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Members of Parliament meeting in coffee shop or vacant lot?

by happybrunette23 | March 3, 2009 at 11:06 am

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Yes, it's true people. Only in Malaysia where you can find Members of Parliament having a state emergency meeting not in the House but in a coffee shop or a vacant lot. Only in Malaysia would you find rival parties members jumping ship a few weeks before election during the Malaysian 12th General Election in March 2008 and recently in the Perak state of Malaysia creating havoc ie. Pakatan Rakyat in short PKR rival party supporters showed demonstrations by sleeping on the street so that the newly appointed chief minister of Barisan Nasional in short BN could NOT drive through to see the Sultan to be sworn in. The newly appointed chief minister controversially toppled the previous chief minister during the intense Perak election in January 2009.

They have taken politics to a new level by the newly appointed chief minister demanding people and his rival parties to recognize him as the Perak chief minister. Oh wow. If you can't earn respect, must you demand respect? What's the difference in morality by politicians accepting bribes or asking and then later demanding the voters recognition. Yes, the law and the Sultan and therefore the state recognize him as the new and polish Perak chief minister but NOT THE PEOPLE.

Imagine if this happen in America. Or France? Or where ever else in the world.

What do you think guys?

The end story is that the Sultan did not recognize the need to setup an emergency state meeting to resolve the members of rival parties " jumping ship" problem. The newly polished chief minister had suggested to the Sultan to let the Judiciary handle this matter in the High Court.

What exactly happen to the separation of powers between the executives, legislatives and judiciaries respectively?You see Malaysia was once a British colony and we are a member of the commonwealth now, therefore we follow the British law and also incorporate Shari'ah Law (MUSLIM LAW) into the system. We are suppose to uphold and maintain the concept formula of no interference between the power and decisions of the executives, legislatives and judiciaries and let them run independently.

When the executives ask the help and powerful motion of the juciary, well, it will result in disaster because the people in this country could read in the papers, hear in the news and watch on tv how eventually the politicians will manipulate their way to getting their way.

Bad. Bad. Bad.

My other story ( Brutality of Malaysian Police) for Malaysian police being ruled by the government meaning the politicians and now the politicians also rule the judiciary and ordered the State Sultan to abide, well... Politicians have become the destructors of the law and the constitutions that they once wrote about. Breaking their own rules and i suppose it's ok.

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Amy Judd

at 16:29 on March 3rd, 2009

I don't think this would ever happen in Canada or the UK - how odd.

Paschen

at 16:37 on March 3rd, 2009

Nice Post about Malay Politics. :) Well, at least they are meeting still.

jazzyzazzy

at 09:30 on March 5th, 2009

Not odd this one just a look behind the illusions bestowed apon the public in general.As for the UK Politicians, they are more likely to hire a country mansion and discuss !us the mere masses,whilst enjoying a game of croquette a posh English game.Some have their wee chin wags over a game of Golf, Then it is lunch darlings lunch.