Category: Constitution

Barisan Nasional government would lose two-thirds parliamentary majority if there is a 12 per cent swing of its votes to the Opposition

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Joint DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramah held at Malacca on Sunday, 25th March 1990 at 9 pm

Barisan Nasional government would lose two-thirds parliamentary majority if there is a 12 per cent swing of its votes to the Opposition

Tonight marks the end of the first series of the Joint DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramah which also started a series of political earthquakes in Malaysia, beginning in Penang on 17th February, followed by Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Seremban, Kluang last night and Malacca tonight. Continue reading Barisan Nasional government would lose two-thirds parliamentary majority if there is a 12 per cent swing of its votes to the Opposition

Mahathir has a narrow six-vote margin for its two-third majority to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill last week- Very good chance of depriving Barisan Nasional government of two-thirds majority in next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Fourth Joint DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramah held at Dewan Perbandaran Seremban on Wednesday, 21st March 1990 at 9pm

Mahathir has a narrow six-vote margin for its two-third majority to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill last week- Very good chance of depriving Barisan Nasional government of two-thirds majority in next general elections

For the first time in Malaysian electoral history, Malaysians stand a very good chance of depriving Barisan Nasional government of two-thirds majority. Continue reading Mahathir has a narrow six-vote margin for its two-third majority to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill last week- Very good chance of depriving Barisan Nasional government of two-thirds majority in next general elections

Present Constitution Amendment Bill proof of the frivolous use of the Barisan Nasional two-thirds majority to indulge in the whims and fancies of the Prime Minister

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, 14th March 1990, on the 1990 Constitution (Amendment) Bill

Present Constitution Amendment Bill proof of the frivolous use of the Barisan Nasional two-thirds majority to indulge in the whims and fancies of the Prime Minister

Parliament is now presented with another Constitutional amendment bill, whose primary purpose is to disqualify an MP for membership of the Dewan Rakyat for a period of five years if he resigns as an MP, with the same provisions for a State Assemblyman. Continue reading Present Constitution Amendment Bill proof of the frivolous use of the Barisan Nasional two-thirds majority to indulge in the whims and fancies of the Prime Minister

Co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46 heralds a new break through in Malaysian politics

Part II of Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the first of a series of DAP-semangat 46 National Ceramahs Dewan Sri Pinang on Saturday, February 17, 1990 at 8 p.m.

Co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46 heralds a new break through in Malaysian politics

For the purpose of ushering in the decade of change in the 1990s, the DAP has decided to co-operate with the Semangat 46 so as to ensure that Malaysians can start on the road to restore democracy, human rights, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, economic justice and national unity by the removal of the two-third parliamentary majority of Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. Continue reading Co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46 heralds a new break through in Malaysian politics

Lim Kit Siang writes to Dr. Mahathir asking that Cabinet decide on Wednesday to suspend Tan Sri Abu talib as Attorney-General and to set up Tribunal to remove him on three grounds

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Oppsition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in DAP Hqrs in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 14.1.1990 at 12 noon

Lim Kit Siang writes to Dr. Mahathir asking that Cabinet decide on Wednesday to suspend Tan Sri Abu talib as Attorney-General and to set up Tribunal to remove him on three grounds

I am sending to the Prime Mnister, Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed, an urgent letter by hand first thing tomorrow morning asking him to raise at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, 17th January 1990, the question of the invocation of Article 145 of the Constitution to set up a Tribunal to remove Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman as Attorney-General. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang writes to Dr. Mahathir asking that Cabinet decide on Wednesday to suspend Tan Sri Abu talib as Attorney-General and to set up Tribunal to remove him on three grounds

DAP proposes a Royal Commission headed by former Lord President, Tun Suffian, to restore Independence of Judiciary

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAF Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday, December 14, 1989 on the Courts of Judicature (Amendment ) Bill

DAP proposes a Royal Commission headed by former Lord President, Tun Suffian, to restore Independence of Judiciary

The 1989 Courts of Judicature (Amendment) Bill is the direct resu7lt of the 1989 Judicature crises, where the Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas, was sacked, followed by the suspension of five Supreme Court judges and the subsequent sacking of two them, namely Tam Sri Wan Suleiman and Datuk George Agong Seah. Continue reading DAP proposes a Royal Commission headed by former Lord President, Tun Suffian, to restore Independence of Judiciary

DAP proposes that National Trust Fund Bill he referred to Select Committee

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, 19.10.1987 referring the National Trust Fund Bill to Select Committee and on the 16 amendments proposed by DAP MPs to the Bill in Committee Stage.

DAP proposes that National Trust Fund Bill he referred to Select Committee as government has not convinced MPs, both Opposition as well as Barisan Nasional, that there could not be massive abuses, breach of trust or corruption as happened in Maminco, EPF-Makuwasa, UMBC, BMF and North-South Highway scandals in the administration of the National Trust Fund which will be a multi-billion dollar Trust Fund.

I propose, under Standing Order 54(2), that the National Trust Fund Bill be referred to a Select Committee, for the following reasons: Continue reading DAP proposes that National Trust Fund Bill he referred to Select Committee

Call on Barisan National Government to end the speculation in the country by giving a clear-cut assurance that there will be no good moves in the coming Parliament against the judiciary

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, to the Old Xaverians’ Association at 50, Jalan Perak, Penang on “Some Reflections on 30 years of Malaysian Nationhood” on Saturday, 10.10.1987 at 8pm

Call on Barisan National Government to end the speculation in the country by giving a clear-cut assurance that there will be no good moves in the coming Parliament against the judiciary
Various government leaders, including the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, had said in the past that rumours and speculations could have a detrimental effect on the country’ economic and investment climate, and this is why the Government must be vigilant and quick in ending speculations and rumours when they arise and persist. Continue reading Call on Barisan National Government to end the speculation in the country by giving a clear-cut assurance that there will be no good moves in the coming Parliament against the judiciary

DAP calls on Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to reaffirm the Government’s commitment to the Independence of Judiciary as a cardinal principle of the Malaysian Constitution

By Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 7.10.1987:

DAP calls on Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to reaffirm the Government’s commitment to the Independence of Judiciary as a cardinal principle of the Malaysian Constitution.

Recently, during his tours to the various States speaking to UMNO officials and members, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, seemed to be more critical of the judiciary than he had ever been in the past, or had ever been done by the previous three Prime Ministers. Continue reading DAP calls on Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to reaffirm the Government’s commitment to the Independence of Judiciary as a cardinal principle of the Malaysian Constitution

Registrar of Companies, Incik Zulkifli Mahmood, shocked at $2 or $3 , holdings companies colleting tens of millions of dollars of public money as shares in open violation of Companies Act 1965 without prospectus.

Press conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Seremban on Friday, July 3, 1981 at 11 a.m.

Registrar of Companies, Incik Zulkifli Mahmood, shocked at $2 or $3 , holdings companies colleting tens of millions of dollars of public money as shares in open violation of Companies Act 1965 without prospectus.

I met the Registrar of Companies, Incik Zulkifli Mahmood , for 1.1/2 hours yesterday to brief him of the gross violations of the Companies Act 1965 where several MCA-sponsored state holdings companies with $2 or $3 paid capital are collecting tens of millions of dollars of public money as subscription to it shares, in open violation of the law in without having a prospectus registered with the Registry of Companies. Continue reading Registrar of Companies, Incik Zulkifli Mahmood, shocked at $2 or $3 , holdings companies colleting tens of millions of dollars of public money as shares in open violation of Companies Act 1965 without prospectus.