SHAH ALAM: The\u00a0Batang Kali seat was today declared vacant effective Jan 28 after its assemblyman Harumaini Omar\u00a0failed to attend the State Assembly\u00a0sittings for more than six months.
\nSpeaker\u00a0Ng Suee Lim said the declaration was made in accordance with Article\u00a0LXIX of the Selangor State Constitution 1959.
\n\u201cThe assemblyman for\u00a0Batang Kali, YB Harumaini Omar, was found to have been absent without permission from the Speaker throughout the sittings from Nov\u00a023 to\u00a030,\u00a02022, Dec 1 to\u00a02,\u00a02022 and Dec\u00a05 to\u00a06,\u00a02022,\u201d he told a news conference here today.<\/p>\n
He said there were no records in the Selangor State Assembly Office and Speaker\u2019s Office to show that the Pejuang assemblyman had applied for permission from the Speaker to be absent from the assembly for that period.
\n\u201cBased on official records and the attendance book, YB Harumaini last attended a sitting on July 27,\u00a02022. In view that the six-month period is calculated from July 28,\u00a02022, as provided for under Article\u00a0LXIX of the Selangor State Constitution\u00a01959, his period of absence has exceeded six months,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cTherefore, in exercising my power as Speaker under Article\u00a0LXIX of the Selangor State Constitution 1959, I hereby declare that the seat of\u00a0YB Harumaini has fallen vacant from Jan\u00a028,\u00a02023,\u201d he said.
\nNg said a notice on the vacancy would be sent to the Election Commission soon and Harumaini would get to know of the matter following today\u2019s press conference.
\nTo a question, Ng said Harumaini had never written to or called him regarding his absence from the assembly.
\nHe said Harumaini would be paid his salary and allowances as assemblyman until January only but would not lose his pension.<\/p>\n
Harumaini is not allowed to appeal the Speaker\u2019s decision and has been barred from attending the State Assembly sitting beginning March 13.
\nAccording to Ng, Harumaini was the second assemblyman to lose his seat due to prolonged absence from the assembly, with the first being\u00a0former Port Klang assemblyman Badrul Hisham Abdullah on Jan 19,\u00a02011 during the time of\u00a0Speaker Datuk Teng Chang Khim.
\n— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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