Hypothesis: What if what the Penang State Government says about PBT members losing their membership is true?
For hypothetical arguments sake, let us assume that what the Penang state government has said about PBT membership is true, that they are no longer members, as stated by LGE in Star, 3 May 2008, because their husband were voted out in GE2008, as stated by Ng Wei Aik in his letter to Chui Kah Peng on 4 May 2008, which I quote:
Perlu diingatkan bahawa apabila mesyuarat Agung PBT diadakan pada 9 Mac 2008, semua ahli asal PBT sudah kehilangan hak keahlian kerana suami kamu telah kalah ataupun bertukar menjadi ahli pembangkang berikutan “tsunami politik” yang menyebabkan perubahan kerajaan daripada Barisan Nasional kepada DAP, PKR dan PAS pada 8hb Mac 2008. [my emphasis]
- Page 1 Paragraph 3, Letter from Ng Wei Aik to Chui Kah Peng.
Since we saw in my earlier post that it appears that membership to PBT is not automatic and new members need to apply, lets look at what would happen if the above hypothesis is true:
- On March 8th, all original PBT members lose their membership.
- There are no members in PBT from March 9th onwards.
- Since there are no members, there is no committee from March 9th onwards.
- New members need to apply and the application needs to be approved by the committee before they become members.
- There is NO COMMITTEE to approve new membership.
- New members cannot be approved, therefore they cannot enter the PBT.
If we take this hypothetical situation to its logical conclusion, there will be no more members in PBT from March 9, 2008 onwards.
Since I am no lawyer, I do not know what will happen to the society when the society has no members. Who can operate the society’s funds? How can the funds then be used for charity if no-one can operate it?
BUT, is the above hypothesis true? Are PBT members automatically non-members when their husbands lose the election?
Next: Automatically Kicked Out?
