Anwar, you are losing your credibility. Azmin, you are a pain in the neck. Some exUMNOs seem to have the ’corrupted’ and ‘power crazy’?
Anwar Ibrahim don’t practice democracy but racial supremacy. In a democracy , its very clear that he who received the highest votes shall be the head and leader . This being clear , PKR had no right to appoint the MB of Selangor, since they received the lowest numbers of votes. The party receiving the highest votes shall decide and appoint the MB as its only fair that the MB received the supports of the majority.
If this style of government is to continue in Malaysia , it will be many more years before Malaysia sees the light.
predisposition to cause conflicts. If Azmin is made MB, I will never vote for PKR ever again.We vote for Pakatan and not individual. who is Azmin when we have a proven and capable Menteri Besar. Wait for your turn Azmin, you are young and raw need more wisdom and less fire power.Most disappointed to read that the selection of the MB is causing a rift in Pakatan. Khalid did a good job so far so let him continue. When a another party also eyes the job, one cannot help but wonder of their objective. Is it for the good of Pakatan or is it good for one self. Azmin should look at the bigger picture. Such differences give a wrong impression to the rakyat. If we are having such problems now just choosing the MB, imagine the chaos if Pakatan does win the GE. Don’t shoot yourselves in the foot. Think of GE 14. If this problem is not solved soon, don’t dream of ever taking Putrajaya. It will always remain a distant unachievable dream am beginning to regret supporting Anuar Ibrahim. He is starting to betray what he says. There is already consensus among DAP, PAS & PKR that Tan Sri Khalid is/should be the MB. What nonsense is Anuar talking now? Is he saying he has the final say? If so, I will withdraw my support for PKR and convince all my friends to do so! So, Anuar please adhere to the consensus/agreement made which by the way is what all the Rakyat wants. We DO NOT want Azmin!
Malaysian politicians don’t practice democracy but racial supremacy. In a democracy , its very clear that he who received the highest votes shall be the head and leader . This being clear , PKR had no right to appoint the MB of Selangor, since they received the lowest numbers of votes. The party receiving the highest votes shall decide and appoint the MB as its only fair that the MB received the supports of the majority.
If this style of government is to continue in Malaysia , it will be many more years before Malaysia sees the light.
it is disappointing, when we expect to see leadership to uphold what the Rakyat wants. if PKR can not even fix a small problem and with only a limited success, already getting into UMNO style warlord politics, that will be the beginning of the end. if Azmin wants to go, that may be a good thing, clean the tumour early, and there is not much to be lost this time. remember the MCA lesson, they picked a president that no rakyat like, and they are still paying the price. so let’s not politics and feel good within the party and lose the people support. DSAI, time to show leadership and firmness!
The polemic of who is going to be the Menteri Besar of Selangor appears to be hotly debated by Pakatan Rakyat component party leadership namely PKR, PAS and DAP as no final decision has been made to date.
Despite the storm brewing up among the leadership of the three parties, the political factor is not the determinant of who will be appointed as menteri besar because it is the absolute right of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
As recorded in history, the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was very firm on deciding who was the replacement for Tan Sri Muhammad Muhamad Taib who resigned as Selangor Menteri Besar on April 14, 1997 as the Sultan wanted a candidate that had been screened and reviewed to ensure the person was really clean.
The late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz stressed that the candidate should be honest and sincere and the Sultan would reject a Menteri Besar who enriched himself.
In a meeting between the Sultan and the then Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on April 21, 1997, the Sultan said the suitable candidate had not been selected and on May 2, he chose Tan Sri Abu Hassan Omar as Selangor Menteri Besar.
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) professor and legal advisor, Prof Datuk A. Halim Sidek said the impending appointment of the Menteri Besar of Selangor by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is based on the 1959 Selangor State Constitution and two important articles.
“Firstly, the Sultan has the right to appoint a member of the State Legislative Assembly who in his judgment enjoys the confidence of the majority of the assembly. Secondly, the person appointed must be a Malay and a Muslim,” he said when contacted by Bernama.
Prof A. Halim said this in reference to Article 51 (1) and based on Article 53 (2)(a); and Article 51 (2) subject to Article 53 (4) of the state constitution 1959.
Also of interest is Article 51 (1A) which mentions the Sultan having the right to appoint a deputy Menteri Besar of Selangor.
The outcome of the 13th general election (GE13) showed both PAS and DAP obtaining 15 seats in the assembly while PKR obtained 14 seats.
“It is clear from the seat count, the three parties are equally eligible but with the power of the Sultan based on the articles above, DAP is not eligible as it does not have a Muslim Malay candidate in Selangor.
“Whether the candidate is from PAS or PKR is not the question even though PKR has one seat less than PAS but they could come to an agreement to nominate one candidate.
“But eventually, the power of consent for their candidate rests in the hands of the Sultan, which shows the Sultan has absolute power to choose the Menteri Besar of Selangor,” said Prof A. Halim.
Malay Consultative Council’s Muslim Transformation Bureau chief, Datuk Dr Mohamed Ghazali Md Noor said the importance of the Selangor Menteri Besar being a Malay and a Muslim is to ensure the Sultan has a capable advisor on the issue of Malays and Islam.
“The Sultan is an umbrella for the Malays and a pillar of Islam and therefore needs a Menteri Besar of Malay origin and a Muslim. If otherwise, how is one going to advise the Sultan?” he said.
Dr Mohamed Ghazali said one more factor which should be considered is the historical factor that this country was built by the Malay Sultanate and the government formed by the Sultanate has survived till today as the government of Malaysia.
The Malaysian Council of Former Elected Representatives (MUBARAK) president, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Rahman said the power to select the Menteri Besar of Selangor is clearly with the Sultan and the three parties should not make it a political game among themselves.
He said they needed to stop being arrogant by saying they can choose who is to be Selangor Menteri Besar when the right to choose is in the hands of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
In every beginning is the end; but doesn’t every end also promise a new and better beginning?
With a shawarma platter and an array of sauces in front of him, a young boy declared, “I am already feeling bad that this shawarma will soon be over. It upsets me so much that I cannot get myself to start eating!” Everyone at the table had a hearty laugh and the boy was subjected to much ribbing. However, there was undoubtedly a universal truth in what he had said.
Indeed, in every beginning is the end. At the start of life, when one is born, the only surety is that life will end one day. The rest is all shrouded in a mystery to be unfolded as life goes on. The fear of ending is experienced in so many, much smaller things as well.
Whenever you sit down to read a good book or watch a movie you’ve been looking forward to, do you not dread that it will end soon? The ending of a good book or movie, if you have genuinely been caught up in the magic, leaves you bereft and empty for a while. I feel like the young boy with the shawarma each time I have a good book in my hand. I pile up such good reads at my bedside table, looking at them as a promise of many hours of delight that I would rather hoard than end. The same goes for movies, DVDs of which I plan to watch but keep putting off, happy to look at the accumulated treasure. Strange, isn’t it? Because we are afraid of the good times ending, we would rather not begin.
Passionate lovers, the legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway and German actress Marlene Dietrich never made love. In Hemingway’s words, “We have been in love since 1934… but we’ve never been to bed. Amazing but true. Victims of unsynchronised passion.” It makes me wonder if they never started a passionate affair for fear that it would end; preferring to stand on the brink and enjoy what they had all their lives, frozen in time.
What a shame to be standing at the edge of the ocean, and never jump in and plumb the depths. It shows a lack of confidence and trust in life because you fear that your life may have no better experiences to unfold. The only excitement and novelty is in moving on from experience to experience. Yes, there is great fun in anticipation too because it gives you a great high with a dopamine release. However, anticipation should not become an end in itself, it should be the beginning of a new experience.
A friend shared an interesting thought, “Sometimes, I can see the end, but not the beginning!” She went on to explain how this could happen when she covets a man she can never have, or a life she can never live. In such cases, she considers she has seen and experienced the “end” even before she had a chance to make a “beginning”. This should make us realise how lucky we are to be allowed beginnings and how important it is to get started without fearing the end.
Not fearing the end doesn’t mean not being aware of it. All things — good or bad — end. And “this too shall pass” is a wonderful principle to live life by. So long as we are aware that all states of life as well as mind are temporary, we achieve equanimity and a balanced life. If only one understood that all happiness and grief, success and failure are temporary phenomena, in sad times we would bide our time till they end; in happier ones, we would be more balanced and empathetic towards the less fortunate.
Then there are those lucky few who feel they have found their end in the beginning. This could happen when a dream is realised, a perfect relationship or career launched. At least for a while one would feel that “this is it!” However perfection is rare to find, and even that doesn’t last. Our best bet would be to see life as a series of small cycles of beginnings and endings. When one book, movie, experience, job, relationship, or even a shawarma ends, another is almost always waiting for us ahead. Meanwhile, the pleasurable experience we just underwent for each cycle leads to further growth and evolution, making us better, stronger individuals and souls. When one assignment ends, one needs to switch anticipation towards looking forward to the next. Some people are smart enough to realise when an ending is near, and instead of waiting for and dreading it, they find the strength within themselves to end a cycle, so that another may begin. Creative destruction leads to fresh, more promising beginnings.
And so, if in the beginning lies the end, it is important to understand that in every end, there lies a better, more promising beginning. The end of childhood is the beginning of a promising adult life; ending of passion in a marriage can be the beginning of abiding love and care; the end of novelty in a friendship can lead to a new cycle of maturity, the end of one assignment means you move onto another with more value addition.
