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OK, I have just received my SMS News Alert from The Star a short while ago. As expected, the Speaker, Pandikar Amin (pic) rejected opposition leader Wan Azizah's emergency motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi. He made known his decision in the Dewan Rakyat (Lower House of the Malaysian Parliament) after Question Time shortly after 11.30am.
Opposition MPs immediately made an appeal to the Speaker to review his decision. When he refused, they walked out! (Something not uncommon for the opposition to do) My only question is whether the two Sabah MPs from SAPP were in the House at that time and if they were, did they also walk out? Their president Yong Teck Lee had said last week to "count us in" after Azizah made known her intention to submit the motion.
Meanwhile, another SMS alert an hour ago said de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (Azizah's husband) said through his lawyer that the former deputy premier would not go to the police station to have his statement taken, after all. Anwar is believed to be last person to be called by police in conjunction with a sodomy report lodged against him by his former aide. No reasons were given for Anwar's refusal to go to the police station.
All eyes will now indeed be on KL to see what would happen next. What would the Opposition and Anwar now do? The ball is back at their feet.
Opposition MPs immediately made an appeal to the Speaker to review his decision. When he refused, they walked out! (Something not uncommon for the opposition to do) My only question is whether the two Sabah MPs from SAPP were in the House at that time and if they were, did they also walk out? Their president Yong Teck Lee had said last week to "count us in" after Azizah made known her intention to submit the motion.
Meanwhile, another SMS alert an hour ago said de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (Azizah's husband) said through his lawyer that the former deputy premier would not go to the police station to have his statement taken, after all. Anwar is believed to be last person to be called by police in conjunction with a sodomy report lodged against him by his former aide. No reasons were given for Anwar's refusal to go to the police station.
All eyes will now indeed be on KL to see what would happen next. What would the Opposition and Anwar now do? The ball is back at their feet.
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