MELAKA: Two Melaka Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders have filed a lawsuit against the Melaka government, challenging the constitutionality of a state enactment allowing the appointment of up to seven non-elected assemblymen.
The suit was filed by Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong, in his capacity as a registered voter in Melaka, and Melaka PH chairman Adly Zahari, who is also Bukit Katil assemblyman. The Melaka government is named as the defendant.
The writ of summons was served on the Melaka State Secretary's Office and the State Legal Adviser's Office at Kompleks Seri Negeri today.
Khoo told reporters that the amendment, gazetted on Aug 27, was unconstitutional as it contravened Article 71(4) of the Federal Constitution, read together with Section 4(1) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule to the Federal Constitution, and was therefore null and void.
