KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — A banner war broke out at the Parliament building this morning as a group of Pakatan Rakyat MPs decided to hang banners of their activities to counter those hung by Umno.
Led by DAP’s Teresa Kok, the group of MPs took a few minutes off from Question Time in the House to drape their advertising material over the guard rails and several lamp posts on the road leading up to the Parliament complex.
One MP even scaled the guard rails to hoist a bunting with PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s face on a lamp post just outside the entrance of the complex.
Kok (picture) said their move was to counter Umno’s banners, which were put up along the same road to advertise the party’s ongoing annual general assembly.
“The Parliament building should be free from politics so we disagree with how Umno is using the building to advertise its activities,” she said.
Kok had raised the issue in the House twice this week but was shot down by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia yesterday.
Pandikar had scolded Kok for raising a political issue in the House, which was a neutral environment, and told her that the matter was out of his jurisdiction.
“If you want, you can take it up with DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall),” he told her.
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