00:00The federal court has postponed Bersatu's application for leave to appeal in connection with the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's refusal to declare the seats of four rebel Sabah MPs vacant after a judge recused himself.
00:15The four MPs are Armizan Muhammad Ali, Cairo Ferdawas Akbar Khan, Jonathan Yassin and Matbali Musa.
00:22When proceedings commenced today, bench chairman Justice Abu Bakar Rais revealed his long acquaintance with Bersatu's counsel, Azhar Harun, and invited the parties to state if they had objections to him presiding over the case.
00:39Lawyer Feroz Husin Ahmad Jamaluddin, appearing for the MPs, said his clients were uncomfortable with Abu Bakar's presence on the bench.
00:47Abu Bakar, the Court of Appeal president, then scheduled the application for case management tomorrow to set a new hearing date.
00:58On August 5th, a three-member appeals court bench ruled that Speaker Johari Abdul's decision, contained in a letter dated January 16, 2023, was immune from judicial review.
01:11Justice Ruzima Ghazali, chairing the appeals court bench, said the High Court was correct to dismiss Bersatu's leave application as Article 63, Section 1 of the Federal Constitution bars courts from questioning the validity of parliamentary proceedings.
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