Federal Court to hear Negeri Sembilan exco members’ dismissal challenge on Dec 16

The Federal Court will hear on December 16 the challenge by ten former Negeri Sembilan Exco members against their dismissal by the state ruler.

These ex-council members have posed legal questions based on the 1959 State Constitution concerning the ruler's authority to revoke their appointments.

The dismissal, enacted by the Yang Dipertuan Besar in September, was due to them allegedly breaching their pledge of allegiance, as stated in a gazette.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 23 — The Federal Court has set December 16 to hear the legal bid filed by ten deposed Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (Exco) members to challenge the state ruler’s decision last month to revoke their appointments.

Lawyer Datuk Wira Mohd Hafarizam Harun, representing the former exco members, and lawyer Marisa Regina Mohd Aris Rizal, appearing for the Negeri Sembilan government, confirmed the hearing date when contacted by Bernama after case management Deputy Registrar Azaraorni Abd Rahman.

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 filed the notice of motion on October 14 and named the Negeri Sembilan State Secretary and the State Government as respondents.

Through the notice of motion, they are requesting that the court determine three legal questions concerning the effect and interpretation of provisions within the 1959 State Constitution of Negeri Sembilan — questions that have arisen from an originating summons they filed at the Seremban High Court.

On October 5, they filed an originating summons at the Seremban High Court to challenge the validity of the gazette notification revoking their appointments as members of the Negeri Sembilan State Exco.

One of the questions is whether Article 38(5), when read together with Articles 38(2), 38(3), 38(4), 40(1), 40(1A), and 40(2) of the State Constitution of Negeri Sembilan, authorises the Yang Dipertuan Besar to revoke the appointment of an Exco member without the advice of the Menteri Besar.

Should the answer to that question be in the negative, they seek a determination as to whether the revocation of the Exco appointments, as gazetted on September 24, was carried out in accordance with the State Constitution of Negeri Sembilan, and whether such revocation is null, void, and of no legal effect.

Another question is whether Article 38(5), read together with Article 28(1) of the State Constitution, implies that the term Raja Pemerintah (Ruler) refers to the Yang Dipertuan Besar, vesting him with the authority to revoke the appointment of an Exco member at his own discretion, without the advice of the Menteri Besar.

If the answer to this question is in the negative, then it must be determined whether their dismissal is contrary to the State Constitution.

On September 20, the Negeri Sembilan Palace announced that the Yang Dipertuan Besar, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, had revoked the appointments of the 10 Exco members with immediate effect.

The revocation of their appointments was gazetted on September 24, with their removal taking effect on September 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. — Bernama

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联邦法院将于12月16日审理10名前森美兰州行政议员对州统治者将其解职提出的上诉。

这些前议员根据 1959 年国家宪法提出了有关统治者是否有权撤销其任命的法律问题。

9 月份，最高元首下令解职，理由是他们涉嫌违反效忠誓言，相关公告已发布。

布城，10 月 23 日讯——联邦法院已定于 12 月 16 日审理 10 名被罢免的森美兰州行政议会（Exco）成员提出的法律诉讼，该诉讼旨在挑战州统治者上个月撤销其任命的决定。

代表前行政会议成员的律师拿督维拉莫哈末哈法里扎姆哈伦（Datuk Wira Mohd Hafarizam Harun）和代表森美兰州政府出庭的律师玛丽莎雷吉娜莫哈末阿里斯里扎（Marisa Regina Mohd Aris Rizal）在案件管理副书记官阿扎拉奥尼阿卜杜拉曼（Azaraorni Abd Rahman）联系马新社后确认了听证会日期。

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。

他们于 10 月 14 日提交了动议通知，并将森美兰州秘书和州政府列为被告。

通过动议通知，他们请求法院裁定三个与森美兰州 1959 年宪法条款的效力和解释相关的法律问题——这些问题源于他们在芙蓉高等法院提交的起诉状。

10 月 5 日，他们向芙蓉高等法院提起诉讼，质疑撤销他们森美兰州行政议员任命的宪报通知的有效性。

其中一个问题是，森美兰州宪法第 38(5) 条与第 38(2) 条、第 38(3) 条、第 38(4) 条、第 40(1) 条、第 40(1A) 条和第 40(2) 条一起解读时，是否授权州最高行政长官在没有州务大臣建议的情况下撤销行政议员的任命。

如果该问题的答案是否定的，他们寻求确定 9 月 24 日公布的撤销行政委员会任命是否符合森美兰州宪法，以及该撤销是否无效、作废且不具有法律效力。

另一个问题是，《州宪法》第 38(5) 条与第 28(1) 条一起解读，是否意味着“Raja Pemerintah”（统治者）一词指的是最高元首，从而赋予最高元首自行决定撤销行政议员任命的权力，而无需征求州务大臣的意见。

如果这个问题的答案是否定的，那么就必须确定解雇他们是否违反州宪法。

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威尔撤销了10名行政会议成员的任命，立即生效。

撤销其任命的决定于 9 月 24 日在政府公报上公布，其免职于 9 月 20 日生效。

政府公报指出，他们的任命被撤销并作废，因为他们在同意罢免端姑慕赫里兹的最高统治者职务时，违反了对端姑慕赫里兹的效忠誓言。——马新社

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