No statutory declarations, please!

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From Zaid Ibrahim

The “Perak precedent” was established by the highest court in the land in 2009; when the court ruled that the King could determine if a political leader has the support – or in some cases has lost the support – of the majority of members in the state assembly by way of statutory declarations instead of an open vote from the floor of the assembly, as is generally practised in democracies in other countries.

I as well, like many others, criticised the decision.

A Federal Court judge I met in a mutual friend’s house who was involved in the case asked me why I was so critical of the decision.

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