Category: Constitution

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, February 26, 1993:

Call on Yang di Pertuan Agong to refer Section 3 of the 1992 Constitution Amendment Act to the Supreme Court for its advice as to whether it is an objective to the legal and constitutional review of the constituency redelineation by the Election Commission

The Government is collaborating with the Election Commission is trying to make Malaysians believe that the electoral constituency redelineation exercise has to be cancelled as a result of a ‘technical oversight’ by Parliament in enacting the 1993 Constitution Amendment Act to increase 12 new Parliamentary constituencies. Continue reading Call on Yang di Pertuan Agong to refer Section 3 of the 1992 Constitution Amendment Act to the Supreme Court for its advice as to whether it is an objective to the legal and constitutional review of the constituency redelineation by the Election Commission

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 24.2.1993:

Call on MCA President, Ling Liong Sik and Gerakan President, Lim Keng Yaik, to declare whether they support the amendment of the Constitution to ensure that the Election Commission is answerable to Parliament and not to the Government

The DAP has called for the amendment of the Federal Constitution to entrench the independence of the Election Commission and to expressly provide that the Election Commission is answerable to Parliament and not to the Government or UMNO leadership. Continue reading Call on MCA President, Ling Liong Sik and Gerakan President, Lim Keng Yaik, to declare whether they support the amendment of the Constitution to ensure that the Election Commission is answerable to Parliament and not to the Government

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, February 22, 1993:

Mohamed Rahmat had inadvertently confirmed my earlier allegation that the Election Commission was working under an UMNO deadline to complete its constituency redelineation exercise within nine months

The UMNO Secretary-General, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, had inadvertently confirmed my earlier allegation that the Election Commission was working under an UMNO deadline to complete its constituency redelineation exercise within nine months Continue reading Mohamed Rahmat had inadvertently confirmed my earlier allegation that the Election Commission was working under an UMNO deadline to complete its constituency redelineation exercise within nine months

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, February 20, 1993:

Call on Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib, to advise the Cabinet that there is no need to amend Section 3 of the 1992 Constitution Amendment Act as it was not the cause for the illegal and unconstitutional constituency redelineation exercise by the Election Commission

I call on Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib, to advise the Cabinet that there is no need to amend Section 3 of the 1992 Constitution Amendment Act as it was not the cause for the illegal and unconstitutional constituency redelineation exercise by the Election Commission. Continue reading Call on Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib, to advise the Cabinet that there is no need to amend Section 3 of the 1992 Constitution Amendment Act as it was not the cause for the illegal and unconstitutional constituency redelineation exercise by the Election Commission

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 19th February 1993:

Mahathir makes the illogical call that I should resign out of anger and knowledge that the cancellation of the constituency redelineation exercise is not because of a ‘minor technical problem’ but due to ‘major constitutional improprieties’

When Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed returned from Pakistan yesterday, he made the illogical call that I should resign, when he should instead have thanked me for filing legal action which stopped the Election Commission from acting illegally and unconstitutionally in its constituency redelineation exercise. Continue reading Mahathir makes the illogical call that I should resign out of anger and knowledge that the cancellation of the constituency redelineation exercise is not because of a ‘minor technical problem’ but due to ‘major constitutional improprieties’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, February 18, 1993:

Harun Din has failed to give any satisfactory explanation as to why the Election Commission had not waited for the amendments to the Federal and various State Constitutions to increase parliamentary and state assembly constituencies to become law before starting its constituency review process when it had advised Parliament and the State Assemblies to hold emergency meetings

The Election Commission Chairman, Datuk Harun Din, has failed to give a satisfactory explanation for its legal and constitutional tangle resulting in the Election Commission acting illegally and unconstitutionally in the review and redelineation of electoral constituencies last November. It is clear that the full story of the Election Commission’s illegal and unconstitutional review and redelineation of the electoral constituencies has not been told. Continue reading Harun Din has failed to give any satisfactory explanation as to why the Election Commission had not waited for the amendments to the Federal and various State Constitutions to increase parliamentary and state assembly constituencies to become law before starting its constituency review process when it had advised Parliament and the State Assemblies to hold emergency meetings

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a Penang DAP political discussion held at Bukit Mertajam DAP Branch premises on Thursday, 18th February 1993 at 8 p.m.

Setback for Mahathir’s plan to hold next general elections under new constituency redelineation by more than six months as a result of DAP’s latest victory without battle’ to defend democratic and constitutional rights of Malaysians

In the past few days, the Election Commission Chairman, Datuk Harun Din as well as Barisan Nasional leaders had been doing their utmost to convince the people that the unprecedented cancellation of the Election Commission’s exercise to review and redelineate parliamentary and state assembly constituencies had nothing to do with the DAP legal action against the Election Commission. Continue reading Setback for Mahathir’s plan to hold next general elections under new constituency redelineation by more than six months as a result of DAP’s latest victory without battle’ to defend democratic and constitutional rights of Malaysians

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a Penang DAP political discussion held at Penang DAP headquarters at Lorong Kinta, Penang on Wednesday, 17th February 1993 at 8 p.m.

Datuk Harun Din should resign as Election Commission Chairman or he should be removed from this post as the first step to regain public confidence in the integrity and credibility of the Election Commission

`in the past two months, the country was plunged into a constitutional crisis over the Rulers’ immunity and the people’s demand that they should not be above the law to be at liberty to commit criminal or civil wrongdoings. Continue reading Datuk Harun Din should resign as Election Commission Chairman or he should be removed from this post as the first step to regain public confidence in the integrity and credibility of the Election Commission