Drama unfolded for the second day running in the usually calm Malacca state assembly sitting with the ejection of state opposition leader Goh Leong San.

goh leong san Goh, who is the state DAP chief, was also in the limelight yesterday with his notice to debate a vote of no-confidence against Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam.

The motion was however rejected by speaker Othman Muhamad on grounds that it was not urgent and was not of any public interest.

And today, Goh sought explanation from the speaker why his other motion filed on Tuesday - this one for a vote of no-confidence against Othman himself - was rejected.

Othman told the Kesidang state representative that the second notice was rejected based on the state assembly regulations and that his decision was final.

Goh was not satisfied with the answer and pressed for an explanation. He also refused to heed to Othman warnings to sit down to let the day's proceedings continue.

The stand-off resulted in a shouting match between Barisan Nasional representatives and those from across the floor. Othman then ordered Goh to leave the assembly.

Othman said Goh was suspended for the day for insulting the assembly, the speaker and the chief minister.

The Malacca state assembly has 23 BN representatives and five DAP members.

CM involved in money politics

The sitting was also disrupted yesterday when the members started shouting across the floor when Goh wanted to read out the contents of his rejected emergency motion against Mohd Ali.

Othman had to bring the House to order and told the members to continue with the proceedings.

In that motion, Goh had said that Mohd Ali had lost the confidence of the people after being found guilty of money politics in the run-up to Umno polls in March.

He had said that the chief minister's involvement in money politics has "affected his credibility as a leader".

Othman however had rejected the motion as it did not fulfil all three criteria for it to be debated.

He said that the motion only complied with one of the three criteria - that of it being a specific issue.

"There is no great urgency to table the motion because it is not a natural disaster - it is also not of public interest as the case had been settled by Umno," he was reported as saying by Bernama .

On March 17, the Umno disciplinary board headed by Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen found Mohd Ali guilty of breaking the party's code of ethics and barred him from contesting the deputy president's post during the Umno election.