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Can the Malaysian Pardons Board issue a house arrest order?
If you had only RM10.00, can you spend RM20.00?
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Some say that the power of the King to grant a royal pardon is ‘absolute,’; that ‘no one can question it’. Is this correct?
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Should the Senate be a back door into the Cabinet?
The questions is not whether Senators can be admitted into the cabinet. To that question, the answer is obvious. They can be. The question is: what should be their qualifications?
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Have the four Sabah MPs lost their seats?
The facts emerging from Sabah get murkier by the hour. If their resignation has been accepted, then they will lose their seats. Yet, unless the Speaker follows the procedure in Article 49A, one cannot ‘automatically knock out' the four Sabah MPs. Truth will out.
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This is a true story of an unusual client: one who kept his word.
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What is the test for Leave to the Court of Appeal?
Actually, it is still open. Other than one dictum, s. 68(1)(a) seems open to different interpretations. So what should that test be?
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Between elections, how many times can the King appoint a prime minister – or a State Ruler, a Chief Minister?
How many times can the monarch 'exercise' his constitutional, 'appointing discretion'? My view is: 'Once'. Why is that?
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Was the King wrong in refusing to proclaim an Emergency?
Can the King act against the Cabinet’s advice?
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Can the King refuse to appoint a Prime Minister chosen by the MPs?
The answer is ‘No’. His Majesty the King cannot ignore, delay or refuse the appointment of a Prime Minister, if the candidate has the support of the majority of the MPs in the House of Representatives.
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