Lawyer Tommy Thomas reminds us of a basic principle in Constitutional Law that at the very least, law students would do in their undergraduate - that under a Westminster Parliamentary system a PM / MB / CM that loses the support of the party has no option but to resign. Can one imagine any Umno Menteri Besar refusing to obey his political masters if they directed him to resign. It would be unthinkable. Even the once mighty Harun Idris was removed by Umno as Selangor menteri besar in the mid-1970s. Umno changed its menteri besar in Terengganu as recently as May 2014, with Razif Rahman replacing Ahmad Said. Removal from political office by one’s own political party across the democratic world is never rational, but is an occupational hazard: remember Margaret Thatcher, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:02:29 +0000
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