OPINION - Will the Johor housing law runs its course? Yes the Pakatan Rakyat assembly persons did not support it. But the controversial Johor Housing and Property Board Bill 2014 was passed by the state assembly anyway. No surprise there. After all Pakatan only has 18 of the 56 seats in the assembly. Need I say who holds the rest? Meaning now it’s law that the sultan can only act upon advice of the menteri besar (there are other important aspects of the law naturally but concern over “royal involvement “ has always been the bone of contention). A day before the Bill was passed into law (following amendments made with regards to the role of the sultan), former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had expressed concern that the MB will not be able to advice the sultan. “I am worried that it will not be the MB advising the sultan but the sultan advising him,” said Mahathir. But he did not accuse Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin of being “afraid” or “running scared”. Or not strong for that matter. Instead he attributed it to the Malay custom which considers the sultan as head of state and thus “if the sultan says something it must be followed”. Click below for the full article:
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:15:01 +0000
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