Numbers did not add up for Dr Tan
NST (29/4/08): The opposition was left flummoxed yesterday over its solidarity when its candidate for the deputy speaker's position, Dr Tan Seng Giaw, polled 81 votes instead of the expected 82.
After the vote, opposition deputies singled out independent, Datuk Ibrahim Ali, as the likely villain.
Ibrahim was coy about it.
"My vote is secret. I am a man of integrity. It is up to people to say what they want. It is confidential," Ibrahim said.
Though an independent, Ibrahim had contested the Pasir Mas seat on a Pas ticket.
Ibrahim said he did not have any problems with Dr Tan and counted him a friend.
Ibrahim pointed out that Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar had received 17 votes from the opposition. He polled 157 votes, when he would have picked up only 140 votes.
The other winning candidate for the deputy speaker's post, Barisan Nasional's Datuk Ronald Kiandee picked up 140 votes, the number of BN members in the House.
Pas president and Marang MP Datuk Hadi Awang said he did not know how the matter could have arisen.
"The vote is secret."
After the vote, opposition deputies singled out independent, Datuk Ibrahim Ali, as the likely villain.
Ibrahim was coy about it.
"My vote is secret. I am a man of integrity. It is up to people to say what they want. It is confidential," Ibrahim said.
Though an independent, Ibrahim had contested the Pasir Mas seat on a Pas ticket.
Ibrahim said he did not have any problems with Dr Tan and counted him a friend.
Ibrahim pointed out that Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar had received 17 votes from the opposition. He polled 157 votes, when he would have picked up only 140 votes.
The other winning candidate for the deputy speaker's post, Barisan Nasional's Datuk Ronald Kiandee picked up 140 votes, the number of BN members in the House.
Pas president and Marang MP Datuk Hadi Awang said he did not know how the matter could have arisen.
"The vote is secret."
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