We've proven BN wrong, says Kit Siang

We've proven BN wrong, says Kit Siang by B. Suresh Ram OPPOSITION Leader Lim Kit Siang said the DAP has proved the Barisan Nasional wrong for supporting the Constitution Amendment Bill 1992, which led to the repeal of the Parliamentary Services Act 1963. He said what is worth noting is that in the debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill 1992 to lay the basis for the repeal of the Parliamentary Services Act and the "demotion of the high status" of secretary of Parliament, the DAP MPs opposed the Bill while the BN MPs supported it. The DAP now supports the BN move to ask for the re-enactment of the Act, Lim told a press conference at the Parliament lobby Earlier, Lim told the House the move by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz to appoint a head of administration "has created a troika of unequals" to run Parliament. He said the move will end in a stalemate and "cold wars" in the administration and management of Parliament, allowing Nazri to be the "overlord of Parliament, gravely undermining the doctrine of the separation of powers and parliamentary independence from the Executive". He wondered how the posts of the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara secretaries and that of the head of administration of Parliament can be equal when they are on different salary scales, with the latter being higher. In reply, Nazri said there is no conflict between the posts. He said the new post of head of administration was merely meant to enhance the efficiency of Parliament and will not not erode the rights of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat. Nazri said he was also confused over Lim's statement defending the post of the Dewan Rakyat secretary as being the highest post. "And then, he goes and tells us that the speaker is the servant of the House. This is not right," he said.