ARTICLES USED BY THE SULTAN OF PERAK
Article XVI (6) of the Perak Darul Ridzuan State Constitution :
“If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly, then, unless at his request His Royal Highness dissolves the Legislative Assembly, he shall tender the resignation of the Executive Council”.
- we can break the article into 3 parts :
i) If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of DUN members – please note that there is no mention on how or the exact proceeding to be mandatorily used in determining the matter.
ii) MB shall (“hendaklah”) tender resignations of all exco members including himself as the Chief exco – “shall” here means it is mandatory to be done with no exception.
iii) The middle part of the article – unless at his request His Royal Highness dissolves the Legislative Assembly – means there is provision or exception, but, with conditions in this article, that allows the MB to request for a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly when he ceases to command the confidence of the majority, but, with the Sultan’s consent. There is no further allocation that said the Sultan is obligated to accept the MB’s request.
Article XVIII (2)(b) of the Perak Darul Ridzuan State Constitution :
The power to determine and act based on own discretion and evaluation
The Sultan of Perak used this article to ensure that his action was according to his existing jurisdiction and had used his discretion to not to consent the dissolution of the state assembly.
This was stated and implemented and it showed that the Sultan is not merely a puppet to the state government. And it really showed that the monarchy system still works! God bless Malaysia!
P/S : Man, they are really messing with the wrong Sultan here..
