Thursday, May 10, 2018

Vox Populi Vox Dei (2) - The Follow Up

Combining several articles in Malaysiakini plus a hefty bunch of my own comments and editing:

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Najib Abdul Razak 
said he "accepts the verdict of the people" and adds that the decision as to who will be sworn in as prime minister will be up to the Agong, as no one party emerged with a simple majority.

What he meant is technically-legally correct because no party has won enough seats to form a federal government and that it is up to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to decide who is the 7th prime minister of Malaysia.

According to Election Commission verified results, PKR had won 104 seats while its ally DAP had won nine in Sabah and Sarawak, giving them a total of 113.

A party needs 112 seats in order to form the federal government

Because Pakatan Harapan is still an informal coalition, it is yet to be recognised by HM Agong that
 the informal coalition has given Mahathir its full confidence to be its PM.

The situation is similar to the post-2008 Selangor state election when HRH Sultan Selangor queried several component parties of PR, namely, PKR, PAS and DAP, as to whether they had full confidence in Khalid Ibrahim before HRH accepted him as MB

Among the other points Najib raised are:

(1) The results of the election countered claims BN cheated to win [Read more here].

(2) Despite rumours to the contrary, he did not call for nor attend any national security council meeting.
(3) His government had tried its best to raise the standard of living of the people and ensure a good future, such as by reducing unemployment and developing infrastructure

(4) Rakyat benefited from many inclusive benefits offered by the government.

(5) BN won 79 seats and this is a mandate to serve and earn back the people's trust in the future.

Now it's up to Mahathir to present his case that PH has full confidence in him being the PM.

Whether HM wants to interview each head of the component parties in PH a la HRH Sultan of Selangor is up to his royal prerogative.


21 comments:

  1. http://www.bicara.news/mahathir-perlu-ambil-alih-sebagai-pemimpin-dap-segera/

    Actually, PPBM only wins 12 seats. Hence, a potential constitutional crisis, as per my understanding of the above article.

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    1. I am not sure whether pribumi is even a party, though PKR is, and PKR has won 103 (semua kecuali DAP Sarawak because it wanted to use the Rocket, maka a different party)

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    2. but if Mahathir convinces HM he has the confidence of PKR and DAP and Amanah Bosses, then he will be appointed as HM's PM, who then forms his cabinet

      don't blame me, it was the Poms advised by looes74's stupidity, wakakaka

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    3. Mahathir negotiating best deal for Mukhriz while holding 12 PPBM + 8 Warisan seats with a possible partnership with PAS 18. A grand total of 117 seats which will give it the majority. We shall see...

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    4. mate, see https://ktemoc.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/mahathirs-legacy-greater-pribumi.html

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    5. Pribumi's registration is under suspension by ROS at the moment.
      However everything was Halal during the polls.
      PKR issued letters signed by Wan Azizah that the candidates are authorised to contest under PKR's party registration. Even if they are not legally PKR members, that is all Halal under the Election laws of Malaysia.

      PKR candidates they are , officially. Same with the DAP candidates in Semenanjung.

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    6. Well the maths has changed.
      With BN doing worse than estimated & PAS doing much much better, Mahathir would either have to rely on PAS MPs or rob some from PKR. Having part of Azmin's team B being frozen from GE14, Fan Lady managed to strengthened her hold on the party with most of those winners her loyalist attack dogs. Now either he manmanlai play ball with Fan Lady or perhaps he'll wager he has at least 15 MPs in his pocket ready to jump ship with him.

      FYI Warisan just acquired one katak, Upko's Madius. So it now lost both presidents.

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    7. KT, you are not sure if Pribumi is even a party? Are you sure UMNO is?😁

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    8. Well as of right now, PPBM status in RoS is still in Limbo unless Mahathir pays a visit to Puan Surayati and have little "chat" about her job security.

      As for UMNO, its still legal pending for its delayed party elections.

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  2. whats the point we q up n vote then?

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    1. that's you right. also, a party is cleraly defined, like PKR or DAp or Amanah, but not PH. then established procedures follow, wakakaka

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    2. TDM must be a PKR member la..

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    3. ph agree mahathir is pm b4 the election, ph oso win the most seats n popular votes, the coalition albeit a informal one was due to ros reject, i really dun know what to present, who is more handsome? even tis everyone know mahathir is a sure win. please la, something is wrong with our fc or how we interpret the fc.

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  3. BN - 79
    DAP - 49
    PKR - 42
    PAS - 18
    PPBM - 12
    PAN - 20

    ???

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    1. aiseh, busy blogging lah, but I wonder whether the DAP has 49? Did it contest in so many?

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    2. Oops my bad PKR 49 and DAP 42.

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    3. :) more like it - PKR always must have more, or they'd cry

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  4. The Malaysian Constitution has no requirement for a formal coalition.

    In fact Great Britain during David Cameron's term was run by an Informal Coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

    The Constitution requires that the Prime Minister be a member of the Dewan Rakyat who , in the YDP Agong's opinion, enjoys the confidence of the majority of the House.
    All it needs is Wan Azizah (PKR President) (104) and Lim Guan Eng (DAP Secretary General) (9 Seats under DAP) to issue formal letters stating that they support Tun Mahathir as Prime Minister (104+9 = 113)
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    If Warisan is fully on board, even better.

    What I worry is Najis is buying time to Purchase Frogs.

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    1. what I have written above:

      Because Pakatan Harapan is still an informal coalition, it is yet to be recognised by HM Agong that the informal coalition has given Mahathir its full confidence to be its PM.

      The situation is similar to the post-2008 Selangor state election when HRH Sultan Selangor queried several component parties of PR, namely, PKR, PAS and DAP, as to whether they had full confidence in Khalid Ibrahim before HRH accepted him as MB

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    2. 1. Was pakatan rakyat a formal coalition then?
      2. In the selangor case in question, the so-called constitutional experts lost to the sultan.
      3. The present situation which is almost similar to the above, let's wait n see the verdict. Enjoy holiday n cheers.

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  5. Wakakakaka…

    Looking for an Al Gore act vis-a-vis his losing of the 2000 presidential election in a very close race after a Florida recount.

    That's another example of PD for u!

    A larvae won't not change into a moth unless it has gone through a cocooning process of self-catering!

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