TIMELINE
Feb 3: The crisis begins as Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Changkat Jering assemblyman Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu quit PKR.
Feb 4: Jelapang assemblyman Hee Yit Foong, who is also the assembly’s deputy speaker, quits DAP. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announces the fall of the Pakatan state government.
Feb 6: Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Kadir sworn in as Perak Mentri Besar. He appoints six new state executive councillors.
Feb 13: Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin files suit to challenge the legitimacy of Zambry as Perak Mentri Besar.
Feb 18: Perak assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar suspends Dr Zambry for 18 months and six state exco members for 12 months.
March 3: Sivakumar conducts an “emergency” assembly meeting under a tree near the Perak State Secretariat after police deny Pakatan assemblymen entry.
March 7: The High Court in Kuala Lumpur refers Nizar’s bid to challenge the legitimacy of Dr Zambry’s appointment to the Federal Court.
March 10: Sivakumar files suit in KL High Court against the three independent assemblymen and the Election Commission for not declaring their seats vacant.
March 20: Nizar fails in his appeal against a High Court ruling to move his suit against Dr Zambry to the Federal Court.
March 23: Federal Court sends Nizar’s case back to High Court as the matter involves the state Constitution.
April 10: Federal Court decides that Hee, Mohd Osman and Jamaluddin did not resign and remain as assemblymen.
April 16: Federal Court rules that Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Dr Zambry and his state exco members.
April 20: Nizar files affidavit at Kuala Lumpur High Court stating that he had sought the consent of Sultan Azlan Shah to dissolve the state assembly because of a deadlock.
May 7: Perak assembly sits and quickly descends into pandemonium. Police enter Assembly and forcibly remove Sivakumar as Speaker; former Sungkai assemblyman Datuk R. Ganesan is appointed to replace him.
May 11: KL High Court rules that Nizar is the rightful mentri besar.
May 12: Court of Appeal grants Dr Zambry a stay of execution; he resumes his duties as mentri besar.
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