For someone whose past tenure as Lord President was outstanding, the decision of Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak to allow B.N to be installed as the govt of Perak would return to haunt him.His past credentials was impeccable and his son , the Raja Muda and his own frequent speeches was always about being neutral and bipartisan in their decision less as warned by them it will spell the doom of the monarchy.How prophetic it would become because after a few days of this speech it seems the royal monarch had failed to heed the very words it had espoused.
The backlash of anger by the Sultan's decision was obvious. Overnite the sultan was the subject of disdain and ridicule. Even his web site was deactivated because of the avalanche of criticsms and ridicule that had smeared his once revered blog. Not many people expected the once loved ruler to bow to the demands of the UMNO leaders when it was quite obvious that the rakyat wanted a snap election to give a new mandate to a legitimate govt.
The act of refusal to grant the M.B Nijar to dissolve the state assembly and call for fresh election was a betrayal of the people's trust that the ruler would protect. Instead, the ruler bowed to the wishes of the corrupt regime to usurp a rightful Govt elected by the people.The words that a ruler misdeed would cause the downfall of the monarchy has certainly being so prophetic.
Maybe there is still some modicum of hope that the sultan could salvage some of his previous pristine reputation if he could now dissolve the state assembly and call for a fresh state election to determine the mandate of the Perakians.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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I am not sure if Tajol Rosli's Government was corrupt.
But ADUN Changkat Jering and ADUN Behrang from PKR was arrested for corruption. This news appeared with picture in The Star and it was said that they were caught red handed.
These two ADUNs were not suspended by Sivakumar, Perak Speaker, after they were arrested.
These two ADUNs were also EXCO of Perak and were not suspended or sacked by Nizar till the PR Govt fell.
If found guilty, wont that make the laws passed in Perak corrupted ones and the signatures by these two former EXCOs on Government executive orders corrupted and tainted as well?
Yet, the Sultan was supposed to nod his head and listen to Nizar & Co.
In Bukit Selambau, Arumugam was selected because he was an Independent. PR and BN was rejected there.
But he was welcomed into PKR with open arms.
The people was betrayed there. But where were you and the other bloggers at that time?
Democracy it seems, exists only in the Opposition.
Perhaps that is too much of a sweeping statement to make, don't you think?
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