A day after MPs from both sides of the divide were criticised for tearing up their opponent's motion papers in Parliament, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang defended the action by those in Pakatan Rakyat.

Lim said the action of Pakatan MPs was spontaneous and done out of anger due to BN's bulldozing of a motion that breached standing orders to suspend PKR's Padang Serai MP N Surendran for six months.

pakatan mp tearing motion papers 141113 fuziah salleh "It is in these circumstances of denial of justice and proper regard for parliamentary procedures and conventions that some Pakatan MPs vented their anger, frustration and exasperation reacting emotionally by tearing up or crumbling the green motion paper.

"The Pakatan parliamentary leadership had not given approval for the tearing up or crumbling of the motion paper, as it occurred instantaneously and spontaneously out of frustration and exasperation...," he said in a statement today.

In contrast, Lim said BN's subsequent action of tearing up a motion paper by PKR's Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh to dock the pay of five government special advisors seen as political appointments was pre-planned and done in retaliation.

"BN MPs, led by Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin, carried out a pre-planned conspiracy to drum up a commotion, culminating in the tearing up of Fuziah's motion...

"If the BN MPs had regarded Fuziah's motion as haram (illegal), then they should have emulated the Pakatan MPs in the morning and declined to take part in its voting.

"But this was not the purpose as the whole intention was to sabotage parliamentary proceedings by not allowing for any debate on Fuziah's motion," he said.

"(It) exhibited the sheer infantilism of BN MPs who could think of such crude ways to retaliate against Pakatan MPs, utterly without regard to the rights and wrongs of an issue or the interests of the people and country," he added.

'Crude retaliation'

Lim said the illegal manner in which the motion against Surendran was moved and BN's retaliation was a "double blot of shame".

Surendran had called House speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia bias after his motion to debate the partial demolition of the Sri Muneswarar Kaliyamman in Kuala Lumpur was shot down.

penang save democracy rally 180513 lim kit siang A motion was subsequently moved against Surendran to have him suspended for the remarks.

Lim said the suspension was illegal as the motion was moved before the full 24-hour notice period.

Furthermore, he said there was no prove that the matter was of public interest which otherwise would require a longer seven-day notice.

He added that speaker allowing the motion with a 24-hour notice instead of a seven-day notice was also questionable, especially as Pandikar was the subject matter thus there was conflict of interest.

"In any event, the proper procedure to be followed in this case was to refer Surendran to the Committee of Privileges as it affected the 'powers and privileges of the House'.

"The Committee of Privileges should investigate and report to the House on the allegations made against Surendran," said Lim.