Without mincing words, constitutional expert Abdul Aziz Bari said the Selangor Sultan has no power to request for more names for the post of menteri besar.
Poser for Najib, PAS chief Hadi Awang & The Selangor Sultan ? Who Should decide the next menteri besar.
Sorry, His Royal Highness Sultan you are supporting
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang yesterday told a stunned central committee meeting that he had offered Azmin Ali to join the Islamist party with a few of his PKR members to form a unity government with Umno in Selangor.
Without interference from empty political rhetoric – the question is, who’s listening to them? conditions in the state are still unusual and abnormal.” It was specifically for these reasons that the administration of the state had to be geared up within the ambit of a temporary legal scheme that allowed immediate policy interventions to be made without delay. No one, least of all the framers of our constitution would have imagined that these short-term concessions would become a permanent feature in our polity.Is just being good at your job really still enough?For a long time, it was only results that mattered. As long as you delivered those, people tended not to be overly concerned about how the job got done. It didn’t matter if you had to pull a last-minute all-nighter, or re-jigger everything in the system that could ever be jiggered. You were kind of a black box where needs went in and something came out to meet those needs.
Which way is the political wind blowing?It showed complete disregard . Are we a Democracy or a Monarchy? Somebody is very confused and causing us nothing but Anarchy. this contentious and misunderstood provision of the Constitution .Who do we believe?It looks like the Selangor political crisis is turning into a constitutional crisis.and what is assertive royal command—a titah—by the Sultan of Selangor dangers of perpetuating this so call provision beyond,in the Constitution of Malaysia The inevitable has happened, though some might argue that it happened too soon for comfort. some sort of sacred and untouchable covenant is doing more harm than good to the development of the state. The framers of our Constitution were in the dark about. ..For that is exactly how the royal house came crashing down. The Sultan stated that the prerogative of choosing the MB was entirely his and that the choice would be subject to the suitability or qualifications of the candidate. He also said he would follow convention, or what has been the practice in the past.plotting, planning and conspiring towards becoming the next occupant of a quickly crumbling throne. was borne to power precisely by deep popular disgust at such disorder, such power corruption, such bitter rivalries, such lusty hankering after power that apparently took precedence over everything – including national interest it indicated the breakdown of proper communication between the Sultan of Selangor and his loyal subject was similarly marred by bitter power feuds, rival centres within the same government frequently whispering serious allegations about each other, leaking stinging disclosures, his subjects elects their state assemblyman and the Aduns elects the M.B. That is based on our state constitution and convention. The sultan as pointed by Law experts have no power to request any extra names. The person offered for the M.B post must satisfy the criteria that he or she has majority support.Wan Azizah has already shown her majority support . The sultan has to appoint Azizah and there is no need to submit any other names
she is chosen by its members to be its President and the majority people of Kajang to be its member of the Constituent state assembly woman and is not just the wife of somebody. If there is a woman in BN that fit this bill, by all means appoint her to be at any position she deserved which is only appropriate. If Sultan doe not respect the constitution, someone should advice HRH that this set a very dangerous precedent. Someone may do something, then the Sultan has no protection under the Constitution of Malaysia All this happened because of weak leaders in office. If our P.M is a real statesman he would come out and defend the constitution. But instead he is gleefully enjoying and participating in the sandiwara.
If this is the case then Prime Minister Najib is not a legal Prime Minister of Malaysia because his name was the only one presented to the Agong being the head of the biggest Party UMNO in the BN coalition. I am getting more and more confused about the constitution of Malaysia. It seem that the Powers that be can manipulate even our royals to suit
Poser for Najib, PAS chief Hadi Awang & The Selangor Sultan ? Who Should decide the next menteri besar.
Sorry, His Royal Highness Sultan you are supporting
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang yesterday told a stunned central committee meeting that he had offered Azmin Ali to join the Islamist party with a few of his PKR members to form a unity government with Umno in Selangor.
Without interference from empty political rhetoric – the question is, who’s listening to them? conditions in the state are still unusual and abnormal.” It was specifically for these reasons that the administration of the state had to be geared up within the ambit of a temporary legal scheme that allowed immediate policy interventions to be made without delay. No one, least of all the framers of our constitution would have imagined that these short-term concessions would become a permanent feature in our polity.Is just being good at your job really still enough?For a long time, it was only results that mattered. As long as you delivered those, people tended not to be overly concerned about how the job got done. It didn’t matter if you had to pull a last-minute all-nighter, or re-jigger everything in the system that could ever be jiggered. You were kind of a black box where needs went in and something came out to meet those needs.
Which way is the political wind blowing?It showed complete disregard . Are we a Democracy or a Monarchy? Somebody is very confused and causing us nothing but Anarchy. this contentious and misunderstood provision of the Constitution .Who do we believe?It looks like the Selangor political crisis is turning into a constitutional crisis.and what is assertive royal command—a titah—by the Sultan of Selangor dangers of perpetuating this so call provision beyond,in the Constitution of Malaysia The inevitable has happened, though some might argue that it happened too soon for comfort. some sort of sacred and untouchable covenant is doing more harm than good to the development of the state. The framers of our Constitution were in the dark about. ..For that is exactly how the royal house came crashing down. The Sultan stated that the prerogative of choosing the MB was entirely his and that the choice would be subject to the suitability or qualifications of the candidate. He also said he would follow convention, or what has been the practice in the past.plotting, planning and conspiring towards becoming the next occupant of a quickly crumbling throne. was borne to power precisely by deep popular disgust at such disorder, such power corruption, such bitter rivalries, such lusty hankering after power that apparently took precedence over everything – including national interest it indicated the breakdown of proper communication between the Sultan of Selangor and his loyal subject was similarly marred by bitter power feuds, rival centres within the same government frequently whispering serious allegations about each other, leaking stinging disclosures, his subjects elects their state assemblyman and the Aduns elects the M.B. That is based on our state constitution and convention. The sultan as pointed by Law experts have no power to request any extra names. The person offered for the M.B post must satisfy the criteria that he or she has majority support.Wan Azizah has already shown her majority support . The sultan has to appoint Azizah and there is no need to submit any other names
she is chosen by its members to be its President and the majority people of Kajang to be its member of the Constituent state assembly woman and is not just the wife of somebody. If there is a woman in BN that fit this bill, by all means appoint her to be at any position she deserved which is only appropriate. If Sultan doe not respect the constitution, someone should advice HRH that this set a very dangerous precedent. Someone may do something, then the Sultan has no protection under the Constitution of Malaysia All this happened because of weak leaders in office. If our P.M is a real statesman he would come out and defend the constitution. But instead he is gleefully enjoying and participating in the sandiwara.
If this is the case then Prime Minister Najib is not a legal Prime Minister of Malaysia because his name was the only one presented to the Agong being the head of the biggest Party UMNO in the BN coalition. I am getting more and more confused about the constitution of Malaysia. It seem that the Powers that be can manipulate even our royals to suit
PAS as an Islamist party has been recently unsettled due to its two disparaging factions: the Islamic scholars who are “conservative” and the non-scholars who are more “open”. While the scholars are more coherent because they rightfully refer to the Quran and Hadiths for guidance, ironically they are not the real proponents for the so-called Islamic state in Malaysia. They only want to uphold Islam in general terms as stated in the party’s constitution. Obviously there is no clear-cut verse and saying in the Quran and Hadiths respectively which indisputably mandated the Muslims to create such a state. But that is another story.
The non-scholars on the other hand consist of people from all walks of life, and this should make them more jumbled up in their views, opinion and actions. Yet they are the ones who initiated the formation of an Islamic state in Malaysia. They have more sense to be united.
The non-scholars who were exposed to the outside world saw the fallacies in the present capitalist and communist systems, no matter how democratic they might be. With their ideals while studying overseas, they decided to take this virtuous struggle to uphold Islam, ultimately implementing the shariah law and forming the Islamic state. They are more inspired by recent Muslim revivalists like Hasan al Banna and Syed Qutb of the Muslim Brotherhood, Abul Ala Maududi of Jamaat Islami in Pakistan, Ayahtollah Khomeini of the Iranian Revolution and several others.
Although both factions seem to agree on a common goal, the scholars did not stress forming an Islamic state until the present PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang came into the picture.
Thus, in trying to achieve their common goal, somehow the scholars and non-scholars differ on which path to follow and what action to take. PAS is only a platform for them to unite and consolidate their resources.
What is happening now in Malaysia, especially Selangor, is quite unusual since they were united for so long but it have apparently come to a crossroads and may have to carry on their own separate ways. However, by virtue of their different backgrounds, this is not really unexpected – like a crack ready to split open.
Still, the scholars are not looking at the bigger picture, to sacrifice their achievements, their goal and struggle for some small gain in Selangor instead of treating the Selangor episode as part of a small hurdle which should be quickly avoided.
The non-scholars have been wiser in their action by being a team player in PR, the same as they have done for so long with the scholars in PAS. The scholars are not only trying to be independent and not a team player; they have refused to honour their pledge to be with PR as well and are trying to pull the strings.
Abdul Hadi’s supporters may agree that Wan Azizah is not fit to be the menteri besar of Selangor because she is a woman, which is controversial in Islam. But Abdul Hadi did not categorically give this as a valid reason; instead he said that he supports Khalid Ibrahim. Not agreeing with Wan Azizah as the choice and supporting Khalid are two different things!
Anyway, the respectable Dr Mohd Asri has explained the circumstances in which women are not allowed to hold the top post; this is still open for debate and there is still an opportunity to accommodate Wan Azizah’s appointment.
Never mind him being recently appointed as the new deputy chief of the International Union of Muslim scholars, the selfish action led by Abdul Hadi is uncalled for and reflects bad behaviour instead of the virtuous Muslim scholar (Ulama) which is affecting the “ulamas” in the country, more so those who sympathise with PAS.
This will inevitably make ordinary Malay Muslims in Malaysia, especially those who support Umno and the fence-sitters who are the majority, not to trust and respect them. Ordinary PAS members will also face the dilemma of which faction to support and put their trust in.
In the end the pro-government “ulamas” who have been supporting and justifying Umno/BN’s every action no matter how bad it may be will be the ones the Malay Muslims look up to, and this directly benefits Umno. Since the majority of Malay Muslims has blindly supported Umno anyway, this will give them an excuse to justify their blind support for Umno.
PAS led by Abdul Hadi Awang, in trying to play politics, is not savvy enough; the whole thing is going to backfire. He should leave active politics and concentrate on being an “ulama” and fulfil his duties as the new deputy chief of the International Union of Muslim scholars.
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