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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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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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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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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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 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 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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Najib bebas — tapi kaki kini pakai tali elektronik. Perlembagaan beri Lembaga Pengampunan kuasa meletakkan syarat begini. Tapi siapa sebenarnya pegang hujung tali itu — Lembaga, atau Parlimen yang masih berdiam diri?
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A pardon board can promise a great deal. But can it also fit the leash — or must Parliament forge that first?
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Pada 2010, Mahkamah Persekutuan membiarkan seorang Menteri Besar jatuh tanpa satu undi pun diambil. Satu fasal sahaja sudah cukup. Adakah Negeri Sembilan mempunyai fasal itu?
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