Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin said that at no time during his audience with the Sultan did he ask the monarch to dissolve the assembly and call for fresh elections because he had lost the confidence of the majority of the members of the state assembly.
Nizar cleared this important point in an affidavit which was filed in the High Court yesterday as part of the judicial review application challenging Datuk Seri Zambry Kadir appointment as the Mentri Besar of Perak.
The Perak state legal advisor in his affidavit said that when Nizar appeared before the Sultan on February 4, he asked the Malay Ruler to dissolve the house because he had lost the confidence of the House.
This point is important because it gives some legitimacy to the Sultan's actions in asking Nizar to quit as the Mentri Besar, an act which paved the way for Zambry to be made the chief executive of the state.
But Nizar in his affidavit noted that the state legal advisor was an interested party in the case, having represented and taken instructions from Zambry.
His description of the events on Feb 4 were wrong, said Nizar. Nizar recalled that on Feb 4 he informed the Sultan that three Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers had resigned.
They could not be contacted and seemed to have gone missing.
He then asked the Sultan to dissolve the assembly because it was appropriate to have fresh elections given the deadlock situation in the House with Pakatan Rakyat and BN having equal number of seats.
The Sultan said he would study the matter further and told Nizar that Allah is with those who are patient.
At no point during the audience, did the issue of Nizar losing the confidence of majority of the assembly crop up.
On Feb 5, the Sultan informed Nizar that he was rejecting the request to dissolve the assembly.
Hearing this, Nizar interjected and spoke for 15 minutes, urging the Ruler to allow the people of Perak to exercise their rights and elect their own government.
"When the assembly is dissolved, the rakyat will view the Sultan as someone who is fair and not partisan. They will in turn respect the institution for returning to them their rights to elect the government.
This is also consistent with the constitutional monarchy system and democratic principle here…
"In contrast, if the people were denied their rights, the people may lose respect for the institution and the Sultan…I pointed out that history showed that in countries such as Egypt and Iran the institution of the monarchy was diminished or completely wiped out when decisions not in the interest of people were made.''
To support his case, Nizar also read out a passage from the book "Constitutional Monrachy: Rule of Law and Good Governance .
It said: "Under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would not withhold his consent to a request for dissolution of Parliament. His role is purely formal.
The book was given to Nizar by Sultan Azlan Shah when he was installed as the MB last year.
As soon as Nizar finished his 15 minute plea, the Sultan looked up at him and declared that he would not dissolve the assembly and urged Nizar to resign.
Meanwhile, in a supporting affidavit, Perak Speaker V Sivakumar said that on Feb 6, he wrote to the Sultan to convene a state assembly sitting so that a vote of confidence could be held.
Till today, he has not received a reply from the palace, forcing him to take steps to protect the name and integrity of the assembly. (TMI)
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Nizar....why dont you disclose everything....its only partial what u mentioned....points that wins u...u declared but points down of u...u kept silence...tell the truth ...dont you remember what happen on last year PRU, the day BN lost to BARISAN ALTERNATIF...i merely cant accept pakatan Rakyat becoz it is not registered ....at that particular time u r still in PAS, Nga n Ngeh is in DAP and so on with Jamal & Osman of PKR....u r not together...where is your power of malays as u have being outspoked...did u prepare the papers for all of barisan alternatif signatures to present to Tuanku...did u prepared? or who didi it....what happens in Heritage Hotel on that time...u disturd istana even in 10 pm at nite...how many seats u wons my fren...18 ? PAS juz won 7 seats...A MINORITY NOT MAJORITY...and what is the decision of Tuanku Sultan....ngeh wants to b MB...what is the results? Tuanku picked u as MB....why ? becoz u r a malay, islam...and can represent and fight for the malay rights in Perak...but what hapens when u r in power....Land 999 years....? Remember dat morning u were in istana...with Tuanku....u supposed to hold the decision in the EXCO...but what hapen??? You approved it...with whose consent....Tuanku or someone else...what powers you use to reject Dato Jamry? U ask him to go out from your office...what power do you use...U gave land to chinese schools 1000 acres or hectares...???? What about land in Hutan Simpan Bintang Hijau...Bubu...Larut Matang Selama....u want to give to WHO??? U kill the malays....even PAS people also dont get as much as the DAP's or even PKR....what Sivakumar did in the Forest Depatment....use his power as speaker in Jabatan Hutan...What hapens to Tanah yang dikhaskan untuk Pejabat Agama Daerah Sg Siput....can u tell me....what hapen to that land....u are a good leader, u can speak multi languages..good back ground in agama....when u did ur lift project in bangunan persekutuan under ur company...dont u remember who is ur main contractor...we are old timers..old frends...but u forgotten bout us...when u becomes MB...we met few times in istana, in social functions...but u ignore us...we want to meet u...but what u officer said....kalau orang UMNO susah sikit la....but when we malays meet up in masjid...we dont care who or which party u are...we are Muslim...now becoz u are a Muslim....Tuanku appoints u....with the small majority u have PLUS PKR small majority AND THEN PLUS THE CHINESE DAP'S ...makes u MB....what about voice of rakyat....do they got their views openly when you want to become MB....recently u said to Tuanku....go back to rakyat..lets rakyat decides...what about dat particular time....did u get the voice of rakyat....THE ANSWER IS NO...that is not the voice of rakyat Perak...that is the decision of papers did by your gud fren cousins...with all of u put your signature on it...Tuanku ask u, berapa kerusi u menang...and so to PKR..and so to DAP...dont you think Tuanku has given u a BIG HAND...APPOINTS U AS MB...evendo he knows BN has 28 seats...and he can appoint or reppoint Tajol as MB as minority government at dat time...but becoz kita orang Islam...WALLAHUBIMA TA'MALU NA KHOBIR....u being appointed as MB...bersyukurla dgn apa yang u dah perolehi masa jadi MB dulu....skrg Allah gantikan tempat u di Bukit Gantang...tak syukur ke...jgn le tamak sgt....and jgn selalu keluar kepala dan badan dari kereta yang sedang bergerak ...bahaya tu....kalau anak - anak pun kita larang...orang tua jangan le macam tu...buruk benor rupanya....nanti meluat orang tenguk....jarang sekali tenguk MB or bekas MB buat mcm tu....be rasional...be open minded...be smart....Tuanku pun maklum....Saborle....Allah bersama orang yang sabor....jgn gelojoh cepat melatah....saya cadangkan u pegi Mekah buat UMRAH bersama Zambry...Mufti Harussani...and Jamal & Osman...and EXCO sekali...pegile UMRAH ....kita doa sama - sama di sana...depan Kaabah...mohon Allah selamatkan kita orang Islam....di Perak dan malaysia.....jgn kita termakan budi bangsa lain....kerana kita tak tahu apa muslihat depa....Nizar...sebagai orang Melayu...Islam...dan kawan lama...terimalah hakikatnya...Allah Maha Mengetahui...
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