Pakatan Harapan’s Collapse Is A Coup De Grâce, Not A Coup D’état

The bottom line is, the coalition with the most number of seats in parliament gets to form the government and the leader of that coalition gets to become the Prime Minister — if His Majesty the Agong is of the opinion that the leader of that coalition with the most number of seats in parliament commands the confidence of the majority of the house.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Pakatan Harapan is talking a load of nonsense and we need to tarbiah or educate them on how the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy works.

First of all, what is currently happening in Malaysia is not a coup d’état (as Pakatan Harapan alleges) but a coup de grâce.

Definition of coup d’état: the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.

Definition of coup de grâce: a death blow administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded.

Secondly, there is nothing undemocratic or unconstitutional about a coup de grâce (as Pakatan Harapan alleges) because it would be the majority and not the minority that takes over (like in a coup d’état).

Thirdly, the Malaysian Constitution says the member of the house (meaning one of the 222 MPs) who commands the confidence of the majority of the house (at least 112 MPs) gets to become the Prime Minister.

DAP says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad resigned because he refuses to work with Umno. There is no evidence of that so let Mahathir himself say this. Guan Eng has not been appointed as the official spokesman of the Prime Minister or as Mahathir’s press secretary.

Pakatan Harapan further says that their sacking is not the wishes of the people. How do they know? If they want to know whether the sacking of Pakatan Harapan is or is not the wishes of the people then dissolve Parliament and hold GE15 and we will see what the wishes of the people are. Until then, what you say is not supported by any evidence.

The bottom line is, the coalition with the most number of seats in parliament gets to form the government and the leader of that coalition gets to become the Prime Minister — if His Majesty the Agong is of the opinion that the leader of that coalition with the most number of seats in parliament commands the confidence of the majority of the house.

Sudah paham?