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Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Malaysia's constitutional monarchs as "Sovereign who reign AND also rule".


Yesterday I posted Government, stop scaring Malaysians with coup d'etat ogre in which I said (extracts):


I find it difficult to believe HM Sultan of Johor has been clueless about the Rome Statute. What is His Majesty of Darul Ta'zim thinking and doing?

Has HM's problem been an issue of one-upmanship or dissatisfaction with Mahathir and not with the current government?

Was the alleged coup d'etat brought nearly to the boil to remove Mahathir per se?


Earlier today, I followed above up with Malaysia's 'Deep State"? in which I quoted MKINI's columnist P Guanasegaram (extracts) as follows:


The government and the larger public cannot be held to ransom by the dark side or the deep state, whatever that may be. Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah had talked about a vague deep state which may overthrow a democratically-elected government through undemocratic means, implying a coup.

This is a very serious allegation. It is incumbent upon this government to get to the root of the matter and establish if there is any such move to overthrow the government and bring the perpetrators to book. We are talking about treason here, nothing else.


If no such evidence is forthcoming, then members of the government should stop such fear-mongering and go on about the business of running the country efficiently, honestly and with regard to all citizens, keeping as much as possible of the promises they made during the last election campaign.

I continued in above post with some extracts of an article by FMT's columnist A Kathirasen, as follows:


... in an elected government there is a coterie of political leaders and their businessmen friends who actually rule – as happened during previous administrations. But at least the government of the day is duly elected.

Is the existence of this “deep state” the reason for reforms initiated by the government being stymied?

... and also asked my own question, to wit:

... is the current Pakatan government seizing such a 'story' to explain away what Kathirasen has just written, to wit, the reason for reforms initiated by the government being stymied.


Well, before I can answer my own question, TMJ has come out with his twin six-shooters blazing away, as reported by MM Online's Johor crown prince confirms MB to be swapped, but on sultan’s decree.


Extracts from that article said:

Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim confirmed speculation that Mentri Besar Datuk Osman Sapian will be replaced but not on orders from Pakatan Harapan.
Instead, he said on Twitter said that Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar decreed months ago that a successor be found for Osman.

“However, somebody else is taking the credit and mileage, claiming that he ordered it,” he said on his official Twitter account today. [...]

In a later tweet, Tunku Ismail expressed hope that the new Johor MB will not be a “yes man” to the federal government but a person who prioritised the welfare of the state and its residents.


Well, he (TMJ) has done it, giving Mahathir two fingers in saying the Johor Sultan will decide who's to be the new MB and Putrajaya stays the eff out.

Constitutionally, in a Westminster style democracy, TMJ nor HM Sultan of Johor cannot do that. Thus effectively, they too have given the "bird" to the Constitution.


While protocol says the Sultan "picks" the MB, constitutionally HM has to "pick" the winning state candidate who has the confidence of the majority party after the state election.

Alas, this constitutional requirement, of appointing a MB or CM, has been ignored several times by royalty of various states (Perlis, Terengganu, Selangor and now Johor).

But my matey RPK, in defending those royal prerogatives, has often said that in Malaysia we have four, not three, branches of the government, namely, (a) Executive (PM and cabinet), (b) Legislative (Parliament - Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara), (c) Judiciary and (d) Royalty.

I respectfully disagree with him though in practice in our still feudalistic-minded society, he may be effectively correct if not legally so.

Thomas Macaulay has been said to be the person who defined a constitutional monarch as "A sovereign who reigns but does not rule".


And that's who HM the Suiltan of Johor is, a constitutional monarch who reigns but must abide by the people's voice as expressed through their elected representatives.

But today, his son TMJ has given two fingers to that. It's not a pleasant scenario, and as I suspect earlier, it has to do with the bad vibes between the Johor Royal House and Mahathir. 




























13 comments:

  1. Ibrahim should not forget that Mahathir still has all the dentistry skills, capability and power for defanging , if it becomes a necessity...wakakakaka...

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  2. Now that we have established that Saifuddin (Deep State) and Khalid Samad (coup d'etat) were not bullshitting we shall see if other Sultans (eg Perak) are emboldened to sack their MBs and even the Agong (Jibby's Sultan) can threaten to sack Toonsie....? I note Toonsie's Sultan (Kedah) did not attend the Rulers meeting on the Rome Statute.

    Are we seeing (or will we see) the beginnings of a split amongst the 9 Rulers...?

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  3. The beginning of an end!

    Stays the course!

    In the eyes of yr maker, this last act of yrs WILL nullify to yr past (mis)deeds.

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  4. Wakakakakaka…

    Still NO coup D'etat !

    Swordsmith, instead of keeps farting around, just say u r wrong.

    The coup D'etat ogre was pre-empted!

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  5. Wow! Is Ktemoc like his Sifu and all those in the Bloggers Alliance Club part of the arm of The Deep State?

    The Coup de Tat plot continues with an attempt to hide the trails and diverting attention so as to escape and plot for another day.

    And now the MB Johor as part of the fall guy for the failed plotters to escape the heat and quietly slip away while being hunted by Mahathirists and Govt. security agencies/personnel loyal to TDM.

    Those plotters hoping for DAP/LKS/LGE to jump in and ignite a bigger fire by shaming them as Eunuchs and by instigating thru Media/press/comments/blogs must surely be disappointed with so mute a response so far.

    There is a saying "There is always a time and place to open your mouth and be wise to know when". You would be a bloody fool/idiot if you are to believe words cloaked as advise/humiliation spoken from known instigators or unknowns to be believed. Furthermore, fortunately most DAP members and their leaders do not possess the hereditary DNA of running around Amok unneccessarily.

    TDM needs to draw out his Keris now for the fate of his/family/party/PH survival depends very much of how many needed to be slayed so as to be "Numero Uno "or "King of Kings" and preserve his rule/dynasty as well as a democratically elected Govt.

    Wanna bet, this time if ever there is another Ops Lallang 3, even DAP will support it? Wakakakakakakka

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  6. In a democracy when someone who is not elected topples an elected leader and puts in place his own leader then this is called a...(altogether say)...

    "Coup d'Etat"

    An apology, retraction or at least an acknowledgement would be nice to whoever wrote this:

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    ......coup d'etat is not in our Malaysian DNA.

    Khalid Samad and other ministers, and even the PM, should stop talking about coup d'etat as if a coup is part and parcel of our democracy.

    Talk Cock Sing Song Play Mahjong
    UNQUOTE

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  7. You never realize this is dsai tactic. Now tun has no face to talk about world peace, Zionist genocides, bush a war criminal - the old man does not have balls to ractify the treaty. To restore his dignity, he just resign. He will be no longer part of gov, abd freely talk about Israelis crimes.

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  8. What do you call it when someone who is not elected topples an elected leader and puts in place "his" leader ?

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    1. i thot coup detat is an illegal approach to topple a govt, i think to change the pm is not necessarily a coup detat. i dun know, just my view.

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    2. Australian PMs are toppled every few months, but that is perfectly legal, though unseemly, because it is done through the choices of elected representatives.

      So...my question is still unanswered..."What do you call it when someone who is not elected topples an elected leader and puts in place "his" leader ?"

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  9. Ah Mok needs to retract his earlier accusation that leaders were talking-cock on the existence of a Deep State and also the possibility of a Coup D'etat.

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    1. constitutional monarchs who wet dream about being absolute monatchs do not constituite (excuse the pun) 'deep state' - they're just ambitious dreamers

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    2. Wakakakaka…

      "…monatchs do not constituite (excuse the pun) 'deep state' - they're just ambitious dreamers"

      Losing yr wordsmithy skill?

      Or u r 'elegantly' defending someone/group?

      Expanding yr dedak source in time of tapering freak from yr idol?

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