YOURSAY | ‘One thing is clear. We are a constitutional democracy.’
I suppose the PM has used the wrong word “nullify” in his reference to the pre-Merdeka state constitutions of Johor and Terengganu.
In the current Johor case, it is to the interests of all stakeholders that this provision of our constitution is strictly adhered to.The articles in the Federal Constitution mentioned by Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim do not say anything about the power to choose the menteri besar or executive councillors.
No state constitution can be inconsistent with the Federal Constitution, see Article 71 clauses 3 and 4.Article 181 states:"Subject to the provisions of this constitution, the sovereignty, prerogatives, powers, and jurisdiction of the rulers and the prerogatives, powers and jurisdiction of the ruling chiefs of Negeri Sembilan within their respective territories as hitherto had and enjoyed shall remain unaffected.
We have a Parliament that makes laws which are within its competence as set out in the constitution. And each state has a state legislative assembly that is competent to make laws that fall within its jurisdiction as set out in the Federal Constitution. The British gave immigrants from the Indonesian archipelago a race, namely the 'Malay race', a history, a religion which they were locked into. They were told they were a 'feudal' people who were loyal to the local sultan.
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