umno was the one who ‘harm’ royalty

yesterday we heard PAS vice president husam musa saying umno youth  is the one embarrassing royals. then the following day we heard tengku razaleigh@ku li saying it was umno who did more harm to the royal rulers than karpal singh or paktan rakyat! he was refering to the year 1993 when the constitution was amended to remove immunity from the rulers.

“In comparison, the constitutional crisis of 1993 arose from an ugly confrontation between Umno and the Rulers over a question that had direct and profound implications on their sovereignty and that of the Yang Dipertuan Agong. For good reason, the Head of State in most countries may not be prosecuted in an ordinary court of law. In 1993, the government campaigned to remove this immunity through amendments to the Constitution.

see? so who was the one who ‘derhaka’ (if we want to use the word umno used) to the rulers? none other than umno!

“These are the very same amendments which today make it legal for a Ruler to be prosecuted. Mr Karpal Singh, though I disagree with him, was acting well within rights that an Umno-led government enacted in 1993 when he earlier proposed to sue DYMM the Sultan of Perak,” he added.

see? it was umno itself who made it possible for karpal to sue the rulers according to law… and yet umno made noises so much like mad prarie dogs when karpal wanted to sue the ruler of perak.

believe it or not, umno youth leaders are going to organise a rally again on 19 feb. to ‘reafirm their loyalty to the rulers’. ha!! indeed!! as husam musa said, please lah, wahai umno youth, don’t embarrass the rulers!

“Was greater harm done to the sovereignty of the Rulers in 1993 through Parliament or a week ago on the streets of Perak?” he asked, alluding to Umno’s umbrage over the protests that marred the swearing-in ceremony for the Barisan Nasional Menteri Besar Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir.

ku li can see that but i wonder can the rulers see that?

He expounded on his point with another question on Umno’s ability to defend the Malay Rulers.

“And is today’s Umno, with its inconsistent adherence to the rule of law, its inconstant respect for the key institutions of our country, a credible or effective defender of the Rulers and of the laws upholding this institution?

“Or do we actually harm what we claim to protect?” he said in ending his post, which also included two videos of his parliament speech in 1993 opposing the amendments when he was Semangat 46 leader after Umno was declared illegal in 1988. He rejoined Umno in 1995.

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