Pandikar condemns no-confidence 'ambush'

Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia expressed strong disapproval of former Terengganu menteri besar Ahmad Said’s motion of no confidence against the state’s incumbent menteri besar which was tabled at the Terengganu state legislative assembly sitting yesterday.

Pandikar said that it did not even cross his mind that a no-confidence motion against either the prime minister or a menteri besar can be tabled in a “modern democratic country” like Malaysia without a notice.

“Tabling a no-confidence motion is like an ambush: you table such a motion when you notice that there are absentees from the other side.

“There’s no cheating and lies in a democracy. Everything must be transparent, there must be a notice and such,” said Pandikar in his speech before launching the Election Commission’s (EC) new building in Putrajaya today.

Ahmad yesterday stunned the Terengganu state legislative assembly when he tabled the motion against Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman.

When the sitting resumed at 2.30pm, the speaker dismissed the motion and ended the proceedings shortly after.

Ahmad, however, criticised the state assembly speaker’s rejection, accusing speaker Mohd Zubir Embong of “misusing his powers”.

“If I say I want to kill you, will I be giving a 14-day notice?” he had asked. -Mkini