We have been scammed. Sontoloyo series no 71.

1. My dear brothers and sisters, we have been scammed

2. The neo feudalists and the palace scammers insist the king enjoys absolute powers.

3. The absolutism comes to light in matters like pardoning Mr X.

4. Some people screamed that we have robbed the kings of their latitude in pardoning.

5. Some bitchy women are lamenting the king cannot decide on his own .

6. Both variants of reactionary thoughts, conveniently forget that since 1957, the overriding foundation of our country is that this is a constitutional monarchy .

7. We are no longer living in an age, where the king cuts the tummy of a pregnant woman to retrieve pieces of jackfruit she took from the kings orchard.

8. The king can do anything he likes as long as they are in accordance to our constitution. It's like henry ford saying, you can have any color you like as long as it's black .

9. In Malay cultural history, there are always inherent checks on the excesses of the king. On absolutism.

10. They are rarely used but they are there. Rarely used because kings by and large listened to the rakyat.

11. They are used by palace intriguers, opportunists and palace bootlickers.

12. The expressions raja adil raja disembah , raja zalim raja disanggah and raja adil raja di julang ,raja zalim raja di solang are self explanatory.

13. These are inherent checks on the kings absolutism.

14. The primordial agreement between sang sapurba and demang lebar daun is very illustrative.

15. If sang sapurba reneged on the agreement, he and his descendants will be cursed.

16. The reactionaries don't know Malay cultural history.