SURAT TERBUKA KEPADA TAN SRI KETUA SETIAUSAHA NEGARA MALAYSIA
Semoga Tan Sri dalam peliharaan Allah dan sihat walafiat bagi memimpin perkhidmatan awam Negara Malaysia.
Tan Sri rajin-rajinlah turun padang melawat Negeri Perak kerana Pegawai-Pegawai Kerajaan Perak sekarang berada dalam keadaan serba salah dan menghadapi tekanan kerja yang sengaja diada-adakan.
Professionalisme meraka tercabar, kesetiaan mereka dipersoal dan semangat kerja mereka rendah. Puncanya hanya kerana mereka berketuakan seorang Pegawai Kerajaan yang bernama Abdul Rahman bin Hashim, Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri. Tan Sri timbang-timbangkan aduan-aduan berikut demi memulihkan kembali semangat kerja berpasukan anaknanak buah Tan Sri di Perak.
Semua aduan-aduan ini adalah dari sumber-sumber Pegawai Kerajaan sendiri.
i) Di awal-awal pemerintahan Pakatan Rakyat beliau dilaporkan memberitahu secara tertutup kepada Pegawai-Pegawai Kerajaan Kanan supaya hanya memberikan kerjasama yang minima kepada Kerajaan Negeri Perak ketika itu.
ii) Dato' Seri Nizar, MB Perak di bawah Pakatan Rakyat sering mengeluh tentang agenda licik Abdul Rahman Hashim yang enggan memberikan kerjasama yang baik kepada Menteri Besar.
iii) Pernah dikesan Abdul Rahman Hashim menghadiri program bersama pimpinan Umno di bangunan Umno Perak walaupun pada masa yang sama Menteri Besar berada bersama DYTM Raja Muda dalam acara rasmi Kerajaan Negeri. Hebatkan anak buah Tan Sri ini.
iv) Tindakan biadap beliau kepada Y.A.B Dato' Seri Nizar, Exco-Exco Kerajaan dan wartawan pada pagi 6 Februari 2009 walaupun secara sah mereka masih lagi memegang jawatan kerana MB baru masih belum mengangkat sumpah jawatan. Peristiwa ini dirakam oleh media-media tempatan dan antarabangsa.
v) Tindakan beliau yang menganaktirikan Pegawai-Pegawai Tadbir Negeri (PTN) dan memberikan layanan emas kepada Pegawai-Pegawai tadbir diplomatik (PTD). PTN khususnya di majlis-majlis Kerajaan tempatan dan Jabatan Agama Islam sangat sukar untuk naik pangkat walaupun mereka sangat layak. Jika ada jawatan-jawatan baru yang diwujudkan cepat-cepat di isi dengan PTD dengan cara-cara teknikal memanipulasi gred dan klasifikasikan jawatan. Kumpulan PTN di Negeri Perak mempunyai moral kerja yang sangat rendah tetapi gigih membangunkan Negeri Perak.
vi) Dalam menangani kemelut politik Perak Abdul Rahman Hashim adalah perancang politik yang mengenepikan professionalisme beliau. Benar Pegawai Kerajaan mesti patuh kepada 'government of the day' tetapi yang beliau lakukan adalah melampau:
a) Merelakan Setiausaha Dewan DUN Perak hadir dibangunan Umno Perak dalam mesyuarat konspirasi menjatuhkan Speaker DUN Perak. Mesyuarat tersebut adalah dihadiri oleh ahli-ahli politik BN dan bukan mesyuarat berkaitan pentadbiran.
b) Merancang supaya semasa sidang DUN 7 Mei 2009 dimasukkan ramai Pegawai-Pegawai Polis Cawangan Khas sebagai tetamu yang menyamar. Dapat dikesan Pegawai-Pegawai Khas tersebut membawa senjata api ke dalam bilik persidangan. Siapa yang nak ditembak?
c) Mengarahkan kerja-kerja jahat supaya sistem pembesar suara dalam DUN dimanipulasikan. Pembesar suara Speaker tidak berfungsi. Satu penghinaan kepada Dewan yang Mulia.
d) Sangat cuai tentang keselamatan Dewan persidangan sehinggakan dapat diceroboh masuk oleh bomoh kurafat pada 30 April 2009. Dewan tersebut adalah dibawah tanggungjawab beliau sepenuhnya.
vii) Abdul Rahman Hashim juga pernah terlibat dalam pembaziran melampau kerana memberi cenderamata yang sangat mahal (RM8,000-10,000) kepada beberapa individu tertentu. Bertentangan dengan dasar jimat cermat Kerajaan. Banyak lagi sikap dan tindakan beliau yang hanya dapat dibongkar jika Tan Sri berusaha turun padang dan minta Pegawai-Pegawai di Perak beri maklumat secara telus. Cuma pastikan mereka tidak dianiaya akibat keberanian mereka memberi maklumat - demi keadilan dan kebaikan bersama. Yang penting bukan individu tapi perkhidmatan awam.
Ahli perkhidmatan awam mesti bebas daripada politik parti kerana gaji mereka rakyat yang membayar.
Semoga Perak akan maju dengan professionalisma Pegawai-Pegawai yang bertugas kerana Allah. Manusia adalah hamba Allah semata-mata dan bukan hamba manusia yang lain. Semoga Allah memberkati hidup kita bersama.
Daripada,
Dr Khairuddin Bin Dato' Abd Malik Hasibuan
Pengerusi JAMAIY (Jaringan Muafakat NGO Islam Perak)
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AL MUKARRAM KSN DARIPADA JARINGAN MUAFAKAT NGO ISLAM PERAK ( JAMAIY)
ACID TEST FOR RAJA NAZRIN TO ACT OR NOT TO ACT NOW
Raja Nazrin is empowered to dissolve the Perak State Assembly in accordance with Article 15 under part 11 of the State Constitution.
According to Thomas (pic above left) that under Article 17 of the constitution, the regent, when acting as the sovereign, is empowered to exercise all the prerogatives and perform all the duties of the sovereign.
Raja Nazrin Shah can make the decision about dissolving the state assembly as provided under Article 36(2) of the Perak state constitution
Raja Nazrin Shah can decide on dissolution
The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah, is empowered by the Perak constitution to decide on a request by the menteri besar to dissolve the state assembly.
Constitutional lawyer Tommy Thomas said that Article 15 under Part II of the state constitution stipulated that the regent could be the acting sovereign in the event that the sultan was away for more than 30 days.
"We can safely assume that Sultan Azlan Shah is away, and that Raja Nazrin Shah is acting sovereign when he (Raja Nazrin) opened the state assembly last Thursday (7 May)," Thomas said in a phone interview today.
Thomas served as legal counsel for embattled Speaker V Sivakumar in the suit brought against him by assemblypersons Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang), Capt (R) Mohd Osman Jailu (Changkat Jering) and Hee Yit Foong (Jelapang).
Thomas added that under Article 17 of the constitution, the regent, when acting as the sovereign, is empowered to exercise all the prerogatives and perform all the duties of the sovereign.
"This means that Raja Nazrin Shah can make the decision about dissolving the state assembly as provided under Article 36(2) of the Perak state constitution," he said.
Earlier today, the High Court ruled that Pakatan Rakyat's Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin was the rightful menteri besar of Perak, providing some relief to more than three months of uncertainty as to who should head the state government.
A jubilant Nizar, who was in court today, told reporters he would immediately return to Ipoh to seek an audience with Perak ruler Sultan Azlan Shah for a dissolution of the state assembly.
However, it is believed that the sultan is currently overseas, and Nizar will probably seek an audience with Raja Nazrin tomorrow morning in Kuala Kangsar.
Raja Nazrin Shah Nizar was ousted after the Barisan Nasional (BN)'s Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir was sworn in as Perak menteri besar on 6 Feb following the BN takeover of the state government. The takeover was precipitated by the defection of three Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblypersons who opted to become BN-friendly independents, leading to the PR losing its majority in the state assembly.
Nizar had sought an audience with the sultan of Perak on 5 May to request the dissolution of the state assembly but was turned down and instead ordered to step down as MB.
On 13 Feb, Nizar, 52, filed an application to the court for a declaration that he was at all material times the menteri besar of Perak. He also sought a declaration that Zambry had no right to hold the office of menteri besar.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has said that the BN will appeal against the High Court's decision.
11 May 09 : 7.23PM
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@thenutgraph.com/nut graph
NIZAR VS ZAMBRY: THE JUDGE'S FINDINGS
For those Malaysians out there especially the UMNOputera who still hold the belief that Zambry is the rightful MB of Perak, please study the arguments and the findings the High court below as reported and compiled by sun2surf's staff.
*Nizar rightful Perak MB: Court
*The judge's findings
Nizar rightful Perak MB: Court
In yet another twist to the Perak political crisis, the High Court today declared Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin the rightful Mentri Besar of Perak.
The decision comes just four days after the tumultous one-day Perak Assembly sitting on Thursday which saw the Pakatan Rakyat Speaker V. Sivakumar being forcibly removed from the House, to be replaced by Datuk R. Ganesan, as the Barisan Nasional took control of the assembly.
Barisan Nasional, led by Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, toppled the 10-month-old Pakatan government in Perak in February after three PR assemblymen left their parties to become BN-friendly independents.
On Feb 13, Nizar, 52, filed an application to the court for a declaration that he is at all material times the rightful Mentri Besar of Perak.
In allowing five prayers sought by Nizar in his application for judicial review yesterday, Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim said once the Mentri Besar is appointed, he is only answerable to the State Legislative Assembly, and could only be removed by a vote of no confidence.
"Any measure of loss of confidence should be taken on the floor of the State Legislative Assembly by vote of no confidence. Only in this way can a Mentri Besar resign," he said.
He said Nizar never had a vote of no confidence taken against him in the Assembly and he did not request for a dissolution because of loss of confidence by the majority.
"Why did the Barisan Nasional not request Nizar to be summoned to the State Legislative Assembly to have a special sitting for a motion of no confidence to be passed? This would be in accordance with the democratic process," said Abdul Aziz.
Abdul Aziz said a Mentri Besar could not be dismissed by the Sultan of Perak for the reason that he did not hold the office at the sultan's pleasure.
The dismissal of the Mentri Besar by the Sultan was never contemplated by Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution, he added.
As such, he said he was of the view that the office of the Menteri Besar of Perak had not become vacant or was vacated.
The five prayers sought for declarations were;
> that Nizar is the rightful Mentri Besar
> there was no dissolution of the Perak Assembly, no motion of no-confidence was passed against him in the Assembly and that he did not resign
> a writ of quo warranto is issued against Zambry ordering him to show cause and this information is made under what policy /power/ and authority he allegedly holds office as Mentri Besar, and allegedly acts or exercises or implements responsibility/ functions/ duties of Perak Mentri Besar
> a declaration order that Zambry has no right to act/occupy the office of Mentri Besar and he was not Perak Mentri Besar at any material time
> an injunction order to prevent Zambry and his agents or servants from acting and exercising and implementing the responsibility and functions or duties of Mentri Besar.
(Nizar had asked for punitive, aggravated and exemplery damages, an inquiry into the damages and costs but withdrew them last week)
After the decision, Zambry's lawyer Datuk Cecil Abraham asked for an application for a stay.
However, Abdul Aziz said he was reluctant to grant it as he had to consider legal points for a stay application on declaratory orders.
Nizar's lawyer, Sulaiman Abdullah, said he had been given instruction that Nizar intended to go back to Perak to seek a dissolution of the assembly and that would solve the problem immediately.
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail also asked the judge to decide immediately as it would be easier for the parties.
However, the judge said he was refusing an oral application for a stay and asked Cecil to put in a formal application (written) along with the authorities (cases).
"I am refusing the oral judgement," said Abdul Aziz.
S. Tamarai Chelvi and Husna Yusop/sun2surf
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The judge's findings
Judge Abdul Aziz's findings:
» He disagreed with the submission of Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, as intervenor, that there were only two circumstances under which a mentri besar could request for the dissolution of the legislative assembly.
"The A-G submitted that a mentri besar can only request for dissolution when the life term of the assembly comes to an end, that is under Article 36(2) and the other one is when he ceases to have command of the majority.
"I do not agree with this. Under Article 36 of the Perak Constitution, there are unlimited circumstances for the menteri besar to request for dissolution from the Sultan, and it is up to the mentri besar to choose his time (to request for dissolution)."
» He also disagreed with the A-G and Dr Zambry Abd Kadir's earlier submission that Nizar was deemed to have resigned from the office of mentri besar although he (Nizar) refused to do so.
"The A-G and the respondent argued that the word 'shall resign' in Article 16(6) meant that it is mandatory that the menteri besar must resign.
"What if the mentri besar refuses to resign? However mandatory it is, the provision cannot be interpreted to mean that the mentri besar is deemed to resign," said Abdul Aziz, who suggested that the article be amended to rectify the lacuna in Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution.
» On the issue of the affidavit by Perak State Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, Abdul Aziz ruled that he was not a neutral and impartial witness.
"It was his own admission that he was instructed by the respondent's counsel to affirm the affidavit. The word instructed is a very strong word.
"To me, he is not a neutral or impartial witness; his testimony was coloured by the instruction that he received," said Abdul Aziz.
» He preferred Nizar's version of what transpired during the audience with the Sultan of Perak at Istana Kinta on Feb 4, that he asked for a dissolution under Article 36 (2) for general purpose than Ahmad Kamal's evidence that the request was made under Article 16(6) due to loss of confidence.
He said Kamal had testified he had no personal interest and nothing to benefit from the case but he would take Kamal's evidence with a "pinch of salt".
He said Kamal testified under cross-examination that he did not make any effort to contact Nizar to correct the Proclamation of Dissolution that Nizar took with him when asking for dissolution from the Sultan of Perak.
(In the Proclamation of Dissolution draft, Nizar asked for dissolution under Article 36(2) for dissolution under general provision. Kamal said Nizar was asking for a dissolution under Article 16 (6) stating loss of confidence).
Abdul Aziz said Kamal read the Proclamation and he should have "realised the mistake" but made no correction.
"I would have thought he would contact Nizar to correct or suggest correction before presenting to the Sultan."
Abdul Aziz said Kamal testified he did not take the course of action, saying that the Sultan had not decided yet.
He said Kamal is state legal adviser and his duty is to advise on all legal matters referred to him, including advising Nizar on the draft of Proclamation.
sun2surf
MT UMNO AKAN CARI JALAN................
Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur mengisytiharkan Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin dari Pakatan Rakyat sebagai Menteri Besar yang sah kerana tiada kekosongan jawatan berlaku dan tiada usul undi tidak percaya terhadap beliau dibuat dalam persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri.
Awas Pakatan Rakyat, UMNO is up to something, beware.
MT Umno Akan Cari Jalan Penyelesaian Kemelut Politik Perak
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Mei (Bernama) -- Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menyifatkan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi berhubung isu Menteri Besar Perak yang tidak memihak kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) bukan penghujung jalan untuk parti itu.
Presiden Umno itu berkata, ini kerana masih ada ruang untuk parti memikirkan langkah-langkah yang wajar dilakukan dalam menghadapi kemelut itu.
"Ini bukan penghujung jalan, masih ada jalan untuk difikirkan langkah-langkah. Saya dan rakan-rakan dalam Majlis Tertinggi (MT) akan fikir dengan semasak-masaknya apa yang terbaik untuk Umno dan BN yang kita kasihi," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis Ulang tahun ke-63 Umno di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra, di sini, Isnin malam.
Beliau berkata, keputusan mahkamah itu bukanlah kegagalan pertama kerana sebagai sebuah parti, Umno telah melalui banyak cabaran dan dugaan sepanjang perjalanannya, termasuk menerima beberapa keputusan mahkamah yang tidak memihak kepada parti.
"Dalam sejarah Umno kita pernah terima keputusan mahkamah yang mengharamkan Umno, tetapi kita bangkit dengan Umno Baru dan saya percaya semangat yang sama mesti ada pada kita (dalam menghadapi isu kemelut politik di Perak)," katanya.
Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur hari ini mengisytiharkan Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin dari Pakatan Rakyat sebagai Menteri Besar yang sah kerana tiada kekosongan jawatan berlaku dan tiada usul undi tidak percaya terhadap beliau dibuat dalam persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri. Cerita selanjutnya di SINI
Bernama
INSTITUSI KEHAKIMAN KEMBALI PULIH
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim telah mengembalikan semula kedudukan Nizar sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang sah.
Mahkamah juga memutuskan Zambry dan enam anggota Exconya mengosongkan segera pejabat mereka di Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan di Ipoh.
Keputusan kes Nizar pulihkan institusi kehakiman
"Keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini boleh menampung kecacatan yang berlaku dalam institusi kehakiman di negara ini," kata Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
Beliau berharap kewibawaan institusi kehakiman yang dipertikaikan banyak pihak sebelum ini kembali pulih semula.
"Saya sangat bersyukur dengan perkembangan yang berlaku hari ini. Sebaik sahaja mendengar berita itu saya telah menunaikan sujud syukur," katanya dihubungi di sini, petang ini.
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim petang tadi mengembalikan semula kedudukan Nizar sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang sah.
Pada 5 Febuari lalu jawatan Nizar dirampas kerajaan kudeta Barisan Nasional (BN) Perak yang diketuai Dato' Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir selepas tiga bekas Adun Pakatan Rakyat meninggalkan parti lama.
Mahkamah juga memutuskan Zambry dan enam anggota Exconya mengosongkan segera pejabat mereka di Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan di Ipoh.
Pada penghakiman itu Abdul Aziz berkata, seseorang menteri besar hanya boleh dipecat melalui undi tidak percaya di Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) seperti kes Stephen Kalong Ningkan.
Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz berharap dengan keputusan mahkamah tersebut akan menyelesaikan konflik yang berpanjangan di Perak sejak Febuari lalu.
Ditanya kemungkinan Dr Zambry akan memohon membubarkan Dun katanya, ia terpulang kepada pihak terbabit bagi menentukannya bagi memastikan politik di Perak kembali stabil.
"Saya bersyukur dengan apa yang berlaku. Saya juga berharap semua pihak dalam Pakatan Rakyat tidak membuat sebarang kenyataan yang boleh melukakan hati pihak lawan dalam isu ini.
"Biarlah isu ini berakhir dalam suasana aman dan diterima semua pihak," katanya.
Lanjusoh/mj/harakahdaily
