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Is Najib’s House Arrest Really a Pardon?
Everyone calls it a "pardon". It covers one case only — and nobody has explained the rest.
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Bolehkah Putrajaya Mengambil Alih Negeri Sembilan? [BM-14/NS]
Setiap persekutuan menyimpan sebilah kapak di sebalik kaca. Malaysia pernah memecahkan kaca itu dua kali, kerana pertikaian sebuah Negeri. Apa sebenarnya yang ada di sebaliknya sekarang?
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Can Putrajaya Take Over Negeri Sembilan? [14/NS]
Every federation keeps an axe behind glass. Malaysia has broken that glass twice, over a State quarrel. What exactly is behind it now?
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Was the Negeri Sembilan Ruler empowered to dismiss his Exco? [13/NS]
Ten Exco members lost their jobs overnight. The Menteri Besar did not. The clause behind it runs 24 words past the word everyone quotes — and those words are now in court.
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Bolehkah Seorang Peguam Mengisytiharkan Kes Anak Guamnya Sendiri ‘Menang’? [BM-12/NS]
Peguamnya sendiri berkata satu proklamasi menyalahi perlembagaan. Majlis itu tetap mengundi — dan meninggalkan penjawat awam yang tidak tahu lagi kepada siapa mereka harus patuh.
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Can a lawyer declare his own client’s case ‘won’? [12/NS]
A proclamation, its own lawyers said, was unconstitutional. The Executive Council voted anyway — and left civil servants not knowing who to obey.
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Adakah Negeri Sembilan Masih Mempunyai Kerajaan untuk Mentadbirnya? [BM-11/NS]
Peguamnya sendiri menggelar rancangan itu menyalahi perlembagaan. Peguam itu mungkin juga seorang pegawai persekutuan — yang mengubah maksud sebenar ‘pandangan negeri itu sendiri’.
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Is There a State Executive Left to Govern Negeri Sembilan? [11/NS]
Its own lawyer called the plan unconstitutional. That lawyer may also be a federal officer — which changes what “the state’s own view” even means.
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Jika Takhta Goyah, Adakah Kerajaan Turut Goyah? [BM-10/NS]
Jika seorang Raja didapati tidak pernah sah menjadi Raja, apa jadi kepada setiap pelantikan, setiap arahan, setiap undang-undang yang dibuat di bawah baginda? Dua peraturan menjawab. Keduanya bercanggah.
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If the NS Ruler Falls, Does the State Government Fall Too? [10/NS]
If a Ruler was never lawfully Ruler, what happens to every appointment, every order, every law made under him? Two rules answer. They disagree.
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