On August 1st 1983, Mahathir constructed the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, which suggested the amendments of roughly twenty-one articles of the Constitution, including Article 66(5) and Article 150 of the Constitution. The Bill was passed by the Dewan Rakyat (Halls of Representatives) on August 3rd. And on August 10, the Dewan Negara passed the new Bill. The changes made on Article 66(5) was that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong(King) if for any reason is not available to sign a Bill after being presented with it for 15 days, the Bill will automatically become law. Prior to this, all Bills required the consent of the King to become law. Whereas amendments on Article 150 states that the power to proclaim an emergency now lies in the hands of the Prime Minister instead of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King). These changes ultimately reduced the powers of the Sultans (state rulers) as royal consent was no longer needed in the amendment of laws. Mahathir himself. And this could result in “centralizing all power with the Prime Minister during an emergency” leading to an authoritarian regime As according to Chandra Muzaffar, “the Parliament can’t check the Prime Minister; the judiciary can’t counsel him; even his own cabinet can’t control him” Mahathir was in fact, not an antiroyalist as he once wrote about the usefulness of having a monarchy and even deemed them as heroes, though he never admired them. In his book “The Malays Dilemma”, he criticized the rulers of their lavish lifestyle. Take Note _ ! " Leadership under Mahathirism " . Untouchable !!! Think WHy Mahatir wanted to do so ? Personal Agenda ? benefits all close associated with few political leaders ?
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:40:13 +0000
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