Wan Azizah terima Azmin dilantik MB Selangor...
Presiden PKR Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail berkata beliau menerima secara terbuka pelantikan timbalannya Mohamed Azmin Ali sebagai menteri besar Selangor yang baharu selepas pengumuman rasmi hari ini.
Azmin, yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Bukit Antarabangsa hari ini disahkan menjadi MB Selangor berkuatkuasa esok selepas menerima surat pelantikan hari ini, sekali gus menamatkan spekulasi mengenai jawatan penting di negeri terkaya tersebut.
"Saya menerima dengan hati yang terbuka keputusan yang dibuat Tuanku Sultan Selangor yang memperkenankan Azmin, timbalan presiden PKR, sebagai menteri besar Selangor yang baharu," kata Dr Wan Azizah dalam satu kenyataan.
Beliau sebelum itu menghadiri satu mesyuarat tergempar di ibu pejabat PKR petang tadi yang turut dihadiri Azmin dan Ketua Umum PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Beliau juga mengucapkan terima kasih kepada 29 Adun PKR dan DAP, serta 2 Adun PAS yang menyokongnya sebelum ini sebagai calon MB baharu.
"Saya menghargai kesepakatan 29 Adun ini yang meletakkan kepentingan menjaga mandat rakyat mengatasi kepentingan peribadi mereka," katanya.
Dr Wan Azizah berkata, beliau sebelum ini sudah membuat keputusan menarik diri daripada pencalonan sebagai menteri besar Selangor yang baharu dan keputusan muktamad tersebut diputuskan dalam mesyuarat Majlis Pimpinan Pusat (MPP) hari ini.
Menurutnya, MPP juga sebulat suara menyokong Azmin sebagai menteri besar Selangor.
"Majlis Pimpinan Pusat (MPP) yang bermesyuarat pada hari ini juga sebulat suara bersetuju dengan cadangan itu," katanya. – tmi
Azmin, ‘seteru politik’ Khalid, kini MB Selangor
Azmin MB baru,OK dari PKR...
Sultan Selangor telah berkenan melantik Timbalan presiden PKR Azmin Ali sebagai menteri besar yang baru berkuatkuasa esok.
Majlis angkat sumpah akan berlangsung di Istana Alam Shah, Klang jam 10.30 pagi esok.
Setiausaha Sulit Sultan Selangor, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini, mengesahkan surat pelantikan itu telah dihantar kepada Azmin hari ini.
Sementara itu, Munir dipetik oleh Bernama sebagai berkata pihak Istana Selangor akan keluarkan kenyataan akhbar esok bagi memberi penjelasan mengapa Azmin dipilih sebagai menteri besar Selangor yang baru.
Ketika ditanya mengenai surat pelantikan itu yang tersebar di media
sosial, Mohamad Munir berkata perkara itu berada di luar kawalan pihaknya.
Azmin akan menggantikan Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yang tamat perkhidmatan sebagai menteri besar hari ini.
Petang tadi, Khalid diraikan dalam majlis perpisahan yang dihadiri lebih 200 kakitangan.
Azmin kemudiannya pemberita bahawa pelantikannya sebagai menteri besar Selangor mendapat restu sebulat suara parti.
Ini sekaligus melabuhkan tabir krisis pelantikan menteri besar Selangor.
Azmin mengesahkan kepada pemberita di ibu pejabat PKR di Tropicana bahawa kepimpinan parti itu telah bersetuju untuk menyokong beliau sebagai MB selepas bermesyuarat dua jam dengan Ketua Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, presiden parti Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dan pemimpin parti lain.
Katanya, beliau bersyukur bahawa baginda sultan telah memperkenan pelantikannya sebagai menteri besar dan pihak parti telah sebulat suara merestuinya.
Apabila ditanya sama ada dia tahu sebab mengpa pencalonan Wan Azizah ditolak, Azmin hanya berkata: "Tiada sebab diberikan."
Surat pelantikannya diterima petang ini dan ADUN Bukit Antarabangsa itu mengesahkan beliau akan mengangkat sumpah-pagi esok.
Sebelum itu, mesyuarat Azmin dengan Anwar dan Wan Azizah selesai pada kira-kira jam 7.30 malam.
Anwar dan Wan Azizah meninggalkan ibu pejabat untuk menghadiri mesyuarat Majlis Kepimpinan Pakatan Rakyat di ibu pejabat DAP di Kuala Lumpur.
Ketiga-tiga mereka tersenyum ketika mereka keluar dari bilik mesyuarat.
Sementara itu, PAS mengucapkan tahniah kepada Azmin Ali ekoran pelantikannya sebagai menteri besar Selangor yang baru.
Menulis dalam facebook, Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali berkata semoga Pakatan Rakyat terus utuh.- mk
Wan Azizah accepts Azmin’s appointment as MB...
Dr Wan Azizah, who was PKR's initial choice to replace Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, congratulated and thanked the 29 assemblymen who had supported her and enabled Pakatan Rakyat to remain as the state government.
"I appreciate their cooperation in putting the interests of the people's mandate over their personal interests," she said in a statement today.
"In that spirit, I have made the decision to withdraw as a Selangor MB candidate."
She added that the party's central committee, which had convened this evening, had unanimously agreed to Azmin's appointment as MB.
"I have taken this decision for the interests of the people that the crisis has to be resolved as soon as possible. I am confident that PKR has defended the principle of democratic constitutional monarchy.
"Although the appointment process, in my opinion, was not in line with the provisions of the Selangor constitution, I believe the focus should go back to defending the people of Selangor.”
Over the last few weeks, PKR had repeatedly said it was sticking to its stand of nominating only Dr Wan Azizah for the MB post, despite reprimands from the Selangor palace over its decision to submit only one name.
DAP and PKR had submitted only Dr Wan Azizah's name for the post, although DAP was open to the idea of Azmin replacing Khalid.
PAS, however, broke ranks with its partners when its president, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, submitted three names to the palace.
The three are said to be Dr Idris Ahmad (PKR-Ijok), Dr Yakub Sapari (PKR-Kota Anggerik) and Iskandar Samad, the Selangor PAS commissioner, who is also a state exco member and Cempaka assemblyman.
It is not known if PKR and DAP submitted more names following the sultan’s reprimand, who had asked each Pakatan Rakyat (PR) party to submit more than two names.
Last week, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah reportedly interviewed and shortlisted three candidates for the job.
Apart from Azmin, he had also interviewed Iskandar and Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, despite the Islamist party stating it would not stake a claim for the position. – tmi
DAP supports Azmin, endorses Wan Azizah's withdrawal
PKR gives Azmin last minute endorsement as MB...
PKR deputy president Azmin Ali has finally
received unanimous endorsement from his party to become the new Selangor
menteri besar, upon receiving an appointment letter from the palace.
In a statement late today, party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail also said that she is withdrawing her candidacy for the post.
"I have proposed to the central leadership council (MPP) that Azmin be proposed as MB.
"The MPP has met today and unanimously support the proposal," she said.
Although supporting the Selangor sultan's decision to appoint Azmin, Wan Azizah nevertheless stressed that the appointment is unconstitutional.
"Even though the appointment process does not adhere to the Selangor constitution, I believe that the focus should now be returned to efforts to care for the people of Selangor," she said.
Dr Wan Azizah also thanked the 29 Selangor assemblypersons who had previously pledged support for her candidacy.
PKR has 13 assemblypersons, DAP 15 and PAS 15.
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and Wan Azizah left for the DAP headquarters to a meeting there at 7.30pm, after a two-hour meeting with PKR leaders. - mk
In a statement late today, party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail also said that she is withdrawing her candidacy for the post.
"I have proposed to the central leadership council (MPP) that Azmin be proposed as MB.
"The MPP has met today and unanimously support the proposal," she said.
Although supporting the Selangor sultan's decision to appoint Azmin, Wan Azizah nevertheless stressed that the appointment is unconstitutional.
"Even though the appointment process does not adhere to the Selangor constitution, I believe that the focus should now be returned to efforts to care for the people of Selangor," she said.
Dr Wan Azizah also thanked the 29 Selangor assemblypersons who had previously pledged support for her candidacy.
PKR has 13 assemblypersons, DAP 15 and PAS 15.
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and Wan Azizah left for the DAP headquarters to a meeting there at 7.30pm, after a two-hour meeting with PKR leaders. - mk
Selangor sailing into uncharted waters...
From 1959 till today, Selangor has been a state-level constitutional monarchy within the Federation of Malaysia.
This mean its government is parliamentary: the voters elect the lawmakers, and the lawmakers – indirectly through political parties – nominate the head of government who then picks his/her executive team, all of whom are to be officially appointed by the head of state.
The parliamentary system therefore produces a “responsible government” by having the head of government and his/her government to the legislature, which has a fixed maximum term, and is in turn answerable to the voters.
In
other words, there is a simple and straightforward chain of
responsibility, between the voters, the voters, the lawmakers and the
government.
This gives the government the legitimacy to rule because its policies would be what the electorate voted for in the election.
In other words, the electorate make their choice and should not complain if the elected politicians carry out the deal on their end.
In this sense, voters are supposed to be responsible too – you get what you vote for, so, you bear responsibility for the consequences of your choice.
Separation of state and government
Parliamentary government also makes it possible for a state to be a monarchy and a democracy at the same time.
The head of state can be unelected and hereditary, but the state can still be democratic, because the head of state is a figurehead and does not make substantial decisions.
And simply because the head of state does not make any substantial decisions, he/she is blameless and may reign as long as he/she lives.
Meanwhile, the head of government who gets to make substantial decisions have to bear the brunt of voters’ wrath if his/her decisions turn out to be unpopular.
In contrast, in presidential governments, the president is both the head of state and the head of government. And since the president makes substantial decisions, he/she must be elected for the state to stay democratic.
This however makes the president exposed to and tainted by party politics, and partisanship affects his/her ability to command patriotic love from fellow citizens.
In absolute monarchies, the monarch is the head of state and also the head of government – in reality, even if not in name. He cannot escape blame for failures in policy or governance.
And since there is not a regular exit mechanism like elections, unpopular monarchies often have to survive bloody crackdowns or collapse in bloody revolts.
This separation of state and government, through the division of labour between the head of state (monarch) and the head of government (prime/chief minister), argued the 19th Century English constitutional expert Walter Bagehot, is why the Westminster constitutional monarchy is superior.
People can love the head of state they don’t get to choose because they can overthrow at ballot box the government they loathe.
Popularity as commodity
In this democratic game, the commodity that matters the most is popularity, not competence, integrity, piety or pedigree.
Why? Popularity can be objectively assessed, while competence, integrity, piety or even pedigree may be subjectively disputed.
The demand of popularity in fact applies on both the head of government and the head of state.
For the office of head of government, competence, integrity, piety or pedigree is only useful insofar it delivers popularity in elections and ultimately, the legislature.
Pushing it to the extreme, democracy means even if the people love an idiot or a villain so much that they give his/her party a majority in the legislature, then the idiot or the villain must be made the head of government.
Any damage by an inept or bad leader can only be checked by law, not by preventing him/her getting power. After all, who is there to decide that the people have made the wrong choice?
In picking the head of government, there are simply no decision makers higher than the people and their elected representatives – that’s what “popular sovereignty” is all about.
Meanwhile, the head of state needs to be popular so that he/she can command the loyalty of the citizens. Competence or intelligence is not required because the head of state need not make substantial decisions.
And to be popular – in the sense of acceptability by all segments of society, and not playing to the gallery – is fundamentally about playing according to the rules, where lifelong training through exclusive upbringing in palace may indeed be an advantage.
One virtue of having an unelected and non-partisan head of state is then that political life can be more predictable.
While the head of government and other politicians may be driven by electoral pressures to pull off unpleasant surprises, one can expect the head of state to remain an assuring constant in the volatility of electoral tides.
New political system
Before 2008, barring a few cases of royal displeasure, the ruling coalition had got their way in deciding their federal and state leaders.
As former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (right) said, he only needed to submit one name in nominating the heads of state government.
A continuity of this after 2008 would have smoothened Malaysia’s transition from an electoral one-party state to a multiparty democracy. Monarchy can be a guardian of fledgling democracy, like King Juan Carlos was to post-Franco Spain.
It has been reported today that PKR deputy president Azmin Ali has received the appointment letter to be the next menteri besar from the Selangor palace.
If Wan Azizah who has the support of 30 state lawmakers – a clear majority in a 56-member legislature – had been appointed as menteri besar of Selangor, we know then the original system is still in place and functioning.
Otherwise, not only Selangor, but Malaysia too, is sailing into uncharted waters. If the legislative majority cannot nominate their leader as the head of government, why should the new government be accountable first to the legislature and not the palace that appoints it?
We will effectively have a new political system without even a stroke of pen on the constitution. One may not know what to call the new system – perhaps ‘Monarchy ala Thailand’?
Pakatan’s options
How should Pakatan or specifically PKR respond to this likely scenario?
Option 1: Pakatan can order the lawmaker to turn down the offer or sack the person as how PKR did to Khalid Ibrahim (right) when he refused to step down as menteri besar.
The appointee may hold his power till the next assembly is convened, assuming a judicial remedy is not available or obtained. If Pakatan can pass a motion of no-confidence against the new MB, likely a fresh election may then be forced.
This would be the most congruent and principled response. The price is prolonged confrontation with the palace which may hurt the parties, given a controlled media environment and public sphere.
Option 2: Pakatan may want to recognise and rectify a big loophole in the political system, which has been used to justify the royal intervention. In UK or Australia, the ruling party can change its leader anytime, with completely no room for the queen or the governor-general to select the new head of government, because the party leader is elected by the ruling party’s lawmakers through the caucus.
If Pakatan wants to reclaim its power to nominate the head of government, whether for Selangor or even whole of Malaysia, it should consider to institutionalise the party caucus as a mechanism of leadership election and even as a check and balance in general.
If the new menteri besar knows he can be sacked by his peers even though he may have owed his appointment to the palace, then he cannot ignore his peers, and a responsible government may not be a completely lost cause.
Of course, Pakatan can also simply accept the new reality and do nothing. However, if it does so, it should not be surprised if voters don’t want to risk a replay of Selangor at Putrajaya in the next election.- Wong Chin Huat,MK
This mean its government is parliamentary: the voters elect the lawmakers, and the lawmakers – indirectly through political parties – nominate the head of government who then picks his/her executive team, all of whom are to be officially appointed by the head of state.
The parliamentary system therefore produces a “responsible government” by having the head of government and his/her government to the legislature, which has a fixed maximum term, and is in turn answerable to the voters.
In
other words, there is a simple and straightforward chain of
responsibility, between the voters, the voters, the lawmakers and the
government.This gives the government the legitimacy to rule because its policies would be what the electorate voted for in the election.
In other words, the electorate make their choice and should not complain if the elected politicians carry out the deal on their end.
In this sense, voters are supposed to be responsible too – you get what you vote for, so, you bear responsibility for the consequences of your choice.
Separation of state and government
Parliamentary government also makes it possible for a state to be a monarchy and a democracy at the same time.
The head of state can be unelected and hereditary, but the state can still be democratic, because the head of state is a figurehead and does not make substantial decisions.
And simply because the head of state does not make any substantial decisions, he/she is blameless and may reign as long as he/she lives.
Meanwhile, the head of government who gets to make substantial decisions have to bear the brunt of voters’ wrath if his/her decisions turn out to be unpopular.
In contrast, in presidential governments, the president is both the head of state and the head of government. And since the president makes substantial decisions, he/she must be elected for the state to stay democratic.
This however makes the president exposed to and tainted by party politics, and partisanship affects his/her ability to command patriotic love from fellow citizens.
In absolute monarchies, the monarch is the head of state and also the head of government – in reality, even if not in name. He cannot escape blame for failures in policy or governance.
And since there is not a regular exit mechanism like elections, unpopular monarchies often have to survive bloody crackdowns or collapse in bloody revolts.
This separation of state and government, through the division of labour between the head of state (monarch) and the head of government (prime/chief minister), argued the 19th Century English constitutional expert Walter Bagehot, is why the Westminster constitutional monarchy is superior.
People can love the head of state they don’t get to choose because they can overthrow at ballot box the government they loathe.
Popularity as commodity
In this democratic game, the commodity that matters the most is popularity, not competence, integrity, piety or pedigree.
Why? Popularity can be objectively assessed, while competence, integrity, piety or even pedigree may be subjectively disputed.
The demand of popularity in fact applies on both the head of government and the head of state.
For the office of head of government, competence, integrity, piety or pedigree is only useful insofar it delivers popularity in elections and ultimately, the legislature.
Pushing it to the extreme, democracy means even if the people love an idiot or a villain so much that they give his/her party a majority in the legislature, then the idiot or the villain must be made the head of government.
Any damage by an inept or bad leader can only be checked by law, not by preventing him/her getting power. After all, who is there to decide that the people have made the wrong choice?
In picking the head of government, there are simply no decision makers higher than the people and their elected representatives – that’s what “popular sovereignty” is all about.
Meanwhile, the head of state needs to be popular so that he/she can command the loyalty of the citizens. Competence or intelligence is not required because the head of state need not make substantial decisions.
And to be popular – in the sense of acceptability by all segments of society, and not playing to the gallery – is fundamentally about playing according to the rules, where lifelong training through exclusive upbringing in palace may indeed be an advantage.
One virtue of having an unelected and non-partisan head of state is then that political life can be more predictable.
While the head of government and other politicians may be driven by electoral pressures to pull off unpleasant surprises, one can expect the head of state to remain an assuring constant in the volatility of electoral tides.
New political system
Before 2008, barring a few cases of royal displeasure, the ruling coalition had got their way in deciding their federal and state leaders.
As former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (right) said, he only needed to submit one name in nominating the heads of state government.A continuity of this after 2008 would have smoothened Malaysia’s transition from an electoral one-party state to a multiparty democracy. Monarchy can be a guardian of fledgling democracy, like King Juan Carlos was to post-Franco Spain.
It has been reported today that PKR deputy president Azmin Ali has received the appointment letter to be the next menteri besar from the Selangor palace.
If Wan Azizah who has the support of 30 state lawmakers – a clear majority in a 56-member legislature – had been appointed as menteri besar of Selangor, we know then the original system is still in place and functioning.
Otherwise, not only Selangor, but Malaysia too, is sailing into uncharted waters. If the legislative majority cannot nominate their leader as the head of government, why should the new government be accountable first to the legislature and not the palace that appoints it?
We will effectively have a new political system without even a stroke of pen on the constitution. One may not know what to call the new system – perhaps ‘Monarchy ala Thailand’?
Pakatan’s options
How should Pakatan or specifically PKR respond to this likely scenario?
Option 1: Pakatan can order the lawmaker to turn down the offer or sack the person as how PKR did to Khalid Ibrahim (right) when he refused to step down as menteri besar.The appointee may hold his power till the next assembly is convened, assuming a judicial remedy is not available or obtained. If Pakatan can pass a motion of no-confidence against the new MB, likely a fresh election may then be forced.
This would be the most congruent and principled response. The price is prolonged confrontation with the palace which may hurt the parties, given a controlled media environment and public sphere.
Option 2: Pakatan may want to recognise and rectify a big loophole in the political system, which has been used to justify the royal intervention. In UK or Australia, the ruling party can change its leader anytime, with completely no room for the queen or the governor-general to select the new head of government, because the party leader is elected by the ruling party’s lawmakers through the caucus.
If Pakatan wants to reclaim its power to nominate the head of government, whether for Selangor or even whole of Malaysia, it should consider to institutionalise the party caucus as a mechanism of leadership election and even as a check and balance in general.
If the new menteri besar knows he can be sacked by his peers even though he may have owed his appointment to the palace, then he cannot ignore his peers, and a responsible government may not be a completely lost cause.
Of course, Pakatan can also simply accept the new reality and do nothing. However, if it does so, it should not be surprised if voters don’t want to risk a replay of Selangor at Putrajaya in the next election.- Wong Chin Huat,MK
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