The restraining order against Perak speaker V Sivakumar has, as anticipated, attracted two sets of interpretations which is bound to add more confusion to the political crisis here.

For Barisan Nasional’s lawyers, the order which bars the speaker from convening “any unlawful meeting” covers the emergency assembly sitting held under a tree yesterday.

“Frankly, there is no time frame. So it should include the assembly held yesterday,” said Mohd Hafarizam Harun, in a text message reply today.

Mohd Hafarizam is one of the lawyers acting on behalf of Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abd Kadir and his six cabinet members, who obtained the court order against Sivakumar yesterday.

Mohd Hafarizam argued that the speaker was served a notice of the court action on Monday while the sitting was held on Tuesday.

“So it would appear that it covers the (Tuesday) morning (sitting),” he told Malaysiakini .

Sivakumar will not challenge order

But it is the same vagueness in the court order which has led Sivakumar’s lawyers to assume that the court order says pretty much nothing.

Sivakumar’s lawyer Chan Kok Keong said that the his client had not convened any meeting that can be considered “unlawful”.

In fact, Chan is so confident that he said that his team of lawyers are unlikely to try and set aside the order.

The priority now is for Sivakumar is seek a Court of Appeal declaration that the assembly speaker is not a civil servant, and thus he can appoint a lawyer other than the state legal advisor to represent him in court.