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Man down...man down. In the chaos following the tear gas release by police upon thousands of protestors near Istana Iskandariyah, in Kuala Kangsar, an unidentied man is seen lying in protest on the road with vehicles avoiding him. It is all very new for the silver state - marches, police and tear gas. – Picture by Choo Choy May (Pic from
Malaysian Insider)
Is Perak heading for a state of emergency similar to what Kelantan had in 1977 ?
In 1977 in the Kelantan state assembly a 'no confidence' motion was tabled and carried by 20 PAS votes after 13 UMNO and 1 MCA assemblymen walked out.
A legal impasse followed when Menteri Besar Mohammed Nasir called for dissolution of the state assembly. His supporters demonstrated in the streets and violence and looting broke out.It led to the Federal government asking the Yang Dipertuan Agong to declare state of emergency in Kelantan and curfew imposed in the state capital. Federal ruled was imposed in Kelantan for 'public security'
UMNO won Kelantan in the March 1978 state elections.
Article 150 of the Federal constitution empowered the Agong to declare emergency rule in the Federation or any part thereof.
The constitutional crisis is developing into potential violence and civil disorder. Protests and demonstrations if allowed to continue would give the Federal government the excuse to impose emergency rule.
Shouldn't Anwar and Pakatan take the blame if such situation imposed in Perak.
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Perak is not the first state and Menteri Besar Nizar Jamaluddin is not the first to face a constitutional crisis in this country.
However, none of those in the past had uttered that they would defend their positions to the last drop of their blood.What does Nizar mean when he says he would "defend his post to the last drop of his blood" and "This will be where Najib will be buried". Is he going on a jihad against the BN and intend to slay Najib with his Islamic sword. With such violent tendency how the hell they made this man the menteri besar.
This jihadist refused to go in spite of the Sultan's decision to remove him. He wouldn't be there in the first place if the Sultan have had no respect for the constitution and acceded to UMNO's request to form the government after the 8 March 2008 Elections.There wouldn't be any Pakatan government in Perak.
The first cowboy was the first Chief Minister of Sarawak Stephen Kalong Ningkan who refused to vacate his seat after being dismissed by the Yang Dipertuan Negeri (Governor).His case was similar to Nazir, said to have ceased to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly.The Governor than appointed a new chief minister.Ningkan refusal to step down resulted in a constitutional impasse and was perceived to threaten the unity of Malaysia at that time when the nation was barely three years old. On 14 Sept 1966, the Yang Dipertuan Agong proclaimed a state of emergency in Sarawak.
Ningkan appealed all the way to the Privy Council in UK but lost the case.The Privy Council was the final appellate court for Malaysia at that time.
In 1977 Kelantan faced the same problem when Menteri Besar Mohammed Nasir refused to step down from office for defying party instructions.Nasir was removed by PAS, his own party, which had a coalition government with the BN at that time.Nasir refusal led to a declaration of state of emergency in Kelantan.
In 1985 PBS( Parti Bersatu Sabah) won the election by one seat majority.A tussle between PBS President Joseph Pairin and USNO (United Sabah National Organisation) President Tun Mustapha Harun for the appointment of chief minister took place.The incident saw the appointment of Mustapha as CM for about a day, before the then Deputy Prime Minister MusaHitam intervened and refused to recognise Mustapha's appointment. Mustapha had the backing of only 22 assemblymen while Pairin had 24 from his party and 1 independent supporting him.Joseph Pairin was sworn in the next day.Sabah then had 2 chief ministers for a while until the court ruled in Pairin's favour.
In 1994 PBS won the Sabah state elections by a slim margin.PBS secured 25 out of 48 seats giving it a simple majority to form the government. The BN and a plot engineered by Anwar Ibrahim went all out to entice PBS assemblymen to cross over to BN with offer of money and positions.Three PBS assemblymen defected to BN and brought about the collapse of the PBS government.The Prime Minister at that time was Mahathir Mohammad.The PBS frogs were rewarded with ministerial posts in both State and Federal Cabinet.The three famous PBS frogs were Joseph Kurup, Bernard Dompok and Yong Teck Lee.
Anwar didn't reject the crossover but engineered, encouraged and rewarded what he now called immoral act. What he did to Sabah wasn't immoral, now that it is happening to him and his party and on his own soil it has become immoral.
Did Anwar called for dissolution of the Sabah state assembly to seek fresh mandate from the people ? No ! he was swimming in his own glory for the immoral ways he wrestled the government away from those chosen by the people.Did he give a damn about the constitution? What constitution ? He never heard of it, he thought Sabah was a colony.
For a man who had abandoned conventional morality and the rule of fair play what right has Anwar to admonish and ridicule Najib for doing what he had done worse. He reeks of double standard, hypocrisy and a man with split personality and one that have the versatility of a chameleon.For those who think this man care for the nation and the people that's their business, I think he sucks !
Even Nicoloi Machiavelli would have been very impressed with his ruthless tactics for trying to gain power and manipulating the people to his advantage.
As Abraham Lincoln's famous quote '"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time"
Next post: The Zombies Of Pakatan
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Was I wrong when I predicted the Sultan of Perak would not grant a dissolution of the assembly because there were no justifiable reason to do so. In my post 'Anwar: Don't Cut Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face" I mentioned that the Sultan is not likely to agree to a dissolution. Surprisingly, some lawyers believe the Sultan must give consent to go back to the people for fresh mandate without looking at the situation closely.
What are the 59 assemblymen elected for ? Aren't they representatives and voices of the people ? Why must there be fresh mandate when majority of the people's representatives have decided they have no more confidence in the present government. If the people are not happy with the conducts of their elected representatives they have the opportunity to throw them out at the next elections.You just don't dissolve the assembly every now and then or whenever a few slime balls gone party hopping.
First and foremost, we have to respect the Constitution and not use our emotions to justify what we wanted and ignore what the law wanted.The constitution is very clear and have given the ruler flexibility to decide according to circumstances. The ruler cannot be faulted for any decision made as long as he acted in accordance with the law.The Sultan press release here.
The Sultan of Perak Azlan Shah had acted wisely and in accordance with the constitution.Those who said he had not were ruled by their heart, not their head, they based their argument by emotions because they happened to be Pakatan supporters. There were also lawyers who made wilful interpretation of the law, intentionally to confuse and rile up Pakatan supporters into believing that the Sultan had acted unjustly.
Was there a stalemate, chaos or no clear winner in this unpleasant episode ? There wasn't.None of those situation exists to justify a dissolution.
The Pakatan refusal to respect democracy,the Constitution and the decision of the Sultan is going to have a huge backlash on them.The calling of a mammoth rally of 100,000 strong in an act of defiance and show of force speaks for itself the kind of politicians they have in that grouping.
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Sultan Azlan Shah had decided there will be no dissolution of the assembly.Menteri Besar Nizar had been asked to step down to pave way for new MB and state government to be sworn in.
Anwar Ibrahim defiant and plan for a mammoth gathering of 100,000 of Pakatan supporters tonight at Stadium Ipoh.
IGP issued warning for people not to attend.
Anwar is out of his mind. The Sultan has spoken and his decision should be respected.The Sultan has not erred, he decided exactly as what was called for in the constitution and in accordance with the democratic process.
