Jawapannya adalah Tidak. Inilah sebabnya. Perdebatan mengenai isu undang-undang yang terperinci akan dibincangkan secara berasingan. Artikel ini hanya bertujuan untuk memberi penjelasan umum mengenai sistem Parlimen kita.
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Permainan perebutan kuasa Game of Thrones adegan seterus
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Tun Mahathir telah memberi kenyataan bahawa Sesi Ketiga Parlimen akan dibawa ke hadapan. Adakah perkara tersebut sah di sisi undang-undang?
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Ya, DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda YDPA boleh melakukan sedemikian.
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Tun Mahathir telah mengumumkan bahawa Parlimen boleh memilih seorang Perdana Menteri yang baru. Adakah kenyataan Tun sah dari segi undang-undang?
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Should the King trigger Fresh Elections?
Suppose 112 (or more) MPs ask the King to call for elections because of a hung parliament. Three questions arise: (1) When can the King do it? (2) How should the King do it, and (3) Should the King do it at all?
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What options are open to the King?
The nation is on tenterhooks. The Prime Minister has resigned. He has been reappointed an 'interim PM'. No coalition can be formed. What will the King do? What options are before His Majesty? Currently, the King is interviewing every MP personally. He wants to determine each one's stand. Will this MP support the one coalition or the other? Does the MP think a snap poll is inevitable? Is ...
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Which is supreme: the Constitution, the monarchy or some other power?
A Ruler's power to appoint a Chief Minister is all the rage. A blogger once wrote that the monarch could appoint his gardener as prime minister. Was he right? This minor question begets larger ones. For a start, (1) Is there a legal principle higher than the Constitution? (2) How should the Constitution be interpreted?
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You have seen the articles emerging from this blog since 09 May 2018 — or ‘5-0-9’ as I called the GE14 (the date of May 09th, 2018). There is a story behind these articles. Their production and timing were wholly accidental. In the years to come the people may become quiescent. They may, once again, feel re-assured behind their closed doors. But these issues filled the night of 5-0-9, like night-tracer shells from artillery. ...
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Can a judge say in his letter of resignation, "I resign, but the effective date is two months hence"?
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