Letters
by Md Asmawi Md Nor
Saya bersetuju bahawa Saudara telah tersilap dalam isu majlis angkat sumpah MB Perak tetapi saya juga sangat hormat apabila Saudara dengan cepat menyedari kesilapan tersebut dan dengan segera memperbetulkannya dan melakukan tindakan yang tepat dengan memohon maaf kepada pihak istana secara peribadi. Tahniah atas tindakan anda tersebut.
Nah, sekarang Terengganu pula menghadapi isu yang sama dimana 23 Adun dengan segera mengumumkan untuk memboikot majlis angkat sumpah MB Terengganu yang dijangka akan diadakan esok sebaik sahaja ayam tambatan mereka Idris Jusoh tidak terpilih sebagai MB. Seperti biasa, media UMNO Utusan Malaysia akan bersikap ‘double-standard’ dalam menanggani isu ini. Maksud saya secara spesifik ialah bila mana Saudara mengeluarkan statement dalam isu MB Perak dulu, Utusan Malaysia dengan segera dan ‘bold’ terus dengan muka depan “DAP Biadap’, dan dikuti dengan pelbagai rentetan propaganda dan provokasi lagi. Saya sebagai rakyat Terengganu mahukan perkara yang sama kali ini dilakukan oleh Utusan Malaysia dalam menanggani isu 23 Adun yang biadap ini termasuk Idris Jusoh. Tajuk yang perlu keluar dimuka depan mereka sekurang-kurangnya ‘23 Adun Biadap’. Mereka semua juga perlu memohon maaf seperti mana yang Saudara lakukan dahulu.
Saya amat berharap Saudara dapat memantau isu ini dengan diberi perhatian istimewa agar UMNO khasnya sedar jangan hanya pandai melihat orang lain biadap tetapi mereka sendiri boleh bersikap biadap dan bertindak sesuka hati mereka. Macamlah negara ini tiada undang-undang.
Sekian,
#1 by LadyGodiva on Wednesday, 26 March 2008 - 10:29 pm
“His reason to refuse consent Idris as MB is beyond me but I have faith in him that he did it for Rakyat’s sake.” AirJ
Rustam did not provide the grounds for his belief that financial interests may have played a part. So maybe you can provide the lesser informed among the readers here with some grounds for your belief that he did what he did “for the rakyat’s sake”?
#2 by LadyGodiva on Wednesday, 26 March 2008 - 10:30 pm
As they say, “Put up or shut up”!
#3 by pjboy on Wednesday, 26 March 2008 - 11:57 pm
It seems JI apologised to our DYMM…then he added he has no idea why he has to apologise…he apologise because many people told him so…apa ni? typical BN arrogance. if want to apologise, apologise lah…what for want to say all these things some more…for what?
#4 by ReformMalaysia on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 12:34 am
The Agong should have appointed some one other than the president of UMNO as Prime Minister of Malaysia…..
we need a better Prime minister…
#5 by pjboy on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 12:49 am
Must be a 2-in-1 package…if PM goes, DPM also must follow.
#6 by LadyGodiva on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 6:42 am
“…but I am Terengganuian and I take charge in your irresponsible posting” AirJ
Take charge??? LOL.
#7 by controlnation1 on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 9:56 am
“”I am more than happy to have him as my Sultan and I will be behind him (as most Terengganuians would be) on this issue.”"
The problem is his action is unconstitutional and could set bad precedence which would adversely affect our establishment system.Sure we can blame Idris for all bad things that occured in Terengganu but we cant ever blame the Sultan?.Come on why appoint a MB who cant even spoke english?
The Sultan are throwing our democratic system haywire…….
#8 by AirJ on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 4:06 pm
LadyGodiva
Do you have children? If I go to your children and tell them you are a bad parent, all decisions you made are not for their sake what would you do? Predictably you’d say “None of your business”. I asked you are you Terengganuian? You are obviously not because Terengganuians know their Sultan. You can say whatever negative things you want but back by evidence lah, that’s all I ask. You chose to slander Sultan Mizan without any evidence and you are proud of it? You masked it under your right as freedom of speech? Most of people here resoundingly promotes fairness, transparency and equality and this is what you can come up with? Your definition of truth seems to be whatever things that are sensationalized, you thrive on gossips and lies – how old are you?
I did not ask you to take my stand on the Sultan’s decision. That’s why I said “I” have faith in him – I is the key word. Even if I provide all accounts to back it up you obviously would not believe me, so do a little research. Wiki him, google him, talk to Terengganuians (not Idris Jusoh’s relatives/supporters of course), come back as learned person. If you can provide me with concrete evidence, I will humbly accept your words. Till then please learn to be more responsible. It’s what adults do….
#9 by AirJ on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 4:32 pm
Controlnation1
If you carefully look at the state constitution it’s a little subjective. I am not an expert on constitution but from what I read, in laymen terms, the Sultan is supposed to appoint someone who he thinks have the majority backing. Majority here is not clear whether is applies to ruling parties assemblymen, or all assemblymen or rakyat Terengganu. Even Zaid said the appointment of MatSaid cannot be legally faulted. I don’t like the guy either. I don’t think any BN guys are clean for that matter but I support my Sultan’s decision.
If you study Perak’s case also you can see the subjectivity of the constitution that I talked about. Besides MPPR member has one former senior judge member who I am sure have studied the constitution to the letter to protect Sultan from legal wrangle. I would not say his decision is unconstitutional based on that. I don’t think Sultan is above the law – far from it but from what I know of him previously, he has not shown he has crossed the law. I don’t know him personally but I know some of his soccer buddies. Yes, he used to play soccer with rakyat biasa dulu2. My dad was a longtime state government servant, interacted many many times him, told me stories about him all the time. Nothing but respect. That is the reason he has my backing. I know some people don’t trust royalties because of previous stories/incidents but he is of a different breed.
Think about it, BN won the state which supposedly mean many Terengganuians favor BN right? but when the Sultan is pitted against PM/Idris, majority backed the Sultan. Check out interviews carried out by BN-funded Utusan or TV3, many people said they supported Sultan’s choice. That confirms his choice had “majority” rakyat backing. Afterall, MB of Terengganu should be for all Terengganuians. He is our “parent” and we are grateful to have him as our Sultan. Daulat Tuanku.
#10 by controlnation1 on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 7:21 pm
Hey how come my repply didnt appear?
#11 by controlnation1 on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 7:36 pm
Chief Ministers
When Terengganu was an absolute monarchy, the Chief Minister was selected by the Sultan of Terengganu. Since the declaration of independence of Malaysia (then called Tanah Melayu) and the first general election, the Chief Minister has been the State Assembly (ADUN) member elected by a majority of all State Assembly members, who are themselves elected by universal adult suffrage of the citizens of their constituencies
——————————————————–In truth,we are reveresing our country system.As I’ve said earlier he is setting a bad precedence for other Sultan to follow.Next time it doesnt matter if a person had good qualification and hardworking,what matter the most is he had a good rapport with the sultan.What a blast to the past…….
You may have always heard good things about him but,people change just like Pak Lah, from Mr Clean to Mr Corruption.The way I see it,he is appointing Ahmad Said for the sake of appointing anyone other than Idris.Even if his intention is good it is still undemocratically constitutional as far as democratic goes.
As for the interviews,clearly the Rakyat are not supporting +”Ahmads appointment” but rather the “appointment made by the sultan”as they are still in dellusion that the Sultan is always correct,correct,correct…….
If you really want to know who the Rakyat really want as MB,why not set up a new election exclusively for selecting the MB.That way we can really who the rakyat want without royal intervention.
“”He is our “parent” and we are grateful to have him as our Sultan. Daulat Tuanku.”"
Everyone had a parrent even if they didnt know who they were,but not everyone had a sultan.In fact 95% of countries in this world didnt have one.Besides whats the difference between having a Sultan or not?
#12 by controlnation1 on Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 7:39 pm
Sorry for the error but the one above the underscore are taken from Wikipedia.
#13 by lakilompat on Monday, 21 April 2008 - 3:56 pm
UK used to have the monarchy but it was abolished, not many countries still under monarchies.