Titah Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Mendukung Sistem Demokrasi – Shahril

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Feb – Ketua Penerangan UMNO, Shahril Hamdan berkata parti itu menjunjung titah Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah bahawa Parlimen boleh bersidang semasa darurat pada tarikh yang ditetapkan kelak.

Menurut beliau kebijaksanaan Seri Paduka Baginda Tuanku dalam titah Baginda hari ini membuktikan bahawa Ketua Negara yang memayungi rakyatnya meletakkan sistem demokrasi berparlimen pada tahap yang amat tinggi.

Ia juga tambah Shahril lagi  membuktikan bahawa Seri Paduka Baginda Tuanku mengutamakan prinsip keluhuran Perlembagaan dan setiap cabang sistem demokrasi negara perlu akur kepada prinsip tersebut termasuklah Kerajaan Malaysia (Eksekutif).

“Pendirian agar Parlimen kembali bersidang sesegera mungkin adalah selari dengan hasrat memelihara peranan ‘legislative oversight’ atau semak dan imbang yang dimainkan oleh ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat Dewan Rakyat dan Negara,” katanya menerusi catatan di Facebook, di sini, hari ini.

Jelas Shahril lagi, pendirian inilah yang telah mendorong kepimpinan UMNO menggesa suatu solusi yang membenarkan persidangan Parlimen tanpa sesekali pun membelakangi titah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

“Misalnya, peranan Ahli Parlimen  Pengerang yang juga Timbalan Speaker Dewan Rakyat,  Datuk Sri Azalina Othman Said yang mengemukakan hujahan berpaksikan kepada kepakaran beliau dalam bidang perundangan telah membuka mata ramai rakyat Malaysia berkenaan rasional dan asas pendirian ini.

“Rakyat Malaysia sentiasa mendoakan agar Tuanku dikurniakan kesihatan, kesejahteraan dan kemakmuran yang berpanjangan serta sentiasa diberkati Allah S.W.T,” ujarnya.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah hari ini bertitah bahawa Parlimen boleh bersidang semasa tempoh darurat berkuat kuasa pada suatu tarikh yang difikirkan sesuai oleh Seri Paduka atas nasihat Perdana Menteri.

Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja Istana Negara, Datuk Indera Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, dalam kenyataan Istana Negara hari menyebut bahawa perkara berkenaan termaktub dalam sub perenggan 14 (1)(b) Ordinan Darurat (Kuasa-Kuasa Perlu) 2021 yang menyatakan bahawa Parlimen hendaklah dipanggil, diprorog dan dibubarkan pada suatu tarikh sebagaimana yang difikirkan sesuai oleh Seri Paduka Baginda atas nasihat Perdana Menteri- UMNO Online

The King upholds democracy – Shahril

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 – UMNO Information Chief Shahril Hamdan said the party upholds the decree of His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah that Parliament can convene during the emergency order.
He said the wisdom of the King in his decree today proves that the Head of State who enshrines his subjects is putting the parliamentary democracy above all.
“It proves that His Majesty recognises the supremacy of the Federal Constitution and that every segment of the democratic system must be observed, and that includes the government too.
“The decree that Parliament session can reconvene is in line with the intention to preserve the role of ‘legislative oversight’ or check and balance played by the Honorable Members of the Dewan Rakyat and Negara,” he said in a Facebook posting, today.
Shahril further explained that this stance has prompted UMNO leadership to call for a solution that allows the Parliamentary session to convene without neglecting what the King has said.
“For example, the role of Pengerang Member of Parliament who is also the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Datuk Sri Azalina Othman Said who submitted arguments based on her legal expertise, was an eye opener to many Malaysians.
“Malaysians always pray that Tuanku is endowed with longevity, good health and well-being and well as prosperity and is always blessed by Allah SWT,” he said.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong  said today that Parliament can sit during the emergency period effective on a date deemed appropriate by His Majesty on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja Istana Negara Datuk Indera Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, in a statement from Istana Negara read out the decree citing sub-paragraph 14 (1) (b) of the Emergency Ordinance (Necessary Powers) 2021, which states that Parliament should be called, prorogued or dissolved on a date His Majesty thinks it is fit on the advice of the Prime Minister.