Ten former Negri exco members seek Federal Court interpretation of ruler’s powers

Ten former Negeri Sembilan state executive council members have applied to the Federal Court to challenge the revocation of their appointments by the state ruler.

They question whether the Yang Dipertuan Besar can revoke appointments without the Menteri Besar's advice under the Negeri Sembilan Constitution.

Their appointments were annulled due to alleged disloyalty to Tuanku Muhriz, with case management scheduled for today in the Federal Court.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 21 — Ten former Negeri Sembilan state executive council (exco) members have filed an application in the Federal Court seeking to challenge the state ruler’s decision last month to revoke their appointments.

The 10 are Datuk Mohd Faizal Ramli, Datuk Zaifulbahri Idris, Mustapha Nagoor, Siow Kong Choon, Siti Nur Umaira Hasim, Datuk Mohd Asna Amin, Datuk Mohd Razi Mohd Ali, Suhaimizan Bizar, Datuk Mohd Fairuz Mohd Isa and Datuk Razali Abu Samah.

They named the Negeri Sembilan state secretary and the state government as respondents.

They filed the notice of motion on October 14 this year through law firm Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak.

In the notice of motion, they want the Federal Court to determine three questions concerning the effect and interpretation of the provisions of the Negeri Sembilan State Constitution, which have arisen in their originating summons filed in the Seremban High Court.

On October 5 this year, they filed the originating summons to challenge the validity of a gazette revoking their appointments as exco members.

In their originating summons, they raised several constitutional questions.

Among the questions is whether Article 38(5), read together with Articles 38(2), 38(3), 38(4), 40(1), 40(1A) and 40(2) of the Negeri Sembilan Constitution, allows the Yang Dipertuan Besar to revoke the appointment of an exco without the Menteri Besar’s advice.

If the answer to that question is negative, whether the revocation of the exco members’ appointments, as gazetted on Sept 24 this year, was done in accordance with the Laws of the Constitution of Negeri Sembilan 1959 and therefore null, void and ineffective.

Another question is whether, under Article 38(5), read together with Article 28(1) of the Negeri Sembilan Constitution, the expression “Ruler” shall mean the Yang Dipertuan Besar alone at his pleasure can revoke the appointment of an exco without the advice of the Menteri Besar. If the answer to the above is in the negative, whether their dismissal is unconstitutional.

On September 20, the Negeri Sembilan palace announced that the Yang Dipertuan Besar, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, had revoked the appointments of the exco members with immediate effect.

The revocation of their appointments was gazetted on Sept 24, with their removal effective Sept 20.

The gazette stated that their appointments were revoked and annulled because they violated their pledge of allegiance to Tuanku Muhriz when they agreed on Tuanku Muhriz’s removal as the Yang Dipertuan Besar.

A case management is scheduled before the Federal Court Deputy Registrar today. — Bernama

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十名森美兰州前州行政议员已向联邦法院提出申请，挑战州统治者撤销其任命的决定。

他们质疑，根据森美兰宪法，未经州务大臣建议，州大臣是否可以撤销任命。

由于被指控对端姑慕赫里兹不忠，他们的任命被取消，案件管理定于今天在联邦法院进行。

布城，10 月 21 日讯——森美兰州前行政议员已向联邦法院提出申请，要求对州统治者上个月撤销其任命的决定提出质疑。

这10人分别是拿督莫哈末法扎尔南利、拿督再富巴里伊德里斯、穆斯塔法纳古尔、萧光春、西蒂努尔乌迈拉哈西姆、拿督莫哈末阿斯纳阿明、拿督莫哈末拉兹莫哈末阿里、苏海米赞比扎尔、拿督莫哈末费尔鲁兹莫哈德伊萨和拿督拉扎里阿布萨马。

他们将森美兰州秘书和州政府列为被告。

他们于今年 10 月 14 日通过 Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak 律师事务所提交了动议通知。

在动议通知中，他们希望联邦法院裁定三个与森美兰州宪法条款的效力和解释有关的问题，这些问题源于他们在芙蓉高等法院提起的诉讼。

今年10月5日，他们提起诉讼，质疑撤销其执行委员会成员任命的政府公报的有效性。

在他们的起诉状中，他们提出了几个宪法问题。

其中一个问题是，森美兰州宪法第 38(5) 条与第 38(2)、38(3)、38(4)、40(1)、40(1A) 和 40(2) 条一起解读，是否允许州元首在没有州务大臣建议的情况下撤销行政委员会的任命。

如果该问题的答案是否定的，那么今年 9 月 24 日公布的撤销执委成员任命的决定是否符合 1959 年森美兰州宪法的规定，因此无效、作废和不具效力。

另一个问题是，根据森美兰州宪法第38(5)条和第28(1)条的规定，“统治者”一词是否仅指最高统治者（Yang Dipertuan Besar）可以自行决定撤销行政委员会的任命，而无需征求州务大臣（Menteri Besar）的意见？如果答案是否定的，那么他们的解职是否违宪？

9月20日，森美兰王宫宣布，国家元首端姑穆赫里兹端姑穆纳维尔立即撤销了行政会议成员的任命。

撤销其任命的决定于 9 月 24 日在政府公报上公布，其免职生效日期为 9 月 20 日。

公告称，他们的任命被撤销和作废，因为他们同意罢免端姑慕赫里兹的元首职务，违反了对端姑慕赫里兹的效忠誓言。

今天，联邦法院副书记官将主持一场案件管理听证会。——马新社

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