said a few days ago that Umno today was not the party he once knew.
"Syed Hamid said Umno has become a selfish party that strives for its own survival and gain, and cares little or not at all for the rakyat," he added.
And hasn't DAP under Lim Kit Siang become also a selfish party?
Will Lim Kit Siang and his DAP inner coterie then resign for sleeping with DAP's arch-enemy?
Will Lim Kit Siang and his DAP inner coterie then resign for sleeping with DAP's arch-enemy?
As some of his own DAP member have claimed, while there is not permanent friend nor foe in politics, there must be permanent principles. Since Lim KS has demonstrated he lacks such principles when he allies himself and his party with a sworn enemy of multi-racialism, fairness and justice, I urge him to set an example by being the first to resign - otherwise he should just SHUT THE F**K UP.
