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This is the second day of the Perak State Assembly sitting. And Sivakumar, being the first Indian state assembly speaker carries the burden and image of the community. He must not forget that.

Anyway, he’ll be more hellish times ahead since Perak’s situation is nearly balanced. He need to be far more patient than Pandikar Amin the Dewan Rakyat speaker!

He already faced his first walkout, but the Star reports sounds like he was being fair. Selangor’s Teng also doing quite well I guess as no complaints have been registered.

Speaker: Perak BN walkout was ‘childish’

Perak Barisan Nasional’s walkout during the state assembly was “childish” and unbecoming of an elected representative, assembly speaker V. Sivakumar said.

“They are here to bring forth the problems of the people, not to carry out their own agenda in order to get publicity,” he said when commenting on the incident here Thursday.

Asked about Datuk Seri Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (BN - Kubu Gajah) being denied the chance to debate, Sivakumar said that Raja Ahmad Zainuddin had been given the last half hour of the sitting on Wednesday to debate.

But for some reason, he chose not to speak and instead asked to debate Thursday on the motion of thanks on the royal address, said Sivakumar. “When you get the opportunity to speak, you grab it. Otherwise, you will have to wait your turn like everyone else. “Moreover, I never refused his request. I told Raja Ahmad Zainuddin he would debate next after Teja assemblyman Chang Lih Kang, who stood up first,” he said.

On accusations from Barisan representatives that he was biased towards Pakatan Rakyat, Sivakumar aruged that he had been more than fair to Barisan. He pointed out that he gave over two hours to former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Tajol Rosli Ghazali to present his debate.

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YB Devamany is wondering why Pahang government have not appointed an Indian to excutive council. If we remember well, Samy made his famous “we would not beg” statement when asked about no Indians in Pahang EXCO seat.

If I’m not mistaken, the MB said that not necessary to have representative from certain race since the BN representatives serve everyone.

MIC won one state seat in Pahang.

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Hmm..yesterday was quite interesting. RPK gave a statutory declaration that included statement saying PM Badawi received a report from military intelligence. But Badawi denied it.

Then, if you remember the indelible ink issue during the last election, the Election Comission’s chairman Abdul Rashid said that it was the Cabinet decision that “instructed” him to not use the inks (bought for RM2 million - can purchase land and build one Tamil school!) just days before the election. If I’m not mistaken the chairman implicated PM Badawi as well. In yesterday’s Parliament session, PM gave a written reply to Lim Guan Eng’s question. According to the reply, the Cabinet only “suggested” and the decision was still with the commission.

So, who is lying and who is not?

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