Don’t drag king into politics

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 20 Nov 2022 5:40PM · 1 Comments

THE Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, like other constitutional monarchs, is above politics. His Majesty represents the national interest.

It is for political leaders to sort out the just-concluded general election (GE) that has brought the country to unchartered waters with a hung parliament. The King’s role is secondary to the political process among elected political elites. (Read Dian AH Shah and Andrew Harding, “The King’s role in post-election government formation.”)

It is curious that Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin, in saying that his coalition has enough numbers to form the new government with 73 seats, should inform a press conference that PN “has received a letter from the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong from Istana Negara setting the conditions for it to form the next government.”

It was just past 3.00am, and the full results had yet to be announced by the Election Commission.

In a hung parliament, constitutional conventions come into play. (Read Hafiz Hassan, “Uncharted territory”)

There is an old mantra, “Don’t drag the King into politics”. It needs to be repeated here.

Hafiz Hassan reads The Malaysian Insight.

* This is the opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insight. Article may be edited for brevity and clarity.

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  • What a mess the country's leadership is in after GE15! Many of them are shamelessly licking their spits to compromise with their political rivals to lead the country. I see only 2 ways to restore some dignity to our political leaders from this shameless horse trading that is happening. We already have the ANTI Hopping laws to prevent the frogs. Now we need laws to prevent this horse trading after election which allows elected MPS to lick their spits about what they said about their opponents. 1. Explore the rules of sporting events to find how winners are declared at the end of the tournaments when ties occur. 2. Use the HSC/STPM method of principal pass / subsidiary pass method. In GE political horse trading after GE be equal to subsidiary pass only. MPs involved in this horse trading should be worth only 50% value.
    Malaysia is already becoming a laughing stock nation of the world. Our politicians truly do not have bones in their tongues. .

    Posted 1 year ago by Citizen Pencen · Reply