By now, many are thinking – and worried that – it’s a foregone conclusion that Najib will become the next PM.
But Tengku Razaleigh reminds us the Agong and Parliament have a crucial constitutional role to play:
Let us understand very clearly the transitional situation we are in.
1. The incumbent Prime Minister is about to resign as he has solemnly promised to by the end of this month.
2. On the appointed day (which like so many things in this administration remains a mystery) the Prime Minister will tender his resignation and that of his cabinet to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. With this the government of the day comes to an end.
3. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will appoint the next Prime Minister at his sole discretion from among the members of the elected lower house of Parliament, the Dewan Rakyat. His Majesty’s choice is guided by his own judgment of who among the members “commands the confidence” of a majority the members of parliament.4. The new Prime Minister will name his cabinet and form the next government.
5. The Agong’s choice may at any time be tested by a vote of confidence in the Dewan Rakyat. If the Prime Minister is rejected by the Dewan, the King will have to re-appoint another person.
Razaleigh goes on the discuss the implications:
1. Whatever undertakings the present prime minister has made with his deputy or with his party about his successor are external to the constitutional process. To think otherwise is to imagine that the prime ministership is a private property to be passed on from one potentate to another at whim. The behaviour of some leaders might have conveyed this unfortunate impression, and caused the public to find the party arrogant and out of touch.
2. The fact that the President of UMNO has also been appointed as Prime Minister is only a convention, as Tun Dr Mahathir, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz have asserted recently. This convention was based on the assumption of Umno’s absolute dominance of Parliament. That condition no longer holds.
3. Statements in the media that it is the right of Umno and BN to dictate to the Yang Dipertuan Agong who should be Prime Minister deny the constitutional right of the Yang Dipertuan Agong, and deprive him of perhaps the most important of his few discretionary powers. Such statements turn the Agong’s role into a rubber stamp for the decisions of a political party. I am waiting for Umno to strongly denounce such statements, especially as we have recently rediscovered our concern for the rights of the Rulers.
So it’s not over till it’s over…
In my … he wil najib become PM
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in a country where there is no law and order,where the IGP &AG are … involved in the running of the country anything can happen
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Where is the list NST?
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This is an idiotic argument. There is no objective attempt to discuss the issue, with personal agenda blinding common sense and logic.
It is clear that there is a focussed attempt by PR and some rogue elements (with certain personal agenda)to attack and derail Najib’s ascession to the PM post.
It is clear that the fact Pak Lah stepping down is a big blow to PR and that Najib replacing his disasterous to the party. As such PR is throwing the whole kitchen sink of accusations against Najib, with LKS and DSAI behave like hysterical drama queens.
Since Najib is bent on reforms, PR is worried about losing their momentum and attraction. So that’s why they are trying to destroy Najib’s credibility even before he has taken over the PM position.
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People who think they have oratory skills should take a good look at themselves on tape. Some have trouble convincing themselves, let alone an audience. A good analogy would be the policy adopted by certain penal institutions in America of subjecting their inmates to non stop Barry Manilow.
Personally, I hate false compliments from brown nosing people, who, in certain circumstances, can fill up auditoriums.
The thing is, you need to be a little less egocentric in order to appreciate what it is that you’re really getting.
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what trh wrote was factually correct. and indeed we are going for a long dark night if nothing’s done to prevent it. trh has try his best to give us hope that we may not come to that day by make us realize that for the past 50 years we have duped into believing that dpm can succeed the pm (while pm is still an mp) is constitutional, but the fact is, it is not.
we still have a chance and a hope for a new dawn. i would rather have hope and to resign myself into accepting someone who is perceived as so tainted to be my pm. yeah, it’s not over till it’s over.
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Najib has baggage like you won’t believe. Even Pak Lah didn’t have it as bad. What makes you think he will stop the plunder?…
Even now these UMNO people dare not discuss the EUR 115m that was paid in “commission” Razak Baginda for the submarine contract (and confirmed in Parliament no less).
They say PR trying to derail Najib’s ascension, do you think Najib is qualified and clean enough to promote a clean UMNO and a clean government?
A drama queen will bring much less destruction than a … politician like Najib. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out. But you might if you are a blind UMNO supporter. Let’s see them try to explain the submarine commission and see them run with their tails between their legs….
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…just shout laud “malaysia boleh” if you were asked if your PM a … suspect.
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why edit my vulgar words on najib?
Aiyoh, because it’s vulgar lah… – Anil
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guess mr pink lips finally has his last laugh …
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Que sera sera.Nothing can stop Mr Najib…..But thank god he has to face lot of problem and very recssive economic.Nothing there to :makan:
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Raja Petra has made it clear that Malaysia democratic system is designed in such a way (by Tun Mahathir) so that the prime minister has absolute power over everything else. The King is just a symbolic…
The Kuku-Besi style is back after absent about six years from Malaysia, not that during these past six years were good but at least better than Tun Mahathir. Now his protege is taking role and so be prepared to face the same situation or even worst. At least, we have not heard that a human being being C4-ed during Tun times.
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I’m pretty convinced he’ll be PM and we’ll see an Emergancy rule in Perak… I don’t have high hopes that our MPs will support a motion of no confidance. those MCA, gerakan, mic, sabah/sarawak parties are all …
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http://www.petitiononline.com/pmbersih/petition.html
SIGN THIS PETITION TO SUPPORT THE MEMORANDUM AGAINST NAJIB RAZAK AS PM OF MALAYSIA
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He sure will be PM, he has to be bold enough and without fear to implement changes and restore all democratic values in accordance with the constitution and even amend the constitution to suit the times. He and his team will have to burn their mid night candle to address all issues raised by the oposition within a short period , probably three months to show the rakyat the BNs credibility. The ruling party need to maintain a bargain and comprimise with the opposition and not only with the component BN parties with the objective of a Malaysian Malaysia. Accepting changing is not a weakness. What is constant it’s Change itself. If these happens, he will prove to be a statesman thinking of the next generation. These changes will surely recieve the support of the opposiiton, otherwise the opposition would have failed the rakyat.FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD.
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K,
Can you please improve your English? It is really irritating to read your grammatical and spelling mistakes. You might want to go back to school and learn arithmetic and science in English, just as TDM recommended.
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hopefully,not najib 。
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All Malaysians is at stake here. Whatever happens to Malaysia will affect all Malaysian. I still do not understand why until today, no action whatsoever is taken against the french Journalist and the newspaper concerned or any attempt to get a written apology from the french government for such serious allegation against Najib. And worst still Nazri said Puchong MP deserveed the punishment for calling najib “pembunuh” and supported by his idiotic reasoning “what if people call your mother a prostitute”. I for one would have sue the accuser till kingdom come.
Come on BN, our country dignity is at stake here and it will adversely affect the lives of all Malaysians and therefore all right thinking Malaysians will definitely want our BN govt to take action against the French Journalist and the newspaper involved in the accusation of the highest degree. By being dump is will not help.
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I dont think our Agong will create another controversy.
He did created a chaos for umno when he refuses their choice for the position of MB.
He did it once but that was for his home state.
Terengganu is his tuft and so it was a different scene.
Just like Perlis , the Raja of perlis dictates his choice for MB.
What more can we say of Perak?
If Agong gonna do this to najib, Agong cant do this alone just by his own decision.As this involves the country not just a state.
He will need the support from the royal conference. There are 8 other state Sultans to consider before giving an AYE or a NAY to najib.
If our Agong gonna do what he did last year for his state.
This time he will need supports from the other 8.
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I still don’t understand on how UMNO can reform when for the last 25 years it staff personnel all over our government and civil service based on affliation not on merit. Are you telling me these people that don’t deserve to be in these places will just move aside like nothing ever happened? It is hard to reform if the corruption web run so deep that if he even attempt to do it he will probably run into a concrete wall. If rakyat does it by voting in PR than it is the most powerful tools to unroot and kill or at least reduce corruption and most importantly bring PDRM and Judiciary back to where it should be.
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After Najib takes over, we should see the “attack” on the pearl of orient. The advance force is already in position. The number of negative Penang is on the increase.
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A common sight of everything turns havoc when darkness prevail and evils rule…speechless!
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K,
You sure or not? Najib bent on reforming. …
Najib has credibility? You sure ar?
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Dear Ahmad Ismail…
My apologies for not using the Queen’s English for blogging here. You see I am just a boy from an estate Tamil school and a local uni grad. I wasn’t half as lucky as some people who had papa to provide money to study in some foreign universities. I had to slog through the exams so that I can get one of those limited places reserved for non bumis in the local universities.Also during my time they didn’t have PPSMI. As such my command of the language is only up to local standard.
But I some how get the feeling that it is my message rather than the medium (language) that causes much discomfort to you. While I admit I am no Shakepeare, there are a lot of bloggers here who write in astrocious English but somehow had escaped your censure.
loees74 : where had you been living lately ? gua tempurung ? Of course Najib will initiate wide ranging and comprehensive reforms.Just watch.
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I’m sure the people will overcome the ruthless ruling party.
There will always be splinter group…
Decades ago, when we speak about dictatorship, its referred to one single person and his wife; now those dictators are still exist and come in the form of group of people that lead by 1 person and his wife. BUT, it’s a simpla math, and simple arithmetics on how to cancel out and make the equation turns to big O and neutralise! change the variables, then the constant will become negligable! maths person knows what i mean.
Dont let King Louis & Queen Marie Antoinette of France (Ruthless Queen)story to happen in Malaysia. But the diffrent is, Queen Marie was the daughter of Western Roman Emperor, and she was too young to rule that time..
… and how about our “first-lady to be”? not even an inch can be compared to Queen Marie.
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