Shillong, July 30: Assembly Speaker Thomas Sangma is reviewing a petition made by the Voice of the People Party (VPP) legislator Adelbert Nongrum urging the former not to accept the suspension order by the VPP.The reason cited by the MLA is that the letter was not addressed to him as an MLA.
“Nongrum contends that the suspension order, which was addressed simply as Adelbert Nongrum, Jaiaw Shillong, does not mention his MLA rank.
He argues that this could lead to confusion, as there might be other individuals with the same name living in Jaiaw. Nongrum stresses that he is still a constitutionally elected representative of his people”, the Speaker said..
He referred the matter to the legal department and the Advocate General of the state for examination.
When asked, the Speaker said, ” I don’t know but some may agree with Adelbert Nongrum also because his suspension order without mentioning him as MLA or addressing him as MLA may not carry in the court of law. Technically, it seems very vague.”
Regarding the suspension of the MLA, the Speaker said, “That is for the political party concerned I cannot comment on that, and I will not say they should suspend or they should not suspend. It will not be appropriate for me to comment on that”.
The VPP had suspended the MLA for three years in March for anti-party activities.
