PAS trio ceased as party members, Speaker’s prerogative to vacate seats, says expert

PETALING JAYA: Perlis Speaker Rus’sele Eizan has absolute discretion to vacate the seats of the three PAS state assemblymen who signed the statutory declaration (SD), and the state assembly can be considered a hung assembly, says a political expert.

The constitutional expert also said the three PAS state assemblymen were not expelled from the party but lost their membership for failing to comply with party directives as elected representatives.