by Hanipa Maidin
June 1 – It is 2.30 am in January 2010. Najib and Rosmah have just reached their official residence in Putrajaya.
Their arrival is met with a letter by the King declaring that Najib has to vacate the residence simply because the King has appointed a new Prime Minister to replace him.
The letter sets out the reason for this act – the Members of Parliament (MPs) from Pakatan Rakyat (PR), together with a few MPs from Barisan Nasional (BN), have expressed their undivided support for Anwar Ibrahim to become the new Prime Minister.
The letter ends with the following ultimatum: Mr Najib, you are hereby ordered to tender your resignation, failing which your premiership will be terminated forthwith.
The bewildered Najib immediately seeks an audience with the King. The audience is duly granted.
Najib expresses dissatisfaction with the King’s decision. He laments that it is unfair for him to be swiftly removed as Prime Minister in the absence of motion of no confidence against him in the Parliament. He confidently cites Article 44 (4) of the Federal Constitution and, in turn, contends that nowhere in the said Article empowering the King to remove him as the Prime Minister.
The King smiles and softly reminds him with this timely advice: “Mr Najib, don’t you remember that on May 22, 2009 at 3.30pm in the case of Dato Zambry v Dato Nizar, the three judges of the court Appeal unanimously held that:
a. A Chief Minister (in the state level) or a Prime Minister (in the federal level) can be impliedly dismissed if the King unilaterally decides that the CM or PM respectively has ceased the command of confidence by a majority of the state assemblymen or MPs.
b. Article 16 (6) of the Perak Constitution which is equivalent to Article 43 (4) of the Federal Constitution makes no reference as to the mode of determining the CM or PM has lost the confidence.
Be that as it may constitutionally speaking there is no explicit requirement of votes of no confidence to be passed before the CM or PM can be removed from his office.
c. The case of Stephen Kalong Ningkan (1966) is no longer a good precedent. In Ningkan, the Sarawak High Court laid down the universally accepted constitutional convention namely the Governor or the King has no power to dismiss the CM unless a motion of no confidence has been passed by a state legislature.
To add salt to the wound, the King further says:
“Is it not you who badly wanted such a perverse ruling in order to gain a short term political victory? Is it not you who failed to hear the public outcry demanding the dissolution of the Perak Assembly in order to solve the constitutional impasse in Perak? Is it not you who refused to solve the Perak crisis via democratic means, namely, by going back to the voters to decide which party they want to represent them in governing Perak?
“Sorry Mr Najib, the problem you are facing now is of your own making. You are to blame yourself. You are hereby ordered to vacate your residence with an immediate effect.”
The above scenario is, in my view, the appropriate illustration to depict the impact of the court of appeal’s decision overturning the landmark decision of the learned High Court Judge Dato Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim given on May 11, 2009.
When Dato Abdul Aziz made a decision allowing all the prayers sought by Nizar in his judicial review application, the learned high court judge, to his credit, gave a reasoned judgment. Therein, he discussed in great detail all the points raised by all parties in their respective submissions.
On the other hand, when the court of appeal allowed Zambry’s appeal, only cursory grounds were given. To date, a detailed, reasoned judgment has not been made available.
Despite the profound submissions made by respective parties, and given the fact that the appeal dealt with very crucial constitutional points, the unholy haste in making the ruling makes one wonders whether the judges really read or appreciated the arguments put forward by the opposing parties.
The lawyers in Nizar’s legal team have no other choice but to accept the court’s decision. But, frankly, we wonder if the man on the street also shares the same sentiment – accepting and respecting the court’s decision without question.
Whilst the people’s views of our dented judiciary remains unabated, the latest perverse decision of the court of appeal aggravates the state of affairs. This is what happens when our machinery of justice has lost its legitimacy.
When BN overstays in the political arena, the people start questioning its legitimacy to rule the country.
Unfortunately, the government’s agencies – in particular, those entrusted with the administration of justice such as the judiciary, the police force and the Attorney General’s office – have also been duly affected when BN lost the legitimacy to rule. In other words these administrations unnecessarily carry the BN’s burden of legitimacy, or lack thereof.
The Perak’s legal and political turmoil reinforces what Raja Azlan J. (as he then was) said in Pengarah Tanah dan Galian , Wilayah Persekutuan v Sri Lempah Enterprise Sdn Bhd (1979) 1 MLJ 135 :-
“Every legal power must have legal limits, otherwise there is dictatorship … Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Since Day One, BN has indulged in unlawful acts as far as the Perak crisis is concerned. To cover its unlawful acts it has to resort to other unlawful measures.
Perhaps the following illustration would be the best way to describe what B has done in Perak.
When A, being a Muslim commits a sinful act by drinking liquor , the intoxication leads him to commit an adultery which is another sinful act. In order to hide his sinful act, he subsequently kills the woman, fearing she may become a real threat to him.
The same happens to BN in Perak. Intoxicated with power, BN committed a series of unlawful acts, the most glaring one of which is”sodomising”the Perak constitution.
Using (read “abusing”) the courts to hide its unlawful acts the former was then asked to kill the constitutional doctrines and conventions. To its discredit, the court willingly submitted to BN’s nefarious scheme.
Thus, for the first time the apex court demolished the doctrine of trias politica (the French term for “separation of powers”) when it, without any sense of guilt, nullified the decision of another branch of the government’s arms i.e., the legislative body.
The doctrine of separation of powers recognises that the speaker of legislative body is the final arbiter as far as the internal affairs of the State Legislative Assembly are concerned. There are at least five judgments of the Malaysian courts, given by judges of impeccable integrity, which in unison held that any decision by the speaker or legislative body would not be amenable to judicial intervention. Legally speaking, the decision of the speaker is unjusticiable.
But to keep such a well entrenched doctrine would definitely frustrate BN’s illegal plan to remain in power in Perak illegally. Thus the doctrine needed to be buried once and for all.
Being a “serial constitutional killer” BN craved to kill another constitutional tenet enshrined in our constitution, namely, the doctrine of constitutional monarchy. Again BN was able to accomplish its malicious mission.
Hence on May 22 at 3.30pm the three judges of the court of appeal officially pronounced and declared the demise of constitutional monarchy in Malaysia.
When constitutional monarchy ends, constitutional anarchy definitely begins.
he should be removed the sooner the better…maruah dan image negara akan tergadai oleh orang yg tak bertanggungjawab ini…selagi najis ini takut nak membersihkan namanya dgn pembunuhan gadis Monggolia itu.
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Nizar is still waiting for the written judgment since 3.30pm on 22 May 2009 to file his appeal to the Federal Court. Hopefully, Nizar can obtain the written judgment in time for the filing of his appeal. Otherwise, Nizar will be penalised for not filing his appeal within the stipulated time. Is this a delaying tactic by BeEnd?
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Hehe… seronok baca citer-citer angan-angan mat jenin ni. Macam-macam boleh jadi. Maklumlah angan-angan. Tapi akhirnya mat jenin akan mati tersungkur, jatuh dari tempat tinggi angan-angannya itu. Masa itu, barulah aman sikit dunia ini….
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AWANGKU BATATAR....BENONI Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
hehe….apabila kita bercakap pasal angan-angan…gelihati saya…dengan WAWASAN 2020 ATAU ANGAN-ANGAN 2020,……1 MALAYSIA ATAU 1 BN SAJA ….kerana angan-angan inilah terjadinya….STADIUM SULTAN MIZAN TRENGGANU..ROBOH..hehehe satu lagi PROJEK BARISAN NASIONAL….heheheheheheh..LU FIKIRLAH SENDIRI….PKFZ…SATU LAGI PROJEK BARISAN NASIONAL..(Itu AYAT selalu tertara pabila ada PROJEK KERAJAAN NAK DIBANGUNKAN)……KAHKAHKAHKAHKAHKAH..BE END ….THE END LAH.
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jub Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
haha,
SATU LAGI PROJEK KERAJAAN BARISAN NASIONAL.
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Shaines Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Tu lah masalahnya. Kerajaan BN ni pun satu hal, kekadang bengap gak. Bila pilih kontraktor tak nak pilih kasih. Nak adil kepada semua, tak kira parti. Bila projek BN, beri kpd kontraktor pembangkang, apa lagi. Kontraktor pun cari peluang nak malukan BN. Buat kerja tak sempurna, supaya apa-apa hal kerajaan BN dipersalahkan. Padahal kontraktor tu dapat duit, buatlah betul-betul, ikut tanggungjawab. Tapi bukan semua kontraktor camtu, kan. Ini andaian jer. Tapi tak mustahil boleh berlaku.
Macam gak kakitangan kerajaan yang menyokong pembangkang. Buat kerja tak senonoh, sengaja nak malukan, atau menjatuhkan nama baik keraajan. Boleh berlaku, aper. Hehe.
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pejuang keadilan Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
remy remy. remyyy ingat remyy. angan2 tp kalau istiqamah dan tawakkal dan niat Lillahitaala dan mahukan kebaikan InsyaAllah Allah makbul dan terlaksana. dr mahu laksanakan kerosakan di muka bumi Allah ini. ingat diri kita ni hanya dipinjam oleh Allah je. anytime kita mesti kena pulang balik diri ini pd pencipta yang maha esa.
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nTahsapesapentah Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 10:38 am
dasyat!!! Lillahitaala tu…
Tunduk dan ikut telunjuk DAP pun, boleh dengan niat lillahitaala ye..
dasyat dasyat dasyat
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ulam batar Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:25 am
Adakah Mr Obama itu bekas Mat Jenin? siapa sangka kulit hitam yang pernah menjadi kaum hamba abdi di US. adakah di Mat Jenin,
Adakah N.Mendela itu Mat Jenin? siapa sangka negara pekat apatied , boleh menerima dia sebagai kulit hitam Presiden!
Adakah Gusdur itu mat Jenin? siapa sangka orang yang kabur , boleh di pilih oleh penduduk hampir 300 juta orang?
Adakah Mathama Gandhi itu Mat Jenin? hidup tampa selipar boleh tuntut kermerdekaan V di dunia ini.
Adakah DSAI itu Mat Jenin? dia di hina oleh segologan kecil tetapi dinagkat oleh segologan besar dari domestik hingga ke Pacific dan Alantik.
Adakah najib itu Mat Pening? saya tidak mahu komen panjang nanti saya kena saman pulak, sebagai negara yang merdeka rakyat sepatutnya punya minda yang merdeka dan punya hak berfikir dan memilih.
Maaf hikayat mat jenin ini telah di olah untuk memudahkan kita semua mencabar minda tiada kena megena yang hidup mahu pun yang mati dan yang berkuasa mahu pun yang tidak berkuasa, ini sekadar lapang sasar minda rakyat.
wassalam
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Najib unable to face foreign media on Altantuya.
Why don’t take this as the golden opportunity to clear his own image?
Such a failure!
A failed person will only lead 1Malaysia to failures…
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Saudara Remy,
PERNAH DENGAR WAWASN 2020, ATAU LAIN PERKATAAN ANGAN2 YANG DICIPTA OLEH BN….JALANRAYA RETAK, STADIUM RUNTUH, PKFZ…DAN BANYAK LAGI PROJEK BARISAN NASIONAL (Selalunya Papan Tanda menyatakan SATU LAGI PROJEK OLEH KERAJAAN BARISAN NASIONAL)…HEHEHEHEHEHE saya rasa ini yang saudara maksudkan ya………hehehehehe
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Separation of powers never existed in Malaysia.Democracy is a false facade.
The Instituition BN rules, because of the fallacy in first past the post election system.BN did not represent the majority of Malaysians. Even a donkey knows that. !!!!!!! one extra vote is enough to win.
It is time to switch to cumulative system, so the real per cent of voters will be accounted for. Take Australia for example.
We already looking at Gordon Brown struggling now. There are weaknesses in all electoral system.
So the solution is either we change the election system (BN at present can do this). OR continue with the present – first past the post system.
REMEMBER – the one voted to power shall rule. SO ULTIMATELY – THE RAKYAT DECIDES. YOUR VOTE AND MY VOTE SHALL DECIDE WHO SHOULD WIN IN THE COMING GENERAL ELECTION.
IF BN bent the rules – what is holding them back from – PROLONGING THE PARLIAMENT LIFE ?
They violated the constitution , they can continue to do so——- UNTIL THE RAKYAT OF MALAYSIA WAKE UP AND DECIDE.
TINE TO WAKE UP ALL GOOD MALAYSIAN AND PREPARE FOR THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. ONLY THE RAKYAT CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
VOTE FOR PAKATAN RAKYAT- IF YOUR CONSTITUENCY DO NOT HAVE PAKATAN, THAN GO FOR PAS OR DAP . THEY WILL BE THE CHOSEN ONES.
WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP
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Come on be patient with BN/UMNO they are trying to ammend the constituition and maybe PAS can help to overcome the 2/3 vote needed…. j/k. After the amendment we can forget about a MB or CM or PM because UMNO will introduce a clause that they mst be occupy by a UMNO politicians…
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saya setuju 100% dengan saudara remy yg kita semua telah dihidangkan dangan satu cerita angan-angan mat jenin. cerita ini adalah cerita panglipur lara yang selalu kita dengar masa kecil-kecil dulu. geli hati apabila mendengarnya. rasa nak ketawa pun ada..hehehehehehehehehe… tak kan cerita mcm ni ada lagi di zaman sekarang. kalau ada pun jadi bahan ketawa je…seriouslah sikit kalau nak tulis ttg politik tu.
tuan-tuan nak tahu tak apa akhirnya terjadi kepada saudara mat jenin?…..MATI JATUH POKOK KELAPA!!!!! angan-angan nak kahwin puteri raja tak tercapai!!!! kesian….
So, pengajarannya……JANGANLAH NAK BERANGAN-ANGAN…..TAKUT NANTI MATI BERAGAN!!!!!!
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kulup amrin Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
hidup ini tampa mat jenin, maka dunia ini tak sempurna, mat jenin adalah sebahagian alam ini , tampa mat jenin,si luncai,lebai malang,pak kaduk,tok kedehud,mat langih dan banyak lagi hikayat silam yang menjadi hiburan, pengajaran dan tauladan kepada anak melayu suatu ketika dahulu, oleh kerana aliran BI yang di pikul oleh UMNO sehingga DBP pun telah gagal sama sekali semarakkan hikayat silam bangsa melayu. UMNO begitu bangskan BI sehingga melucutkan nilai nilai bahasa bangsa melayu itu sendiri. hari ini anak anak melayu begitu senonin dengan Snow White, ponokio,Aladin dan bermacam lagi, jelas UMNO gagal menbangunkan bahasa dan nilai nilai kemelayuan itu sendiri. penjenamaan semula hikayat silam cerita cerita rakyat telah dinafikan oleh UMNO sama sekali.maka bangsa malayu harus memikirkan sedalam mungkin apakah UMNO itu harus dijadikan tempat bernaung???? tepuk dada tanya selera.///
PRU 13 adalah peluang terbaik yassinkan UMNO.
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kung fu panda Reply:
June 14th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Sang kelembai,mat langih, mak bondaa ini semau hikayat rakyat apa sahaja milik rakyat di nafikan oleh UMNO BN.
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DSAI,
Please speak and once for all sort out Hadi Awang’s statement with regards to working with UMNO.
UMNO destroyed pakatan’s government in Perak.
How can PAS work with these devils?
I really don’t understand how can a ulamak like Hadi Awang move with syaitan/devil.
Better get Tok Guru Nik Aziz to put this guy in his place.
Other disgraceful event that took place in the muktamar was to ban all women reporters without headscarf.
What is this la Datuk?
If PAS go along this line, come next election, they will be confined to Kelantan only.
They will not make any headway in Terengganu and other states in Malaysia.
PR must strategise or else they are gone for good.
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