The Sacking Of Mahiadin And The Interim PM.

1. Some people gleefully say that the king cannot sack the PM. It's not provided for in the constitution. Mahathir they further say, removed that right in the 1990s.

2. You can say no and feel smugly comforted because you have cited the coup de grâce that snuffed out the yes-Mahathir's 1992 constitutional amendments.

3. Then you can join the bandwagon and say padan muka ini semua mamak kutty punya hal.

4. He was the one who removed the right to sack. You think you have demolished the arguments that say, yes, the king CAN sack the PM. Blame it all on Mamu Mahathir for not being able to.

5. You are not wrong-if you are answering an academic exam paper in consti.

6. Similarly, if you had answered, YES the king CAN sack the PM, you are also not wrong. It all depends on how cogent are your reasoning.

7. In the end it's up to the examiner evaluating the cogency of your arguments.

8. Similarly, I say, it's up to the King to evaluate the noes and the yesses.

9. How do the two positions measure up to:-a) whether it's justiciable to sack or not sack. B) the reasons you adduced and C) the necessity of sacking or not.

10. In my mind, you are guided by the need to remove the source of the mess and the necessity to overcome the grim impasse.

11. Based on the need to remove and necessity arguments, you conclude that the source of this mess is Mahiadin.

12. In an earlier article, I have cited the cases of Gough Whitlam and Zambri Kadir. To show that sacking is justiciable and justifiable.

13. There is a more recent case. It involved Mahathir himself.

14. In April 2020, because of the clearest of vision, he resigned.

15. That event, should be treated as an object lesson. What happened?

16. First, when Mamu Mahathir resigned, the entire cabinet resigned as per the constitution.

17. Wan Azizah was the DPM then. She did NOT take over Mamu. As per the constitution.

18. So you landlubbers, banish the thought that 'il duce' Ismail Sabri will take over Din Pagoh. That thought exists in the mind of the primus inter pares man only. In others, it exists as a wet dream.

19. Secondly, the king appointed an interim PM. But the previous administration's PM must first resign.

20. That was what the king did. He persuaded Puff Abah to resign, but the latter stubbornly stuck to his guns. He refused to resign, believing that he can command majority support.

21. Mahiadin may not have majority support now,but I said he can. He can entice the froggies.

22. Persuasion it seems, is possible only with a reasonable person. With an unreasonable and bull headed person like Mahiadin, the only option is to sack him!

23. The King will be reluctant to sack Wak Din,unless there is universal condemnation and revulsion against Wak Din.

24. So continue to write to the King, demonstate and fly the black and white flags. Heeding the wishes of the rakyat, the King will sack Din Pagoh.

25. In theory, its possible fo appoint Ismail Sabri. But the fellow has to resign first. And continue the reign of a failed goverment.

26. But appointing Ismail is too far fetched of an idea. He is too associated with the PN goverment and must share some of the responsibilities of the failed government.

27. Especially in the management of the covid pandemic, despite the many hare brained strategies and plans of the Mahi government.

28. So eliminating Ismail the court cluster and the boisterous Mamu Anwar, the only person of interest,fit and able to lead this country as interim PM is Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

29. Then, choose him. The King should be guided only by one consideration. Is choosing Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah good for the people and the country?