Perak Crisis: The Constitution Is Supreme
The only solution for Perak is for the new MB to go to the Assembly and move a motion: “This Assembly accepts or concurs with the judgment of His Highness the Sultan that YB Dato Seri Nizar Mohammad Jamaluddin has lost the confidence of the majority in the Assembly, and endorses the Ruler’s appointment of YB Datuk Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir as the new MB”.
A Kadir Jasin
FIRST of all, a great big thank you to the new “followers” of this blog. We now have 283 “followers” who have linked this blog to theirs on a long-term basis. I won’t dare call it permanently.
I hope the “followers” will also link their blogs to each other so that we have a community of like-minded bloggers.
Over the last few days, I have been having a series of kopitiam discussions with several veteran politicians – ex-Members of Parliament and State Assemblymen — and lawyers, who are familiar with the Constitution and past political crises.
From these discussions, I could paint the following picture about the ongoing events in Perak in particular and the country in general.
I propose to publish the results of these conversations in two or three future postings if the situation permits. And since this discussion involves the Rulers and the law, I appeal to debaters to be absolutely careful and please refer to the law. I don’t want to reject any comment if I can.
On the issue of the change of government in Perak from the informal Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to the Barisan Nasional (BN), they noted that we practise democracy and, therefore, the voices of the rakyat must be respected.
