By Param Cumaraswamy
The present crisis in Perak could have been averted if His Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah had dissolved the Legislative Assembly on February 5.
The present scenario in Perak is seen as a State without a legitimate government.
The casualty in such an environment primarily is the rakyat. If the situation is not carefully addressed and arrested quickly the rule of law in Perak will be in jeopardy and anarchy will be the order of the day.
Our Rulers are not absolute monarchs. They are in essence constitutional monarchs. Their decisions are not absolute. The implications of their decisions can be discussed and commented by the people and the media.
The ramifications of the decision not to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on that day are now seen, heard and felt.
This is not the time to look into the technicalities and strict interpretation of the law and the constitution.
This is not even the appropriate occasion for the intervention of the courts.
There is a higher constitutional principle namely the doctrine of separation of powers to be protected. It is ultimately for the rakyat of Perak to decide their own destiny.
That is what democracy is all about.
There clearly appears a situation where no one member of the legislative assembly could command the confidence of the majority in the same Assembly.
I therefore appeal to His Royal Highness to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and pave the way for fresh elections. Let there be a government of the rakyat, by the rakyat and for the rakyat in Perak.
[The author is a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers]
sorry to say….malaysian royals being under control by najis n be end…..so…its very hard for the fresh poll……if there is…..they know who are the losers….BN Be End!!!!!!
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PokNikYeh Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Cool!
YB TPM Dato Najisb, please answer the latest issue.
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Mohd Suhaimi Bin Aziz Reply:
March 7th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Umno/bn kenapa takut nak berdepan secara anak jantan dalam pilihanraya???? Kenapa umno/bn jadi pondan berselindung disebalik istana, PDRM, SPRM, SPR, Ketua Hakim, Peguam Negara dan media perdana seperti TV3 suku, utusan meloyakan dan berita hairan?????
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mystvern Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
betul ke company gamuda tu anak sultan punye. patut laaa….
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I agree with the writer. On what basis the Sultan refuses to dissolve the State Assembly?
It just doesn’t make sense. In this kind of situation, the rakyat will turn to the Sultan to clarify this matter, accordingly due to the State Constitution. And it is very clear there’s a power struggle between the two parties BN and PR. Dissolving the State Assembly is the Sultan’s prerogative and rights of power. This is the time for His Royal Highness to use it. And why not? After all, the rakyat will determine who’s the government of the day. The Sultan should see the matter as a gravely concern as it affected the rakyat, directly and inderctly. Thus, I plead for the Sultan to dissolve the State Assembly.
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Mengikut kata Menteri Rais (Kais) Yatim, org yang bersalah dalam hal ini ialah Peguam Negara dan Penasihat Undang2 Negeri yang telah menyebabkan negeri Perak menjad haru-biru (biru BN). Peguam Negara tidur macam bosnye.. lantas gagal memberi pandangan atau nasihat kepada si gelojoh Najib Tuya. Najib Tuya juga patut disiasat sama ada beliau ada meminta pandangan Peguam Negara sebelum mengadap Tuanku Sultan. Jika ada.. apa pandangan Peguam Negara? kena dedahkan pada rakyat Perak. Justeru bagi membolehkan satu siasat dijalankan.. satu laporan Polis perlu dibuat oleh pihak PR bagi membolehkan peguam negara dan penasihat undang2 negeri disiasat.. termasuklah najib Tuya sendiri yang bertindak atas nasihat dan pandangan siapa?.. Maka jika tidak ada yang tidak betul (semasa siasatan dijalankan) tentulah punca kekusutan ini boleh dirungkai.. jawapan dan hasil hiasatan ini boleh lah dipersembahkan ke bawah Duli Tuanku.. untuk diperbetulkan semula. Wallahua’lam.
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Semua orang tahu (termasuk BN), kalau diadakan pilihanraya maka BN akan kalah terok. Ini disebabkan rakyat sudah jemu dengan BN dan mahu perubahan kepimpinan negara kepada mereka yang lebih adil dan telus. Tindakan melantik Menteri Besar baru dan menggantungkan Dewan Perundangan adalah sama juga seperti menafikan kehendak rakyat, dan kebajikan rakyat terus tidak dipertahankan. Soalnya sekarang, siapakah yang kita hendak pertahankan; rakyat atau segolongan kecil pemimpin yang tidak disukai lagi?. Jadi dimanakah keadilan
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Seperkara lagi.. saya rasa perlu satu MEMORANDUM diserahkan kepada Ke Bawah Duli Yang Dipertuan Agong bagi menyertakan bukti dan alasan rakyat Malaysia menolak Najib sebagai PM Malaysia yang baru.. Apa kata semua?..
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mack Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
setuju sgt aminasri. tapi siapa nak memulakanya. mungkin dsai boleh.
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mystvern Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
jgn risau jap lg keluar buku dalil kenapa najis tak le jd pm. pak lah tgh siapkan tu.
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“I think that constitutional rule in Perak has collapsed and the only way to rectify the situation is to go back to the people,” Tengku Razaleigh told BT in an exclusive interview yesterday. “That would be the appropriate thing for the Ruler to do.”
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Perakians Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
For whatever personal reasons the Sultan or his family may have, surely he cannot completely ignore the constitutional crisis in his state. He can’t lock himself up in his palace and let his state to drift aimlessly without a government.
The rakyat are getting increasingly impatient, and are bitterly disappointed that their Sultan is not stepping in to resolve the impasse. They feel so let down and are crying out for their Sultan to let the rakyat decide who should lead the assembly again. Let’s hope the Sultan will use his wisdom to dissolve the assemble and call for fresh elections.
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Your Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah, please take this opportunity to call for fresh polls. Your people will respect you and thank you for upholding their wishes.
Fresh polls will end all arguments as to which party has the rakyat’s support.
Your Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah can make it all possible. The power is in your hands, Tuanku.
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WHY IS HRH OF PERAK SO STONE HEARTED NOT WANTING TO LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE!! DOES HRH WANTS TO SEE UPHEAVAL OR EVEN TO THE EXTEND OF INNOCENT LIVES DIE BEFORE HE SUBMITS TO THE PEOPLE’S WISHES???!!!!
FOR THE GOODSAKE OF PERAK PLEASE LISTEN TO THE WISHES OF YOUR SUBJECTS…. HAVE ANEW ELECTION!!!!!! ALL BEINGS PARISHED EVENTUALLY, FOR NO ONE IS IMMORTAL!!!!
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Najis mempunyai kekebalan politik dalam Malaysia dan tidak boleh didakwa!!! Saya sarankan kes-kes begini kita boleh membawa Najis ke muka pengadilan melalui MAHKAMAH DUNIA yang dikepalai oleh Amerika!!!
Bawa Najis ke Mahkamah Dunia!!! Bapa Altantuya sepatutnya dah lama bawa kes ini ke Mahkamah Dunia!!! Baru Buku bertemu dengan Ruas!! Seorang Pengganas Antarabangsa (Amerika) dan seorang Pengganas Tempatan (Najis)!!!
Baru dia tahu langit tinggi rendah!!!!
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Mr Param, I think you are wrong for saying Perak Sultan must intervene and call for fresh polls!!!
Perak Sultan now is waiting for a fresh polls not only in Perak and sekaligus a fresh polls for the whole Malaysia becuase MP of BN belum LOMPAT lagi!!!
Perak Sultan do not want Malaysia punya politicians to suffer because the weather is so hot and nanti semua politicians sudah hangus, now already too many by-election so no more fresh polls for state by state! Perak Sultan wants to have a fresh polls for the whole MALAYSIA and not only for Perak state!!!
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orang kampong Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Pauline,
when were you appointed to be the political spokewoman for HRH of Perak? Please call the media and let the public view your credentials…. All I know HRH had never uttered aword after the last incidence at BKT CHANDAN. So stop trying to be a smart ASS from the back!!!!!
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Pauline Chan Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
orang kampong,
jika tak puas hati menjemput lah.. orang BN to LOMPAT lagi and why now so quiet no more KATAK nak melompat???
orang kampong, your Perak state is not the time to call for fresh election and should call for a RUBBISH clean up for IPOH TOWN first because very malu lah.. calling IPOH ialah CITY and berbau busuk sampah merata-rata!!!
orang kampong, you should call all YB in Perak to clean up all those RUBBISH first then only call for a fresh election!!! Betul orang kampong…
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Ipohfolk Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Pauline Chan,
Please search through your soul and see if there is still any conscience left. The next time before you open your dirty, filthy and corroded mouth, please use your brain to think wisely, and not idiotically. It’s not Ipoh city that’s berbau busuk. It’s your MOUTH that stinks!
We, the Perakians, have every right to demand for fresh elections, mind you!
NonaNona Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Eh, Pauline Chan,
Jaga mulut kamu! Jangan cuba nak menghina orang kampung, tau?
Siapa tau nenek moyang kamu juga berasal dari kampung!
AS Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Pauline,
The Sultan is bound by the state constitution to act upon the advice of the MB in seeking for a dissolution of the state assembly. HRH’s role is merely symbolic in granting His consent to the MB’s request. This is the basic rule and principle contained in our constitution.
Anyway, your unsavoury comments of Perak and Ipoh shows how desperate you are. Tell you what, let’s have new elections in Perak so that the rakyat can clean up the state of crooked politicians from BN-UMNO. After that, we can consider extending the gotong-royong campaign nationwide. In due time, Malaysia will be a super-clean country free from corruption.
Political party comes and goes. The sultan must remember, his subjects are there to stay.
If the sultan expect mutual respect, he cannot ignore the desperate cries from his
subjects, to elect a govt of their choice.
So the question hovering in the mind of Tuanku Azlan Shah is, who do you value more?
A political party with no principle or the helpless rakyat who want a govt of their
choice?!
A wise man acts a coward stays mute!
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where is the perak sultan ah???
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shame on u AZLAN..u will be crucified in hell..!!
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sultan buat tak tahu .
beta tahu, beta tak dapat, beta tak peduli
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Pauline Chan, if you zip up, no one will think you are a dumb a#s
(which is correct nike for you). Stay home and do some house cleaning,
it will suit you better!
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Najis is insulting Perakians! How can Malaysians have a PM of his intelligence?
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Baskaran Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
True, we do not one with such a base character to be our PM
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Jamaliah Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Why not? we should be proud of him! Look, he has scored so many ‘FIRST’, haha
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Hormatlah Sultan.
Kalau tak setia pada Raja dan Negara, pergi main jauh-jauh… buat kacau negara jer.
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Mohd Suhaimi Bin Aziz Reply:
March 7th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Aaaaahhhhh….
Raja adil raja disanjung, raja zalim raja disanggah….. Islam mengajar kita taat setia kepada raja dan pemerintah selagi mereka taat dan patuh kepada ajaran Islam dan menegakkan keadilan di muka bumi!!!!
Persoalannya adakah sultan Perak adil pada rakyatnya hanya mengikut telunjuk pembunuh kejam gadis mongolia??? Sultan Perak sendirilah yang jatuhkan maruahnya kerana takut kepada Najib Mongolia dan ingin menjaga kepentingan anakandanya dalam Gamuda!!!!!!
Fikir-fikirkanlah…
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lenggeng NS Reply:
March 7th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Macam mana kita nak menghormati kalau banyak buruk dari yang baik dari perlis sampai ke johor.Pelbagai cerita….. sendiri fikirkan
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mystvern Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
kayuhlaju,
ko kayuh laju2 sikit pastu langgar tiang lampu. jgn nk menyibuk kat sini.
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mana si penakut tu sekarang?
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We need people power to stop a murderer to become PM.
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Yes.. even with nobody got suspended or resignation invalid, those 3 jumping frog will not show their face ever… as they’ll be afraid of their constituencies and ex colleague in PR… as well as media focus on them… This means.. the DUN will be tied at 28-28 and if we exclude the speaker.. it will be 27 PR vs 28 BN and this means… every ADUN must be in the DUN all the time… even cannot go to the tiolet while the DUN is in session… hehhehe the answer is to dissolve the DUN…
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If the Sultan really dissolve the Legislative Assembly, Najis dream to become the 6th PM will be forever just a dream!
Therefore, Najis will used whatever measures to prevent this from happenning.
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Tuanku has a second chance to win back the Love of his people……..hope Tuanku makes the right decision
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Daulat Tuanku,
You are ignoring the plight of your rakyat. You have set a precedence and are not able to untie it. This will surely affect other royalties too. Please do something before it is too late. BN/UMNO cannot rule Perak peacefully. Your rakyat do not want BN/UMNO.
Malaysian do not want a person tainted with suspicion to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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dear friend, on march 08, pr won by majority 3 seats.nobody question why pr form the govt. nobody. now bn majority by 3 seats why so many question raise up. state assblyeman is chose by people. MB besar chose by Sultan. Friend pls bear in mind the problem in perak not a ADUN is a MB. friend why shoul call to resolve the dun. Dont waste people money anymore.
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Everything changes in this world. There is no such thing as permanency. So anything can happen in Perak in particular and anything can happen in Malaysia in general.
We have to make the majority of Malaysian masses wakeup and let them know that they are the judge of the country instead of the ruling political party.
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When the Sultan of Perak made that decision I thought it wasn’t him. HRH was the chief judge and could not possibly made such an unwise decision. There must be a very strong reason for him to make such a decision without wisdom and people concern.
If it was his unintentional decision then HRH should do something to correct his mistake. He should make the right decision to show the rakyat that he cares for them. He is not a person who could be pulled by the nose. He must come up with something more beneficial for the state and Perakians. Though it is not a very simple task to right his own wrong but by doing so he would bring tremendous improvement to the state. HRH should leave his pride behind. Otherwise Perak would remain as it is.
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Ampun Tuanku(walaupun tak pernah buat salah pd tuanku),patik mohom sembah derhaka..janganlah Tuanku bebankan diri,jiwa dan fikiran tuanku dgn komentar,sindiran dan kemarahan rakyat tuanku takala usia tuanku sebegini,bubar saja DUN dan pasti insyallah kehidupan tuanku akan kembali cerai dan disanjung rakyat jelata…biarlah sisa hidup tuanku dipenuhi dgn sinar kebahagian zahir dan batin,,
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Hi All,
All this things just make me sick of it. I have keep my mind focus on my daily life and pray to ALLAH with hope that whoever that make the state under uncertainty stage to face the consequence soon. InsyaALLAH the thruth will prevail finally. To those truth believers, the day will come when people will prevail from this. All the best.
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Tol Jelapang dah masuk 6 kemalangan terjadi dan beliau tak pernah pun lawat tempat kejadian.
Kalau ada bencana terjadi di Perak, batang hidung pun tak nampak.
Tak macam Sultan Johor dan Pahang.
Maaf. Ini hanya pemerhatian saya selama ini selaku rakyat Perak.
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