What PAS’ proposed vote of confidence is worth
TUAN Ibrahim Tuan Man, deputy president of the Malaysian Islamic Party , has openly stated that PAS intends to table a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament.
It would be reasonable to assume that the dissatisfaction , has to do with inter alia Dr Mahathir’s non-committal vis-a-vis the promised handover of premiership to Anwar Ibrahim.A prime minister has to, in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s judgment, “command the confidence of the majority of the members of ”
Such constitutional provisions, not uncommon in other countries, have led to the creation of a parliamentary mechanism known as the “vote of no confidence”. Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, Professor of Constitutional Law at Universiti Malaya, has pointed out that there have been successful votes of no confidence, in Malaysia, at the state level. These cases include Stephen Kalong Ningkan ; Harun Idris ; and Mohammad Nasir .Gopal Sri Ram, a retired Federal Court judge, is of the opinion that PAS’ proposed motion of confidence would have no effect whatever its outcome.
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