Malaysian opposition is famous with various 'expertise'. From religious
'expert', economic 'expert', to defense 'expert'. Sadly, their 'experts;
often make ridiculous statements.
For example, responding to Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat, PR made a few
statements from their math 'experts' which estimated 700,000 attendance
at the stadium with capacity of 30,000 people including the stadium
compound which covers road as far as around 1.5km. Statement from the
'expert' somewhat became a joke because it was ridiculous, especially
when pictures shown by PR seemed edited.
Now, PR has once again featured another 'expert, their constitutional
expert, Prof. Aziz Bari who touched on the caretaker government issue.
He responded on the issue of the dissolution of DUN Negeri Sembilan
yesterday, and said that the state is not being led by an illegal
government.
We cannot understand why the issue of automatic DUN dissolution as well
as caretaker government should be used as PR's political capital. Just
what do they hope to get from there?
Even if DUN is dissolved and the caretaker government is considered as
illegal, that does not give them the rights to take themselves as the
state government.
Actually, there is no such thing as 'illegal government' after DUN is
dissolved. Government only becomes illegal when it is appointed
illegally, they include overthrowing the current government through the
backdoor, without going through any legal process and declare themselves
as the leader of country. This is what PR has been trying to do all
these while through their street demonstrations by attempting to bring
the spirit of Arab Spring.
According to international term, caretaker government is a practice
taken by countries which practices the Common Law. It is practiced in
Britain as a democratic parliament country which is a reference for
Commonwealth Countries.
Thus, the term caretaker government does exist where government that
operates in the interim period between the normal dissolution of
parliament for the purpose of holding an election and the formation of a
new government after the election results are known.
Caretaker government is not simply appointed but it has to go through
appointment process following the constitution, through the previous
election. Without caretaker government, how can a state or a country
function and maintain in control during the whole period.
Is PR too crazy for chaos that they hope that during this period, they
wish to consider that there is no government so that they can do
anything they like without having anyone stopping them? Does Prof. Aziz
Bari hope that after the dissolution, army and police would 'surrender
their weapon' so that the opposition can do anything as they wish
because there is no government?
This is obviously ridiculous, to leave the country without any leader
even though for a short period of time. That is why having caretaker
government is important.
However, other than holding the responsibility to ensure that the
country or state remain under control including ensuring that anything
that is approved can be implemented, including routine administration
such as civil servants' salary, caretaker government cannot make any
changes such as announcing new policies or approving budget for new
projects or even withdrawing any results which has been made prior to
that.
In this period, there is no new appointments made for any of government
segments, for example, judges, department chiefs and other institutions.
What is more important is that the power of substantive Parliament stops
after dissolved, so everyone should be aware to avoid themselves from
violating Elections Act 1954 and provisions of the 1954 Act in terms of
help or influence the candidates contesting in the upcoming election.
In a way, caretaker government is a necessity, and PR's actions in
considering that it is illegal only shows that they are running out of
issues to play with.
It is clear, there is no issue on this Caretaker Government like how
Prof. Aziz Bari is 'worried' about. Perhaps he missed the class when the
chapter of 'Caretaker Government' was taught.
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stupid prof bari would nourished stupid students would nourished stupid future generations
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