Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia today stopped R Sivarasa
(PKR-Subang) from raising the demolition of the Sri Muneswarar temple
annexe in Kuala Lumpur, and then booted him out of the House for
delaying proceedings.
An hour later, V Sivakumar (DAP-Batu Gajah) (left)
was ordered to leave the House by deputy speaker Ismail Mohamed Said
for questioning the speaker's ruling that the issue cannot be raised
anymore.
Sivarasa is the second PKR representative, after Padang Serai MP N Surendran, to be thrown out of the House for raising the issue.
While Sivarasa is barred from the Dewan Rakyat up to Friday, Surendran is serving out a six-month suspension order.
Sivakumar's suspension period is uncertain at this point.
On both occasions, in dealing with Surendran and Sivarasa, Pandikar fell back on the Federal Territories Ministry's account of the issue and the claim that a court order had been issued for the demolition exercise.
"The issue has been settled, it has been raised before," Pandikar said when preventing Sivarasa from elaborating on his argument.
This took place when he was debating the Federal Territories Ministry's 2014 budget at committee stage.
At a press conference later, Sivarasa said Pandikar (right)
does not appear to be acting neutrally and is reacting "emotionally"
whenever it comes to the issue, by accepting the ministry's version of
events.
He also said that the court order did not allow for demolition of any part of the temple.
Sivarasa said he would bring a copy of the court order to Parliament on Monday, when his suspension ends, to prove Pandikar and the ministry wrong.
Sivakumar later incessantly questioned the deputy speaker, who took over proceedings from Pandikar, as to why the issue could not be raised and said that the speaker must not answer on behalf of the ministry.
Ismail told Sivakumar to "take a rest" while he was ordered to leave the House.
"The speaker already made a ruling. I don't have to explain to you on the matter anymore," Ismail told Sivakumar.
In a press conference earlier, Sivarasa said that many issues are constantly repeated in the Parliament and questioned why the speaker has prevented anyone from speaking on this particular issue.
"And all along, the speaker has been referring to a false statement," Sivarasa said.
An hour later, V Sivakumar (DAP-Batu Gajah) (left)
was ordered to leave the House by deputy speaker Ismail Mohamed Said
for questioning the speaker's ruling that the issue cannot be raised
anymore.Sivarasa is the second PKR representative, after Padang Serai MP N Surendran, to be thrown out of the House for raising the issue.
While Sivarasa is barred from the Dewan Rakyat up to Friday, Surendran is serving out a six-month suspension order.
Sivakumar's suspension period is uncertain at this point.
On both occasions, in dealing with Surendran and Sivarasa, Pandikar fell back on the Federal Territories Ministry's account of the issue and the claim that a court order had been issued for the demolition exercise.
"The issue has been settled, it has been raised before," Pandikar said when preventing Sivarasa from elaborating on his argument.
This took place when he was debating the Federal Territories Ministry's 2014 budget at committee stage.
At a press conference later, Sivarasa said Pandikar (right)
does not appear to be acting neutrally and is reacting "emotionally"
whenever it comes to the issue, by accepting the ministry's version of
events.He also said that the court order did not allow for demolition of any part of the temple.
Sivarasa said he would bring a copy of the court order to Parliament on Monday, when his suspension ends, to prove Pandikar and the ministry wrong.
Sivakumar later incessantly questioned the deputy speaker, who took over proceedings from Pandikar, as to why the issue could not be raised and said that the speaker must not answer on behalf of the ministry.
Ismail told Sivakumar to "take a rest" while he was ordered to leave the House.
"The speaker already made a ruling. I don't have to explain to you on the matter anymore," Ismail told Sivakumar.
In a press conference earlier, Sivarasa said that many issues are constantly repeated in the Parliament and questioned why the speaker has prevented anyone from speaking on this particular issue.
"And all along, the speaker has been referring to a false statement," Sivarasa said.
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