Why did PKR/Wan Azizah submit three names for the sultan to choose from, asks lawyer R Kengadharan?
In accordance to the constitution, the MB designate should be the one who commands the confidence of the majority of the state reps of the winning party/coalition. By right that should be one person not three.
As mentioned before, Pakatan submitted one name for PM and one name for AG. So why not do the same for Selangor MB?
There are probably three reasons for this.
i) There are factions within PKR which want different candidates. Wan Azizah wanted someone and Azmin Ali wanted someone else. The third one candidate was probably just a name they threw in there so there could be three names submitted.
ii) The sultan wanted more than one name. That was the case last time around and that's the case now.
iii) PKR wasn't willing to engage in a Battle Royale with the palace over this matter. The other parties, DAP, Amanah and Bersatu, which are all junior partners in the Selangor government, did not raise a fuss about this and accepted PKR's approach.
Also as mentioned before, Dr M would have taken a different approach and followed the constitution. He would have submitted just one name. (If you go by what legal experts are saying, what's happened in Perlis and Selangor is not in line with the constitution).
In accordance to the constitution, the MB designate should be the one who commands the confidence of the majority of the state reps of the winning party/coalition. By right that should be one person not three.
As mentioned before, Pakatan submitted one name for PM and one name for AG. So why not do the same for Selangor MB?
There are probably three reasons for this.
i) There are factions within PKR which want different candidates. Wan Azizah wanted someone and Azmin Ali wanted someone else. The third one candidate was probably just a name they threw in there so there could be three names submitted.
ii) The sultan wanted more than one name. That was the case last time around and that's the case now.
iii) PKR wasn't willing to engage in a Battle Royale with the palace over this matter. The other parties, DAP, Amanah and Bersatu, which are all junior partners in the Selangor government, did not raise a fuss about this and accepted PKR's approach.
Also as mentioned before, Dr M would have taken a different approach and followed the constitution. He would have submitted just one name. (If you go by what legal experts are saying, what's happened in Perlis and Selangor is not in line with the constitution).
No comments:
Post a Comment