Ex-Justice NH Chan's critique on Nizar versus Zambry Verdict.

4 jamadil awal 1431H.
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The Monarch Has No Power to Sack Any Member of The Cabinet Exco
22 March, 2010
By NH Chan

The reality is neither the King nor the Sultan has any power to sack the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar or the other cabinet ministers/executive councillors

I have divided this primer to a monarch’s powers in two sections.

Section One deals with the appointment of the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar and other Cabinet Ministers/Executive Councillors by a constitutional monarch.

Section Two will deal with the constitutional monarch’s power to dismiss the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar or other Ministers/Executive Councillors.

Before I embark on the basic or known law on the dismissal of a Prime Minister/Menteri Besar and of the rest of the Cabinet Ministers/Executive Councillors by a constitutional monarch, I should first explain the known law on how they are appointed by the monarch.

Section One

The appointment of the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar and the Cabinet/Executive Council
The Federal Constitution
Article 43(2) says:

(2) The Cabinet shall be appointed as follows, that is to say:

(a) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall first appoint as Perdana Menteri (Prime Minister) to preside over the Cabinet a member of the House of Representatives who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of that House; and

(b) He shall on the advice of the Prime Minister appoint other Menteri (Ministers) from among the members of either House of Parliament (The emphasis is supplied by me)

Article 43(2)(a) deals with the appointment of the Prime Minister by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the House of Representatives.

Article 43(2)(b) deals with the appointment of the other Ministers by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Laws of the Constitution of Perak

Now, compare Article 43(2) of the Federal Constitution with Article 16(2) of the Laws of the Constitution of Perak.
Article 16(2) says:

(2) The Executive Council shall be appointed as follows, that is to say:

(a) His Royal Highness shall first appoint as Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly; and

(b) He shall on the advice of the Menteri Besar appoint not more than ten nor less than four other members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly; (I have supplied the emphasis)

Article 16(2)(a) deals with the appointment of the Menteri Besar by the Sultan who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Legislative Assembly.

Article 16(2)(b) deals with the appointment of the other Executive Councillors by the Sultan on the advice of the Menteri Besar.

You will notice the striking similarity between the Federal and the Perak State Constitutions on the appointment of the Prime Minister and the Menteri Besar, and the appointment of the other Ministers and Executive Councillors.

The King/Sultan appoints the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar “who in his judgment” is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the House of Representatives/Legislative Assembly

The question here is, does the phrase “who in his judgment” confer on the constitutional monarch a discretion to appoint any person to the post of Prime Minister/Menteri Besar as he pleases?

Both Article 43(2)(a) of the Federal Constitution and Article 16(2)(a) of the Perak Constitution use the same wording, viz.: The King/Sultan shall appoint a Prime Minister/Menteri Besar to preside over the Cabinet/Executive Council a member of the House of Representatives/Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the House/Assembly.

The phrase “who in his judgment” by itself means nothing more than “who in his opinion.” It carries no further meaning than what is stated by Lord Diplock in Teh Chang Poh v Public Prosecutor [1979] 1 MLJ 50, at 52 where he explains the concept of a monarch in a constitutional monarchy. However, when it concerns the appointment of a Prime Minister or a Menteri Besar the phrase “who in his judgment” must be read together with:

Article 40(2) of the Federal Constitution:

(2) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may act in his discretion in the performance of the following functions, that is to say:

(a) the appointment of a Prime Minister;

(b) the withholding of consent to a request for the dissolution of Parliament;

Or in the Perak Constitution, Article 18(2):

(2) His Royal Highness may act in his discretion in the performance of the following functions … that is to say:
(a) the appointment of a Mentri Besar,

(b) the withholding of consent to a request for the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly,

The combination includes the phrase “may act in his discretion” and it means – according to the dictionary meaning of the word “discretion” – the King/Menteri Besar has the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation, freedom or authority to make judgments and to act as one sees fit.

The King/Sultan, therefore, has the discretionary power to appoint any
person to be Prime Minister/Menteri Besar as he pleases subject only to his own perception of the person most likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the House of Representatives/Legislative Assembly.

But, it is necessary to point out that in the Perak case of Nizar v Zambry, the Sultan has no power to appoint Zambry as the Menteri Besar because Nizar was still the holder of the office. It is only when the office is vacant would the Sultan be able to appoint another person to the office of Menteri Besar.

The unconstitutional appointment of Zambry to the post makes him an imposter. This is a blatantly unconstitutional exercise of a non-existent executive power by a pretentious constitutional monarch. Are we back to the days of the pretensions of King Charles I?

A constitutional monarch has no executive power except that which the law allows him. And the Constitution of Perak would only permit the Sultan to act in the performance of a few discretionary functions stated in Article 18(2). In relation to the office of Menteri Besar Clause (2)(a) applies. It says:

(2) His Royal Highness may act in his discretion in the performance of the following function … that is to say:

(a) the appointment of a Mentri Besar,

Clause (2) (a) is clear enough. The Sultan only has the discretionary function to appoint a Menteri Besar. So that as long as Mohammad Nizar Jamaludin is still in office as Menteri Besar, the Sultan has no other discretionary function to appoint another person. Therefore, the Sultan’s appointment of Zambry Abdul Kadir is an unconstitutional exercise of a non-existent discretionary function to appoint a second Menteri Besar.

In reality the Sultan has no executive power to sack the incumbent Menteri Besar, Nizar Jamaludin at all (see my critique on the judgment of the Federal Court in Nizar v Zambry).

The King/Sultan shall on the advice of the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar appoint other Ministers/Executive Councillors from among the members of either House of Parliament/the Executive Council Article 43(2)(b) of the Federal Constitution states:

(b) He shall on the advice of the Prime Minister appoint other Menteri (Ministers) from among the members of either House of Parliament. (The emphasis is supplied by me)

And Article 16(2)(b) of the Perak Constitution states;

(b) He shall on the advice of the Mentri Besar appoint not more than ten nor less than four other members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly; (The emphasis is supplied by me)

As you can see in both the Federal and the Perak Constitutions the King/Sultan appoints the Cabinet Ministers/Executive Councillors on the advice of the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar.

What does “on the advice of” mean?

It means the King/Sultan has to act on the order of the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar. The constitutional monarch has no option. He must act as he is told. This is how Lord Diplock explains it in Teh Chang Poh v Public Prosecutor [1979] 1 MLJ 50, at 52:

Although this, like other powers under the Constitution, is conferred nominally upon the [King/Sultan] by virtue of his office … and is expressed to be exercisable if he is satisfied of a particular matter, his functions are those of a constitutional monarch … he does not exercise any of his functions under the Constitution on his own initiative but is required by Article [43(2)(b) or 16(2)(b) of the Federal and Perak Constitutions, respectively] to act in accordance with the advice of the [Prime Minister/Menteri Besar].

So that the phrase “on the advice of” the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar means “on being told or notified” by the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar.

The King/Sultan does not act on his own initiative. He can only act as he is told or instructed or notified by the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar.

Source: Bernama

Section Two
Has the Constitutional Monarch any power to dismiss the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar or any member of his Cabinet/Executive Council?

In the case of the sacking of a Deputy Prime Minister and any other Ministers there is Article 43(5) of the Federal Constitution. In the case of the dismissal of a member of the Executive Council in Perak there is Article 16(7) of the Perak Constitution.

Article 43(5) of the Federal Constitution states:

(5) Subject to Clause (4), Ministers other than the Prime Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, unless the appointment of any Minister shall have been revoked by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the Prime Minister but any Minister may resign his office.
This is what Clause (5) of the Constitution meant:

(a) All the Ministers (except the Prime Minister) hold office during the pleasure of the King.

(b) Unless (it means “except when”, “if not”) the appointment is revoked by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister.

(c) But a Minister may resign his office.

But what do the phrases that I have highlighted above really mean?

(a) The phrase “during the pleasure of the King” means “I choose to, and therefore of course shall, do it or have it done” – an imperious statement of intention. The idiom is based on the definite special sense of pleasure with possessives (my, his, the king’s, etc.), viz. one’s will, desire, choice (The accused was found guilty but insane and was ordered to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure). : Fowler’s Modern English Usage, second edition revised by Sir Ernest Gowers, OUP, 1965. So that all Ministers, except the Prime Minister, hold office on the King’s will, choice. And they will remain in office as such until or

(b) Unless the appointment is revoked by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister. The word “unless” means “until” or “except when” the appointment is revoked on the advice of the Prime Minister.

So that (a) and (b) together mean that a Minister (other than the Prime Minister) shall remain in office until or except when the appointment is revoked by the King/Sultan on the advice of the Prime Minister.

(c) Or the Minister may resign his office.

One thing that we are sure of, the phrase “during the pleasure of” does not mean that the King can sack any Minister at will. The phrase “during the pleasure of” has a distinctive meaning – it means that he shall hold office as such Minister unless the appointment is revoked by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister. Effectively, the appointment of a Minister can only be revoked by the Prime Minister because the King has no option but to act as he is told (advised).
Article 16(6) and(7) of the Perak Constitution state:

(6) If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly, then, unless at his request His Royal Highness dissolves the Legislative Assembly, he shall tender the resignation of the Executive Council.

(7) Subject to Clause (6) a member of the Executive Council other than the Mentri Besar shall hold office at His Royal Highness’ pleasure, but any member of the Council may at any time resign his office.

Clause (7) means that a member of the Executive Council (except the Menteri Besar) holds office at the Sultan’s pleasure which, as I have already explained, means that he stays in office as an Executive Councillor on the Sultan?s will or choice.

The phrase “at the Sultan’s pleasure” does not mean that the Sultan can sack an Executive Councillor at will. I have previously subscribed to the notion that the Sultan can sack an Executive Councillor at will but I now realise that I was wrong.

Luckily what I have said previously was obiter (it means “a thing said by the way”:

The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981). But in law obiter dictum means “a remark by the judge which is outside the content of his judgment – plural: obiter dicta. (See Le Mot Juste – a dictionary of classical & foreign words and phrases.)

However, unlike a Minister who can be sacked by the Prime Minister, neither the Menteri Besar nor the Sultan can sack an Executive Councillor. There is no provision for this in the Perak Constitution. However, under Clause (7) “any member of the Council may at any time resign his office.”

Clause (6) of Article 16 only allows the Menteri Besar to “tender the resignation of the Executive Council” en bloc. So that even though an Executive Councillor can at any time resign his office, the Menteri Besar could not sack him.

However Clause (6) will only apply when “the Menteri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly.” But who is to say that? Certainly, it is not for the Sultan to say so. The Perak Constitution does not confer the Sultan with any power to determine that the Menteri Besar has lost the confidence of the majority of the Legislative Assembly. He is only a constitutional monarch with no additional power to make such a determination.

In reality the Sultan’s functions are those of a constitutional monarch and this means that he does not exercise any of his functions under the Constitution on his own initiative. He has to abide by the collective opinion or decision of the majority of the elected representatives in the Legislative Assembly.

So that until it has been established by the Legislative Assembly that the Mentri Besar no longer command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly, then only would the Meenteri Besar be required to tender the resignation of the Executive Council en bloc. But if he doesn’t do that, there is nothing the Sultan could do about it. He has no power whatsoever under the Constitution to sack the incumbent Menteri Besar.

However, there would be no need for the Menteri Besar to resign the Executive Council if the Sultan had acceded to the Menteri Besar’s request to dissolve the Assembly.

But the Sultan can withhold his consent to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
This is provided in Article 18(2)(b) of the Perak Constitution. It says:

(2) His Royal Highness may act in his discretion in the performance of the following functions ? that is to say:

(a) the appointment of a Menteri Besar,

(b) the withholding of consent to a request for the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly,

The reality is, neither the King nor the Sultan has any power to sack the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar

You can see at once that Article 43(5) does not apply to the Prime Minister. This is the only provision in the Constitution where a Minister – a deputy Prime Minister is a Minister – can be sacked: see my article, Was the sacking of Anwah Ibrahim from the Cabinet 11 years ago lawful?

Article 43(5) exempts the Prime Minister from its application. There is no other provision in the Constitution where the King is empowered to sack the Prime Minister.
Nor is there any provision in the Perak Constitution where the Sultan has the power to sack the Menteri Besar. Article 16(6) of the Constitution of Perak, as I have explained above, does not empower the Sultan to command the Menteri Besar to vacate his office.

P/S
Sesungguhnya keputusan yang dibuat sebulat suara oleh 5 panel hakim mempunyai risiko yang amat tinggi bagi masa depan pemerintahan Malaysia kerana ianya akan dijadikan dahuluan (precedent) untuk generasi akan datang, dimana sesaorang PM/MB boleh dipecat oleh Agong/Sultan tanpa usul undi tak percaya dalam dewn rakyat /dewan undangan negeri. Cuma memerlukan seorang wakil rakyat membawa sejumlah wakil rakyat yg bersedia melompat bagi mendapat simple majoriti, dan sesebuah kerajaan bolih tumbang dalm istana, atau dimana saja. tak perlu di DUN atau Parlimen. Dgn lain perkataan tidak perlu pilihanraya untuk mendapat mandat rakyat. Agong/Sultan akan tentukan siapa PM/MB!!

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Pengalaman Zaid akan menangkan Pakatan Rakyat

4 jamadil Awal 1431H.
Nazri Abdullah

HULU SELANGOR, 18 April: Timbalan Presiden PAS, Nasharuddin Mat Isa (gambar) berpendapat pengalaman luas calon Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) yang mewakili Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Datuk Zaid Ibrahim sudah cukup memberikan peluang kemenangan PR pada Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Parlimen Hulu Selangor.

Beliau ketika diminta mengulas kelebihan yang ada pada calon taruhan PR berkata, Zaid seorang yang tahu selok belok pentadbiran negara dan juga permasalahan yang sering membelenggu rakyat.

"Saya melihat petanda bahawa kemenangan akan berpihak kepada Pakatan Rakyat bawahan.

"Pengalaman beliau (Zaid) menjadi menteri, mengurus sebuah syarikat guaman terbesar di Malaysia, akan membantu memenangkan beliau, membantu Pakatan Rakyat di Parlimen dan memperkukuh Pakatan Rakyat mendepani politik mendatang," katanya yang juga Pengarah Pilihan raya PAS bagi PKR itu.

Mengulas pertandingan empat penjuru pula, Nasharuddin berkata, Zaid dilihat paling menonjol kebolehannya manakala penyertaan dua calon bebas tidak sedikitpun menggugat kedudukan Zaid sebagai calon terbaik pilihan rakyat Hulu Selangor.

"Saya tidak melihat ada sebarang kekuatan pada calon bebas kerana rakyat tahu mereka ini tidak punya sebarang dokongan dan asas untuk membantu rakyat dan membela nasib mereka," katanya lagi.

Pilihan raya kecil parlimen Hulu Selangor akan menyaksikan pertandingan empat penjuru antara Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, P.Kamalanathan (BN), dan dua calon Bebas, VS Chandran dan Johan Mohd Diah.

Harakahdaily/-

UMNO GUNA SEKOLAH UNTUK PROGRAM JUARA RAKYAT

4 Jamadil Awal 1431H.

NIBONG TEBAL : UMNO Bahagian Nibong Tebal telah menggunakan SMK Jawi sebagai medan untuk mereka menjayakan Program Juara Rakyat baru-baru ini. Berikut ini saya paparkan beberapa keping gambar yang dikirim kepada blog ini.

Nampaknya UMNO tidak berani untuk melakukan program tersebut di luar bangunan yang susah untuk mengumpulkan manusia.

Sepatutunya program tersebut dilakukan diluar bangunan milik rakyat Malaysia, dan ditempat yang melibatkan rakyat awam bukanya guru-guru dan pelajar sekolah. Jelas UMNO sudah sangat terdesak dan terus menerus menyalahgunakan harta rakyat untuk kepentingan politik sempit mereka.

RUMAH DIROBOH : PENDUDUK KG BAKAU TUNJUK PERASAAN BANTAH KEZALIMAN KERAJAAN BN

4 Jamadil Awal 1431H.

KOTA KINABALU : Hujan yang turun tidak menghalang para penduduk mangsa rumah roboh mengadakan tunjuk perasaan secara aman di Kg Bakau, Likas. Tidak kurang 200 orang penduduk berkumpul mengadakan tunjuk perasaan untuk menyuarakan bantahan mereka berikutan tindakan kejam kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) meroboh rumah-rumah mereka yang telah didiami sejak 30 tahun yang lalu.

Turut hadir ialah Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat Idris Ahmad, Exco Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat Anwar Ali dan Ketua Penerangan PAS Sabah Hishamudin Sulaiman bagi menyatakan sokongan moral PAS kepada mangsa kezaliman BN Sabah. Idris yang berkebetulan dalam perjalanan ke satu majlis di Tuaran singgah ke Kg Bakau untuk melihat sendiri keadaan yang dialami oleh mangsa roboh rumah Kg Bakau.

Idris yang terlalu sebak dan sedih hanya mampu menyampaikan ucapan selama lima minit dan tidak mampu meneruskan ucapan beliau. Laungan takbir dan “Hidup Pakatan Rakyat” sentiasa bergema mngiringi setiap kali pimpinan PAS menyampaikan ucapan mereka.

Diantara kandungan sepanduk dan poster penunjuk perasaan ialah “Beri hak kepada kami penduduk miskin selama 30 tahun menduduki Kg Bakau Likas”, “Kami bantah pencerobohan ini” dan “Air dan letrik kamu sudah potong tolong sambung kembali jangan siksa orang Islam sesama kita”.

Rumah-rumah penduduk Kg Bakau telah diroboh sejak isnin lalu. Mereka telah menduduki perkampungan ini sejak 30 tahun yang lalu. Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu bersama-sama anggota Rela, Jabatan Imigresen, Jabatan Pendaftaran, Polis, Sabah Electricty dan Jabatan Air telah melancarkan operasi meroboh rumah-rumah setinggan bagi mencapai matlamat setinggan sifar 2010.

UMNO sudah habis modal untuk berkempen di Hulu Selangor

3 Jamadil Awal 1431H.

Bermula dari tindakan Muhyidin menipu dan berbohong kepada penduduk Hulu Selangor dengan kononnya calon adalah anak tempatan sehingga ke hari ini saya mendapati UMNO dan BN sudah tidak ada modal untuk berkempen secara demokrasi di Hulu Selangor.

Bayangkan apabila Muhyiddin sudah menjadi juru tafsir yang ternyata membuktikan sekali dia bercakap menampaknya sebenarnya dia tidak ada wawasan dan kelayakan untuk meningkat lebih tinggi dalam arena politik negera. Tidak tahulah dia belajar dimana dengan menafsirkan nama calon BN adalah gabungan dari nama Melayu Kamal, Cina Alan dan India Nanthan.

Rasanya budak sekolah rendah juga tergelak besar kepada menteri yang jaga sekolahnya itu bila tiba-tiba Muhyiddin menafsirkan Kamalanathan yang kononya mencerminkan 1Malaysia dari namanya itu.

Lebih seronok kalau Muhyiddin tawarkan kepada pengundi di Hulu Selangor untuk menjadikan Kamalanathan sebagai maskot 1Malaysia. Mana tahu kalau ada yang tertarik ?

Jelas BN sekarang tidak ada modal kempen bila Pengarah Pilihanrayanya tidak bercakap tentang misi dan visa masa depan Hulu Selangor yang akan dibawa oleh calonnya tetapi bercakap mengenai perkara remeh temeh dan tafsiran karut.

Tambahan pula sekiranya benar nama 1Malaysia ada kepada calon BN, kenapa tidak cuba tafsirkan nama pengasas mazhab 1Malaysia iaitu Najib. Setakat ini saya tidak ada idea untuk menafsirkan, dan kita serah kepada Muhyiddin untuk menfsirkannya, dia pakar dalam bidang itu.

Selain itu serangan peribadi yang melampau kepada Calon Pakatan Rakyat menggambarkan BN sudah tidak ada modal.

Mempersoalkan calon PR yang dituduh tanpa bukti minum arak seperti yang disebutkan oleh Ali Rustam semalam adalah susuatu yang sangat malang dalam majlis kempen terbuka BN. Kerana tindakan menyerang peribadi adalah tindakan orang yang sudah hilang marauah dan jati diri. Islampun melarang perkara sedemikian.

Berapa ramaikah pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat yang minum arak berbanding dengan pemimpin UMNO dan BN ? kalau soalan ini di tanyakan kepada orang yang masih waras pemikirannya pasti jawapannya saudara juga boleh menjawabnya.

Ternyata PR masih konsisten dengan kempen yang bertenaga dan menawarkan sesutu untuk membela nasih pengundi di Hulu Selangor. Kesabaran dan kesungguh seluruh jentera Pakatan Rakyat dari PKR, PAS dan DAP untuk memenangkan calon nya adalah atas dasar tawaran bahawa kita mesti melakukan perubahan besar dan ianya mestilalah bermula di Hulu Selangor.

Ianya diyakini mampu dilaksanakan oleh calon Pakatan Rakyat Zaid Ibrahim.

Kalau begitulah cara kempen BN sejak awal setelah penamaan calon, nampaknya BN sudah menunjukkan ianya sudah tidak ada modal untuk berkempen apalagi untuk memajukan rakyat di Hulu Selangor..

Semuga kita tidak mengukut trend BN yang menyerang peribadi calon dan pemimpin PR.

Nama 1Malaysia: TPM ditempelak

3 Jamadil Awal 1431H.

Pemimpin veteran DAP, Lim Kit Siang hari ini berkata wabak 'penyakit mulut' Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin terus menular apabila dia mendakwa nama calon Barisan Nasional, untuk kerusi pilihan raya kecil Hulu Selangor, P Kamalanathan mencerminkan konsep 1Malaysia.

Muhyiddin semalam dilaporkan berkata nama ketua penerangan MIC itu merangkumi nama “Kamal” mewakili Melayu, “Alan” - nama Cina dan “Nathan” pula nama India.
“Muhyiddin menghina kebijaksanaan 65,000 pengundi Hulu Selangor dengan 'sampah' sedemikian.

“Adakah Kamalanathan akan menjawab di kalangan orang ramai jika seseorang memanggilnya “Kamal” atau “Alan”? Tentunya, tidak” katanya dalam ketika berkempen di beberapa kampung di Kuala Kubu Baru hari ini.

Menurut Lim, jika nama Kamalanathan mewakili nama “Kamal”, “Alan” dan “Nathan”, dia sepatutnya mempunyai nama yang lebih panjang dan dipanggil “Kamalalannathan”!

“Calon BN bagi kerusi Hulu Selangor itu akan menjeling ke arah anda jika dipanggil dengann nama itu,” kata Lim.

Pemimpin veteran DAP itu juga mempertikaikan sama ada nama Muhyiddin Yassin layak disifatkan sebagai mencerminkan nama “1Malaysia”.

“Di mana komponen Cina dan India. Bagaimana pula dengan komponen Kadazan dan Iban?” soalnya.

Katanya, semua nama rakyat berbangsa Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan dan Iban melambangkan 1Malaysia kerana ia adalah bukti Malaysia mempunyai kepelbagaian bangsa, agama dan bahasa.

“Muhyi ddin tidak sepatutnya memperkecil-kecilkan nama rakyat, sama ada berbangsa Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan, Iban atau mana-mana rakyat Malaysia.

“Amat mendukacitakan kenyatan itu datang daripada seseorang yang mendakwa dirinya adalah Melayu terlebih dahulu dan rakyat Malaysia kemudiannya dan cuba memperkecilkan kononnya calon Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim tidak mempunyai nama 1Malaysia berbanding Kamalanathan,” katanya lagi.

Lim berkata Muhyiddin harus sedar bahawa dia telah menjadikan gagasan 1Malaysia yang diperkenalkan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai bahan jenaka dan gurauan yang besar.

Adab membentuk peribadi dalam Islam

3 Jamadil Awal 1431H.
Ahmad Baei Jaafar

Setiap orang yang dilahirkan ke dunia ini dibekalkan dengan akhlak semula jadi. Mereka ada nilai kasih sayang, nilai pemurah, nilai simpati dan nilai kawan. Tetapi semua nilai ini belum sempurna selagi tidak diberi suntikan iman dan Islam.

Umat Islam pada zaman awal Islam mewarisi akhlak Arab Jahiliah dan Arab Badawi, namun Rasulullah s.a.w. berjaya mengubah mereka menjadi manusia yang paling sempurna. Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w.:

إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ ِلأُتَمِّمَ مَكَارِمَ الاَخْلاَقِ

Maksudnya: “Sesungguhnya aku diutuskan untuk menyempurnakan akhlak yang mulia.”

Rasulullah Berjaya membina akhlak mulia dalam kalangan para sahabat, malah Arab Badawi yang kasar juga dapat dibentuk supaya menjadi murni. Akhlak Rasulullah sendiri berjaya menarik minat orang lain untuk menerima Islam.

Wanita Yahudi yang sering memarahi Rasulullah dengan pelbagai tuduhan buruk, meletak halangan najis pada laluan Baginda, pada suatu hari jatuh sakit. Baginda yang menyedari laluannya tidak ada halangan najis dan sebagainya cuba bertanya orang ramai akan keadaan wanita itu.

“Wanita itu sakit,” jawab mereka.

Mendengar berita sakit itu, Baginda terus menziarahinya. Akhlak Baginda yang tidak ambil hati terhadap sikap wanita itu, menyebabkan wanita itu jatuh hati kepada Islam. Akhlak sebaik Rasulullah itulah yang harus kita warisi pada hari ini.

Akhlak Islam dibina dengan adab-adab yang baik. Adab dalam Islam mencantikkan setiap perjalanan hidup umat Islam dalam memenuhi aturan dan syariat. Orang Islam yang menghiasi diri dengan adab perilaku ataupun perbuatan yang bersopan.

Dalam pergaulan Islam menyediakan beberapa adab dan contoh seperti:

1
Adab sopan dalam bercakap
Tidak berbohong, mengumpat dan buat fitnah.

2
Adab hormat-menghormati sesama manusia
Orang besar mengasihi orang kecil dan orang kecil memuliakan yang besar

3
Adab berpakaian (Jilbab, Hijab, Niqab)
Menutup aurat

4
Adab dalam keluarga
Anak dengan ibu bapa dan adik beradik

5
Adab ketika berhadapan orang yang meninggal dunia
Membaca doa untuk kebaikan arwah dan keluarga

6
Adab memberi salam
Orang di atas kepada yang di bawah, orang kecil terhadap orang besar

7
Adab menepati janji
Masa dan tempat, meminta maaf jika gagal

8
Adab mengucapkan selawat ke atas Nabi
Menyebut dengan baik

9
Adab antara bukan mahram
Tidak berkhalwat dan menyentuh tubuh antara satu sama lain

Adab-adab itu boleh didapati dalam kitab-kitab akhlak Islam terutama yang ditulis oleh Imam al-Ghazali. Jika diizinkan akan saya paparkan dari masa ke masa mengikut keperluan dan keadaan.

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Dicatat Oleh Ahmad Baei Jaafar ke Fikrah Islamiah

Hari pertama kempen dicemari insiden baling botol oleh penyokong BN.

3 Jamadil Awal 1431H.

Bahang kehangatan kempen pilihan raya kecil Hulu Selangor semakin terasa apabila berlaku ketegangan antara penyokong Pakatan Rakyat dan BN di sebuah padang berdekatan Pekan Kerling, Kuala Kubu Baru, malam semalam.

Pegawai Penyelaras Pakatan Parlimen Hulu Selangor, Ali Rahman berkata kejadian berlaku apabila Pemuda BN didakwa bertindak membaling botol berisi air ke arah hadirin yang lalu lalang untuk mendengar ceramah yang dianjurkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

Ali mendakwa sebanyak tiga hingga empat biji botol dibaling oleh mereka ke arah hadirin yang berulang-alik di situ.

Katanya tindakan provokatif itu dilakukan seramai kira-kira 30 hingga 40 orang Pemuda BN yang berada di pondok panas mereka yang terletak bersebelahan dengan padang berkenaan.

Kejadian berlaku sejurus ketibaan Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang sampai ke situ untuk menyampaikan ceramahnya kira-kira jam 11.15 malam.

Tiindakan membaling botol itu mencetuskan kemarahan hampir 30 penyokong Pakatan.

Mereka kemudiannya meluru ke arah Pemuda BN sambil meminta agar penyokong kerajaan itu memberi kerjasama, menjaga adab dan menghormati program tersebut tanpa sebarang gangguan.

Malaysiakini turut mendapati beberapa wakil dari Pemuda BN cuba memujuk penyokong mereka agar bertenang dan mengendurkan keadaan.

Ketegangan yang berlaku selama 10 minit itu, berjaya ditenteramkan oleh kira-kira 30 anggota polis yang berada di situ termasuk lapan anggota Light Strike Force yang datang beberapa minit kemudian.

Sebelum itu, penyokong BN bersorak dan menjerit tanpa henti bagi mengganggu ucapan beberapa pemimpin Pakatan antaranya Naib Presiden PKR Mustaffa Kamil Ayub; ahli parlimen Puchong dari DAP Gobind Singh Deo dan Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) Shamsul Iskandar yang sedang menyampaikan ceramah mereka.

Selepas campur tangan polis, ceramah malam semalam berjalan lancar dan pemimpin Pakatan menggunakan peluang itu bagi menempelak tindakan Pemuda BN.

Malaysiakini/-