Sultan tidak boleh singkir Nizar

Oleh AMIRUDDIN HARUN
pengarang@utusan.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR 18 Mei - Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah tidak boleh menyingkirkan Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin daripada jawatan Menteri Besar memandangkan beliau memegang jawatan tersebut bukan atas perkenan baginda.

Sebaliknya, menurut Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi, Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Menteri Besar yang dilantik bersama barisan Exco kerajaan negeri adalah bertanggungjawab kepada Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN).

Menurutnya, ini jelas terkandung dalam Perkara 16 Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Negeri Perak (UTKP) yang menyatakan bahawa sekiranya Menteri Besar hilang kepercayaan majoriti anggota DUN, beliau harus meletakkan jawatan barisan Exco tersebut atau Menteri Besar boleh meminta baginda membubarkan DUN.

''Berdasarkan Perkara 16 subseksyen (2),(5),(6) dan (7) UTKP, adalah jelas bahawa sebaik sahaja Menteri Besar dilantik, beliau bertanggungjawab kepada DUN dan bukan kepada yang lain.

''Maksudnya, dengan pelantikan tersebut, Menteri Besar memimpin negeri melalui barisan Exco dan menasihatkan baginda berhubung hal ehwal negeri seperti yang termaktub di bawah Perkara 18(1) Perlembagaan negeri Perak,'' katanya.

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi (Bahagian Rayuan dan Kuasa-Kuasa Khas) itu menyatakan demikian dalam penghakiman bertulis setebal 78 muka surat yang diperoleh pihak media hari ini.

Pada 11 Mei lalu, beliau membenarkan permohonan semakan kehakiman Mohammad Nizar, 52, agar mahkamah mengisytiharkan beliau masih Menteri Besar yang sah berdasarkan perlembagaan negeri itu kerana beliau yang bertindak menasihati sultan untuk membubarkan sidang DUN.

Bagaimanapun, tidak sampai 24 jam keputusan tersebut dikeluarkan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi, Mahkamah Rayuan telah membenarkan permohonan Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir selaku responden untuk menangguhkan perintah perisytiharan itu sehingga rayuan didengar.

Rayuan Zambry yang tidak berpuas hati terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi dan permohonan Mohammad Nizar untuk mengetepikan perintah penangguhan itu dijadualkan didengar oleh Mahkamah Rayuan pada Khamis ini.

Hakim Abdul Aziz dalam penghakimannya juga menyatakan, walaupun Sultan Perak selepas menemui anggota DUN yang menyokong Barisan Nasional (BN) telah membuat pengadilan yang Zambry mendapat sokongan majoriti, baginda tidak sepatutnya berpendapat bahawa Mohammad Nizar telah hilang kepercayaan majoriti anggota Dewan.

''Satu alasannya ialah pernyataan 'dalam pengadilannya' tidak digunakan dalam Perkara 16(6) perlembagaan tersebut,'' ujar beliau.

Menurut hakim tersebut, pengadilan atau pendapat peribadi Sultan Perak adalah tidak relevan kepada tafsiran Perkara 16(6) UTKP, selain daripada alasan bahawa Exco kerajaan negeri seharusnya bertanggungjawab kepada DUN.

''Ia adalah mengikut logik pada peruntukan Perkara 16(5),16(2)(a) dan 16(6) UTKP malahan Perkara 16(6) memerlukan DUN yang menentukan sama ada mereka mempunyai kepercayaan atau tidak kepada Menteri Besar sebagai ketua Exco kerajaan negeri,'' ujar beliau.

Dalam penghakimannya, Hakim Abdul Aziz juga menyatakan jika dakwaan Zambry mendapat kepercayaan majoriti selepas memperoleh sokongan daripada tiga lagi ADUN adalah benar dan Sultan Perak tidak memperkenankan pembubaran DUN, mengapa Zambry tidak memohon perkara yang sama.

''Mengapa responden (Zambry) yang mewakili BN tidak memohon perkenan baginda untuk mengadakan sidang khas DUN supaya usul undi tidak percaya boleh dibuat dan diterima terhadap pemohon (Mohammad Nizar).

''Dengan cara itu, ia lebih menepati amalan dan prinsip demokrasi,'' kata beliau.

Di akhir penghakimannya, Hakim Abdul Aziz turut membenarkan permohonan peguam Sulaiman Abdullah yang mewakili Mohammad Nizar untuk tidak meneruskan tuntutan ganti rugi, taksiran serta diadakan inkuiri dan perintah kos.

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10 reasons for Najib for wanting a discussion with PR

In the last few days invariably the head lines of all news is nothing other then the on going Perak political crisis.

Prime Minister DS Najib has now agreed to discuss the impasse with the Pakatan Rakyat(PR) leaders.

Why Najib wants to talk now? At least 10 reasons for him to do so.
1) Najib may be willing to discuss because the support for BN is so weak that that a discussion of this nature may enhance Barisan National(BN) status.


2) Najib masterminded the take over of BN in Perak when he was the DPM. Little did he realize this coup d’etat could boomerang to such intensity that it is hurting his public image now? He may never recover and this may soon politically seal his future.



3) In just about 10months the PR government of Perak was able to win the heart and minds of its people. The polices on freehold, the openness on awarding of contacts, the transparent manner of running the state government, appointing NGO’s as councilors, giving lands to schools, Exco members and the MB who are easily approachable nd many more.



4) Rumors are that there are some BN elected assemblyman who may jump ship and this is one way to contain them



5) The present situation is untenable. Perak has 2 Mentri Besar’s (MB), 2 Speakers and 2 secretaries to the House (clerk) The situation is unsettling the BN as much as the PR thus the necessity for discussion.



6) Investors are filling jittery and may continue to refuse to invest in Perak. This will hurt all. But in this drawback, BN elected representatives will suffer most as dishing out contracts by them will dry up. In the process BN will fail to get the continuous support from the people.



7) Who is the legal MB or the ex-MB? Both the MB’s are in that situation. People are confused and the continuous indecision will damage all but the BN will still suffer more. Reading the blog’s and articles one see’s a bashing of the BN. Some how the BN cannot and seems not able to get public opinion on their side



8) Ejecting Speaker V.Sivakumar and the video footage clearly show the ruthless ness of BN. To make matters worse the unprecedented entrance of policeman into the meeting hall has aroused a feeling that the BN had planned this event. In fact we hear over 100 policemen from all over the country was asked to report to Ipoh police who were used to implement this eviction of V.Sivakumar. Local police was apparently not encouraged as they may be familiar to many elected representatives and they may be reluctant to implement BN’s modus operandi



9) When BN took over Perak government immorally they failed to see the importance of the Speakers post, the Committee of Privileges and the Public Accounts Committee. The majority of the members of these committees are from the PR. All these were overlooked. Thus the jig saw puzzle is not complete unless all these posts revert back to BN.



10) The courts decisions are of little help. One day Nizar wins the next day the ex-BN MB is back in power. It all looks like the circus is in town for all to have fun. But it is the Perikians who eventually suffer.

The PR leaders must be cautious on the invitation for discussion with Najib. Najib must win at what ever the cost in this proposed meet. But how will the PR fair?

Remember the fatal mistake Chin Peng made when he agreed to meet Tuanku at Baling in 1956?

Source http://m-kula.blogspot.com/