Based on my reading of Article 57 of the Malaysian Constitution, the Speaker's position (and indeed, his deputies'...except that in this case, the House Leader is seeking to remove the Speaker and 1 deputy. The other deputy, his party member, is to remain) becomes vacant only when one (or more) of these happens:
1) if the Speaker quits in writing,
2) a fresh election is called - ie reset to "zero",
3) when the Speaker does something against the law,
4) if the House takes a vote to remove him, or
5) he's deemed mad or mentally/physically incapacitated
Looking at the above scenarios, I agree that there are "ways to make him talk"....like making him walk the gangplank as the Skipper may say. I'm informed that the current Speaker doesn't have a closetful of bones as those before him. So it won't be easy to persuade him to resign. But then again, don't forget the Shameful Boss' mantra...cash is king.
Option (4) may be the easiest if the Skipper has control over the majority MPs in the house. Note: It's the MPs who actually turn up to vote and not the 112 heads. So this may be difficult as even now, nobody knows who actually has majority control - so the Skipper may not test this embarrassing criterion?
But then again, we must also be aware that in Perak before, they carried the legal Speaker out of Parliament and deemed the position "vacant" and then elected the new Speaker. In Malacca recently, they majority MPs held another "sitting" outside the Parliament without the incumbent Speaker's presence and elected a "new" Speaker.
We can scream and shout but in Malaysia, Malay-sians mudah lupa! I think even God cannot save us from the whims of the politicians.
1) if the Speaker quits in writing,
2) a fresh election is called - ie reset to "zero",
3) when the Speaker does something against the law,
4) if the House takes a vote to remove him, or
5) he's deemed mad or mentally/physically incapacitated
Looking at the above scenarios, I agree that there are "ways to make him talk"....like making him walk the gangplank as the Skipper may say. I'm informed that the current Speaker doesn't have a closetful of bones as those before him. So it won't be easy to persuade him to resign. But then again, don't forget the Shameful Boss' mantra...cash is king.
Option (4) may be the easiest if the Skipper has control over the majority MPs in the house. Note: It's the MPs who actually turn up to vote and not the 112 heads. So this may be difficult as even now, nobody knows who actually has majority control - so the Skipper may not test this embarrassing criterion?
But then again, we must also be aware that in Perak before, they carried the legal Speaker out of Parliament and deemed the position "vacant" and then elected the new Speaker. In Malacca recently, they majority MPs held another "sitting" outside the Parliament without the incumbent Speaker's presence and elected a "new" Speaker.
We can scream and shout but in Malaysia, Malay-sians mudah lupa! I think even God cannot save us from the whims of the politicians.
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