I’s a seismologist. If you want to know more about seismic activities, fault-lines, tectonic plate movements and earthquakes, you can contact me.

I’m not a legal expert but a layman with very simple COMMON SENSE. Here is the analogy;

I have a sport society consisting of 21 members trying to elect a treasurer. 2 contenders Mr. Z and Mr. N, 11 members publicly declare their intention to vote for Mr. Z. It does not make their intention, public declaration or perceived alignment to be a MEASUREABLE DATA. The only MEASUREMENT DATA is voting!
How do you know there are only 11 members supporting Mr. Z as treasurer. It could be 20 or 8…who is to judge?????

You need to have a forum and a process to MEASURE the \majority support\.

This is pure common sense.

Of course, supporters of UMNO’s BN would anticipate this because with the federal government’s resources at hand, UMNO’s BN has ensured that the court would have the ‘right’ judges, who would give the ‘right’ verdict, and thus, its supporters would be made to think that they had been ‘right’…

On 23/5/2009 at 12:13.32, Kasim Amat said:
The justice is now returned to Datuk Zambry and the people of Perak.

It only appears to be so to the supporters of UMNO’s BN.
But can the Pangkor ADUN ever possibly prove & justify to the people of Perak that UMNO’s BN actually has the people’s mandate to run their state government?

On 23/5/2009 at 12:13.32, Kasim Amat said:
People in Perak should be proud of the Court’s decision and should respect the judgement.

UMNO’s BN should have learnt to lower its pride and respect the choice made by the people in Perak during the 12th General Election…

On 23/5/2009 at 12:13.32, Kasim Amat said:
PR should not resort to public protest or any kind of action to object to the judgement.

In that case, the Pangkor ADUN should not have objected to the earlier High Court ruling and thereby should not have resorted to a ‘quickie’ appeal on the following day, disrupting the continuity of the Perak state government administration in a matter of hours…

On 23/5/2009 at 12:13.32, Kasim Amat said:
UMNO will always fight against the injustice and UMNO will never lose.

Of course, UMNO will always fight against what is perceived to be injustice against its members and supporters, and how could it lose when it has strategically placed its minions all over the nation’s government machinery to do its bidding?

On 23/5/2009 at 12:13.32, Kasim Amat said:
I urge PR to give up their appeal to the Federal Court so that Perak could revert back to its peaceful moment.

I urge UMNO’s BN to give up its power-grab of the Perak state government so that the good people of Perak can peacefully make their choice once again through the power of the ballot box…

The rakyat did not have to wait for GE13.
In GE12, the rakyat had already given their mandate to Nizar, Nga, Ngeh & the other Pakatan Rakyat ADUNs to be responsible for the administration of the Perak state government.
But because UMNO’s BN was not willing to accept this and move forward for the sake of the rakyat and the country, the cunning political maneouvres orchestrated by the Pekan MP had robbed Nizar, Nga, Ngeh & the other Pakatan Rakyat ADUNs of their roles in the state government…

Firstly, we would like to thank counsel in assisting us to arrive at our decision. The decision is unanimous and these are our views:
1. The granting or withholding of consent to dissolve the State Assembly is a royal prerogative to be exercised by His Royal Highness (HRH).

2. From the facts of this case, the request made by the Respondent (Nizar) to dissolve the State Assembly was made under Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution, and not under Article 36(2).

3. Under Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution, upon the exercise of HRH’s royal prerogative to withhold consent for dissolution, the Respondent shall tender his resignation.

4. There is no mandatory, express requirement that provides for a motion of no-confidence to be passed in the State Assembly against the Respondent before he ceases to command the confidence of the majority.

5. The fact that the Respondent has ceased to command the confidence of the majority may be ascertained through extraneous means. We approve the case of Amir Kahar. The case of Stephen Kalong Ningkan, adopted by the learned Judge (High Court), is distinguishable on its facts.

6. HRH was right to make enquiries to satisfy himself whether the Respondent had ceased to command the confidence of the majority before deciding on the Respondent’s request for dissolution.

7. On the facts of the case, it is clear that the Respondent had ceased to command the confidence of the majority thus HRH, in accordance with Article 16(6), was right to appoint the Appellant (Zambry) as Menteri Besar of Perak after being satisfied that the Appellant commanded the confidence of the majority.

8. The learned Judge (High Court) erred in law when interpreting the Perak Constitution. He failed to properly appreciate the evidence rendering his decision clearly wrong.
The appeal is allowed. The orders of the High Court are set aside.///– From http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/22284/84/

Re 2. The fact was Nizar, the MB had an audience with the Sultan before there was a decision from the State assembly as to his support in the assembly. Article 16 (6) of the constitution relates to the event of decision by the state assembly. The request was made therefore based on anything but not on Article 16 (2).

Re.5. The suspicion that the MB has lost the confidence of the majority might be perceived after the three kataks had submitted their resignation to the Speaker. It is the speaker who could determine with certainty and legally whether the three kataks were still ADUNs. Had the state Assembly been called, and as the Speaker had the authority to decide whether kataks were still Aduns, and he had expressed that they were no longer so, there could only be 28 BN ADUNs who vote against Nizar who has now 28 ADUNs who support him. So they would be hung assembly. The MB has not lost the majority when he equals his opponent. Under the circumstances, the way to prove legitimacy is to have the assembly dissolved.

RE. 6. HRH had the constitutional authority to do what he was authorised, but under the law it is the Speaker who can determine the status of the ADUN who had on their writing resigned the post. The HRH could have made the enquiry, but he had not obtained the additional authority to decide whether the kataks were still the ADUN, legally. It is because the Sultan could not legally determine the status of the kataks, and that voting in the hall is different from giving opinion that the question of whether the MB had the support of the Assembly ought ot be determine in the right place, the hall of the state assembly.

Re.8. The evidence was that there was no meeting in the Perak State assembly to outvote the MB. All meetings done in the Palace were not relevant so far as to the determination of the support of the MB in the state assembly. That has to be seen to be believed.

The Court of Appeal tried hard to find excuses to deviate from “The case of Stephen Kalong Ningkan,’ and they claimed that “The case of Stephen Kalong Ningkan, adopted by the learned Judge (High Court), is distinguishable on its facts. They might have noted also that the Chief Minister of Sarawak was dismissed by the governor, and not a Sultan.

The long march has begun
For whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee …… My Zombie locter

1) People have short memories. [desperately clutching at straws]

2) Use the mainstream media to spin and shape public opinion. [doesn't work anymore but Umno hasn't learned]

3) Use the carrot and the stick during elections. [voters have learned to take the carrot and ignore the stick]

4) Voters have no choice but BN. [not true anymore but Umno is still in denial]

Najib knows what really needs to be done but he will not do it. He has less freehand than you think with the culture and foundation of Umno. Like AAB, Najib is a prisoner of history.

A way out has been missed with executive interference in the courts. If Nizar had been allowed to win the appeal as he rightly deserves, the court decision could have been used as the excuse to dissolve the Assembly.

But now, there’s no way Umno’s warlords will not allow him to snatch the loot of Perak away from their greedy hands.

I urge PR to give up their appeal to the Federal Court so that Perak could revert back to its peaceful moment.

BN has no right to call itself legitimate until BN returns the mandate to the Perakians. BN must put the 3 defectors to stand in their respective constituencies.

Let Perakians be the judges of the day.

umno not allowed to wear black but the pirates of Somalia wear black all the time.

nagig ton rosak, next move…foreign aids to Mongolia?!!

Rosmah n Najib are in Singapore
for their nth honeymoon
Blackmailed by Singapore?
No lah, maybe the evidence
can be traded for the return of Mas Selamat to Singapore
One crook for another crook

That is the problem with a self-serving loose cannon ball. Chengho is not a little boy. He knows exactly what the people want and he has more expertise than a loose cannon. Only a loose cannon will continuosly fall into his trap.