kata hati

buat mereka yang sedang berjuang

jangan gentar tiap ancaman

jangan takut tiap ugutan

teruskanlah menegakkan kebenaran

biarpun sukar untuk menegakkan keadilan

sabarlah buat mereka yang sedang diuji

pastinya kesabaran akan membuahkan kejayaan abadi

walaupun tidak di dunia, di akhirat nanti, akan berbuah juga hasilnya

Berikut adalah komen dari retired Judge Court of Appeal berkaitan kes hangat yang menyentuh tentang krisis perlembagaan di Negeri Perak DR.

Do take the trouble to understand before you find fault with the judges of the Court of Appeal —Justice NH Chan is a retired judge of the Courts of Appeal.

MAY 26 — Before you go about judging the judges of the Court of Appeal on their five minute oral decision, which they handed down on Friday, May 22, 2009, please bear in mind the wise words of the most liberal of American judges, judge Learned Hand who once wrote — The Spirit of Liberty, p 110:… while it is proper that the people should find fault when the judges fail, it is only reasonable that they should recognise the difficulties … Let them be severely brought to book, when they go wrong, but by those who will take the trouble to understand.I shall now try to help you take the trouble to understand the oral findings of the Court of Appeal.

First of all we will look at what the New Straits Times, Saturday, May 23, 2009 has to say:PUTRAJAYA. … In allowing the appeal by Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir that he was constitutionally appointed as Mentri besar by the sultan on Feb 6, Court of Appeal judge Datuk Md Raus Sharif said there was no clear provision in the state Constitution that a vote of no confidence against Nizar must be taken in the assembly.Raus, who sat with Datuk Zainun Ali and Datuk Ahmad Maarop to hear submissions on Thursday, said Nizar had on February 4 made a request to the sultan to dissolve the assembly under Article 16 (6) because he no longer enjoyed the support of the majority assemblymen.He said Nizar had no choice but to resign once the ruler declined to dissolve the assembly.“There is no mandatory or express requirement in the Perak Constitution for a vote of no confidence to be taken in the legislative assembly,” Raus said in a five-minute oral ruling before a packed court room.That was all. That is the gravamen of the five minute decision.

What the Court of Appeal has said above as reported in the New Straits Times had also been said by Mr Justice Abdul Aziz in the High Court in his well considered judgment - 78 pages on A4 paper. This is what the High Court judge said, at p 30:It is not in dispute that His Royal Highness had exercised the royal prerogative in this case pursuant to Article XVI (2) (a) and (6) of the Perak State Constitution. However the applicant [Nizar] is not asking the Court to review His Royal Highness' prerogative to appoint the respondent [Zambry] as MB Perak or His Royal Highness’ prerogative to withhold consent to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly. The applicant concedes that the two royal prerogatives are not subject to review and non justiciable. That is the reason, the applicant [Nizar] said, His Royal Highness was not made a party to the present disputes.And at pp 36, 37 Abdul Aziz J also said:Under Article XVI(2) of the Perak’s State Constitution His Royal Highness shall appoint as Mentri Besar a member of the State Legislative Assembly who in His Royal Highness’ judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the State Legislative Assembly. …I never had any doubt that the exercise of the royal prerogative to appoint a Mentri Besar pursuant to Article XVI(2) Perak’s State Constitution is solely based on personal judgment of His Royal Highness and that His Royal Highness may resort to any means in order to satisfy himself and accordingly to form his judgment as to whom who is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the State Legislative Assembly that he can be appointed as the Mentri Besar to lead the Executive Council.

I also have no doubt that His Royal Highness has absolute discretion with regard to the appointment of a Mentri Besar and the withholding of consent to a request for the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly. This is plain and obvious from the reading of Article XVIII (1) and (2) (a) and (b) of Perak’s State Constitution. The High Court judge even agreed, at p 37:… that if the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the State Legislative Assembly, he shall tender the resignation of the Executive Council,…So then, how could the Court of Appeal overrule the judgment of the High Court when the higher court substantially agrees with the judgment of the High Court? The newspaper report is not very clear on this point as we are still unaware of the reason for overruling the judgment of the High Court judge.

However, according to the report in the New Straits times, Raus JCA did say, “There is no mandatory or express requirement in the Perak Constitution for a vote of no confidence to be taken in the legislative assembly.”So what if there is no provision for a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly? The High Court had found that Nizar is still the Mentri Besar. To overrule the decision of the High Court, the Court of Appeal must explain why the judge of the High Court was wrong in finding that Nizar is the Mentri Besar.The newspaper had even suggested that it could be implied in the ruling of the Court of Appeal that the Ruler had sacked the incumbent Mentri Besar Nizar:The unanimous Court of Appeal ruling yesterday seems to suggest that a head of state can sack the incumbent head of government once it was determined that the politician ceased to command the confidence of a majority of the elected representatives.The newspaper is wrong. That was not the finding of the Court of Appeal.

In any case the monarch has no power to dismiss a Mentri Besar — there is no provision for it in the Perak Constitution. The trial judge Abdul Aziz J in his judgment has explained why he found that Nizar is still the Mentri Besar. This is how he puts it — see p 54 of his judgment:It is true the request may be made only under two provisions of Perak’s State Constitution i.e. Article XVI(6) and Article XXXVI (1) and (2). But the circumstances under which the request can be made are unlimited. The request under Article XVI(6) is specific to a situation where the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority in the State Legislative Assembly; whereas under Article XXXVI (1) and (2), [the] situation is unlimited. It is up to the Mentri Besar to choose his time to make the request. However once a request is made under whichever of the two provisions, it is entirely up to His Royal Highness’ discretion whether to grant or [not to grant] the consent to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly.Then at pp 56-58 the High Court judge comes to this conclusion:In my view it is alright if His Highness takes upon himself to determine who commands the confidence of the majority in the State Legislative Assembly that he can appoint as the Mentri Besar. Such determination however is only good for the purpose of appointing a Mentri Besar pursuant to Article XVI(2)(a) Perak State Constitution. This is so because that provision speaks of ‘who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority’. The language used therein requires the exercise of a personal judgment on His Royal Highness.But the same thing cannot be said with regard to Article XVI(6) in deciding whether the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly.

In this case His Royal Highness, through his enquiries has judged that the respondent [Zambry] has the support of the majority. But that finding does not necessarily mean His Royal Highness can form an opinion that the applicant [Nizar] ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the legislative assembly.One reason for this is that the expression ‘in his judgment’ is not used in Article XVI(6). I am of the view that just because His Royal Highness had formed a judgment that the respondent [Zambry] is likely to command the confidence of the majority for the purpose of Article XVI(2)(a) to appoint the respondent [Zambry] as Mentri Besar it does not mean that His Royal Highness’ opinion or judgment is applicable in deciding that the applicant [Nizar] ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly.In another word, one cannot say that because His Royal Highness has judged that the respondent [Zambry] is likely to command the confidence of the majority in the Legislative Assembly therefore the applicant [Nizar] ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly.

I would say that the personal opinion or judgment of His Royal Highness is irrelevant to the construction of Article XVI(6).The [other] reason is that Article XVI(5) Perak State Constitution states that the Executive Council shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly. Under Article XVI(2)(a) the Mentri Besar is appointed to preside over the Executive Council. Article XVI(6) speaks of “If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the legislative Assembly …”. Reading these three provisions in Article XVI Perak State Constitution it is logical and in fact Article XVI(6) requires it to be so, that it is the Legislative Assembly that determines whether it has confidence in the Mentri Besar as the Head of the Executive Council. The Legislative Assembly may make the determination through a vote of no confidence against the Mentri Besar. (The emphasis is mine)It seems to us ordinary folk that the Court of Appeal has missed the point. They decided that Zambry was properly appointed Mentri Besar under Article XVI(6). That is not correct — he could only be appointed under Article XVI(2)(a). Since there cannot be two Mentri Besar and Nizar the incumbent Mentri Besar has not resigned and, further, since the legislative assembly did not decide if he has ceased to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly, Nizar, unquestionably, is still the Mentri Besar of Perak.Nizar’s case was that Article XVI(6) speaks of “If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly”.

The poser is who is to decide “If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly” under Article XVI(6)? Certainly not the Ruler because the phrase “in his judgment” — which is used in Article XVI(2)(a) — is not used in Article XVI(6). If it is not to be the Ruler then who is to decide “If the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly”?The answer is in Article XVI(6) itself — only the Legislative Assembly itself could decide if the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly. Article XVI(6) clearly states that the Mentri Besar who no longer commands the confidence of the majority of the Legislative Assembly “shall tender the resignation of the Executive Council”. This has to be done “unless at his [the Mentri Besar's] request His Royal Highness dissolves the Legislative Assembly”. But Mentri Besar Nizar could not admit that he ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly because he would not know until a vote has been taken at the Assembly to determine so. Only the Assembly itself would know if a vote is taken to determine whether the Mentri Besar has lost the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly.Now that you have understood the five-minute decision of the Court of Appeal as well as the well considered judgment of the trial judge, you should be able to severely bring to book the judges of this Court of Appeal since you are now aware if they have done wrong.

Before I sign off, I wish to say a few nice words to the High Court judge. Mr Justice Abul Aziz Abdul Rahim is a fantastic judge. The judgment, especially the piece on the interpretation of Article XVI(6), is so good that it has persuaded me to change my mind on my view of Article XVI(6). If you remember my first article, I have expressed an opinion on Article XVI(6). Now I know I was wrong — and I have to thank Abdul Aziz J for showing me the way.

p/s: moga-moga akan ada secebis keadilan di akhir zaman ini, amin.

puteri hati

mama, mainan kat sana macam bes je!

lenanya tido baby mama dgn gajahnya

nabihah senyum! nak masuk blog ni


mama! ayah! jgn tinggal nabihah

nabihah dan ayah


izzah nabihah yang solehah

hobi nabihah, kemas rumah!

bakul baju mama ni sepah-sepah laa

nabihah tak tahu nak letak mana

nabihah! hampir setahun usiamu sayang, kehadiranmu melengkapi hidup mama dan ayah, menceriakan dan amat membahagiakan, masih segar di ingatan ini, saat mengandungkan dirimu, pelbagai dugaan datang menguji, saat melahirkanmu pada 06-07-08 lalu, saat pertama kali membelai kulit mulusmu, saat pertama kali mendengar tangisanmu, saat pertama kali menyusuimu, terasa cepar benar masa berlalu. kini, anak mama kian dewasa, mula belajar dan suka bermain. doa mama, semoga izzah nabihah menjadi hamba yang taat padaNya, umat Muhammad yang cemerlang, juga anak yang solehah dunia akhirat, amin!

kata hati

Sesekali aku mengelamun jauh, mengenang kembali saatnya kami bertemu, kira-kira 10 tahun lalu, di bumi Matrikulasi UIAM PJ, kami mengikuti kursus yang sama-undang2, juga ada kalanya belajar di kelas yang sama, tetapi saat itu, kami hanya melihat dari jauh, langsung tidak bertegur sapa, tidak berkawan mesra.

Semester akhir di PJ, kami mula bertukar nota dan berdiskusi, saling berbual dan bertukar cerita, lantas terjalinlah ikatan persahabatan. melangkah ke UIA Gombak, persahabatan kian erat, biarpun ada dugaan datang melanda, dapat kami harungi bersama, 5 tahun di bawah bumbung fakulti Ahmad Ibrahim, banyak asam garam pahit manis ditempuh bersama, ada kalanya menguji rasa, mencabar jiwa, namun, andai telah ditetapkan rezeki dan jodoh, kami masih kekal bersama.

Sebaik melangkah ke alam pekerjaan, kami berusaha mengumpul wang untuk kenduri, kami tidak menunggu lama untuk melangsungkan pernikahan, 3 bulan bertunang, sebelum berkahwin pada akhir 2006, demi menghalalkan satu hubungan dan menyatukan dua keluarga. bersama-sama memulakan langkah melayari bahtera rumah tangga.

Kini, setelah hampir 3 tahun usia perkahwinan, dan genap 10 tahun tempoh perkenalan, banyak yang aku masih belum tahu tentang dirinya, makin lama kita bersama, makin banyak yang perlu aku teroka, makin banyak yang perlu aku teroka, makin banyak rahsianya yang belum aku jumpa. aku tahu aku bukanlah pasangan yang hebat buatnya, kerana aku juga insan biasa yang tak punya apa, insan yang sentiasa berbuat dosa, insan kerdil yang masih belajar mengenali dirinya, tuhanku kuatkan ah aku dalam mengharungi dunia rumahtangga ini, supaya aku bisa membahagiakannya di dunia jua di sana.

p/s : aku cuba menjadi seperti Siti Hawa, Siti Hajar, Siti Khadijah, tetapi masih kurang iman dan ilmu untuk menjadi seperti mereka

kata hati

baru-baru ni ada beberapa transfer order keluar kepada semua pegawai yang terlibat, macam biasalah ada yang dapat naik gred, ada yang memangku, ada yang KUP, dan ada juga yang tak dapat apa-apa.bagi yang dapat, alhamdulillah, teruskanlah menyumbang bakti menabur budi. dan bagi yang namanya masih belum tersenarai, diharap dapatlah bersabar dan berusaha lagi tanpa jemu.percayalah, semua ini, pangkat tinggi, gaji besar, jawatan hebat hanyalah merupakan 'bebanan' yang perlu digalas dengan penuh amanah. kenapa bebanan? kerana makin tinggi pangkat seseorang makin banyaklah 'lagak'nya, makin besar gaji, makin banyaklah 'keraknya', dan makin hebat jawatan, makin tinggilah egonya. lihatlah di sekeliling kita, betapa ramai yang berjawatan dan berpangkat tinggi tapi sikapnya merendah diri, rasanya boleh dibilang dengan jari.sedarlah, andai kita letakkan matlamat berkerja itu sebagai ibadah dan amanah, kita tidak akan mengambil pusing segala yang ada, kenapa bukan aku yang dapat gred tu, kenapa asyik tercicir saja dari dulu....percayalah, dengan pangkat yang rendah dan gaji yang murah, kita akan merasa lebih aman tenteram dan tenang andainya dengan rezeki sebanyak itu diberkati Allah. andainya gaji tinggi, pangkat besar tetapi hidup dan rezeki kita tidak mendapat keredhaanNya, percayalah kita takkan kemana.

p/s : akan tiba sampai masanya kelak apabila Allah kurniakan kita rezeki tanpa kita sedari

gambar terbaru Izzah Nabihah.


umurnya menjengah ke angka 10 bulan,
mula bertatih dan becok bertutur.

kata hati

tanggal 11 mei 2009 - aku berkesempatan menghadirkan diri mendengar keputusan siapakah sebenarnya MB Perak yang sah. selama hampir 1 jam setengah bermula kira-kira jam 2.30 petang, keputusan dibacakan oleh YA Hakim DAto Abdul Aziz, rata-rata pemerhati tidak sabar menunggu apakah keputusannya. aku berkesempatan melihat draf keputusan hakim tetapi masih samar-samar akan keputusan hakim tersebut. mahkamah dipenuhi oleh para wartawan dan pengikut pihak-pihak yang terbabit secara langsung dalam prosiding ini. kemasukan ke dalam mahkamah terhad, sehinggakan orang ramai yang tidak dapat duduk terpaksa berdiri bagi mendengar keputusan tersebut. beberapa pemimpin pembangkang juga hadir. keadaan di luar mahkamah lagi hebat, sana-sini ada wartawan, orang awam dan kelibatan anggota polis yang mengawal.aku menyelinap di tengah-tengah kelompok mereka yang meraikan kemenangan YB Dato Seri Nizar, bersyukur yang amat kerana akhirnya mahkamah putuskan YB Nizar MB perak yang sah.terus kukhabarkan pada abah dan mak di perak, semuanya mengucapkan syukur.takbir bergema sebaik YB Nizar melangkah keluar dari mahkamah, aku berdiri berdekatan untuk sama-sama meraikan kemenanagan itu walaupun aku sedar, aku telah menyalahi etika kerja.aku merasakan keputusan itu akan memberi impak yang cukup besar kepada badan kehakiman yang selama ini dipandang rendah oleh orang awam. bagi aku, badan kehakiman perlu bebas dari sebarang campur tangan pihak luar.dan aku yakin Hakim telahpun membuat keputusan yang adil setelah mengambil kira pelbagai faktor.

pagi ini, aku terkejut dimaklumkan bahawa mahkamah rayuan telah membenarkan penangguhan perlaksanaan perintah semalam sehingga rayuan Dr Zambry didengar. aku kecewa. keadaan di perak akan selamanya bercelaru sehinggalah kes ini diputuskan oleh mahkamah tertinggi, mahkamah persekutuan. apapun keputusannya kelak, aku percaya efeknya amat besar kepada pentadbiran negara. tunggu dan lihat.

bila kuteringat

Dia yang kukenali

kawanku ini kukenali sejak tahun 1994 lagi.

sama-sama menjejaki SMA Alfalah Kemaman Trg.

sama-sama nenuntut di kelas yang sama sehingga tamatnya tingkatan 5.

tempat duduk kami juga berdekatan, mengizinkan kami untuk saling berkongsi cerita suka duka.

kawanku ini anak sulung dalam keluarga yang serba sederhana, berkampung di kawasan perumahan Kg Bukit Kuang Kemaman. p

ergi baliknya ke sekolah dengan basikal racing.

kami berkongsi satu cerita yang sama, aku pernah meminati seseorang yang tinggal sekampung dengannya tetapi berlainan sekolah.

melalui kawanku inilah, aku mendapat segala cerita tentangnya.

kami teman yang akrab, saling bertanya soalan, bertukar buah fikiran, saling meminjam nota, kami juga memikul tanggungjawab sebagai pengawas sekolah.

namanya ahmad zuhaili sapie, atau kami menggelarnya zuek.

Perpisahan

kami membawa haluan masing-masing selepas tamatnya SPM.

aku menjejaki tangga UIA dan dia di KUSZA.

namun kami masih berutus emel bertanya khabar berita.

kali terakhir emelnya sekitar tahun 2003-2004.

kemudian, dia menyambung pelajaran ke Alazhar Mesir.

aku berkongsi segala kisah dengannya melalui emel, malah saat aku berhadapan dengan kesukaran berhubungan dengan ashraf (suamiku kini), dia akan menberi nasihat dan saling mengingatkan. aku bersyukur kerana dia teman yang setia dan baik budi.

sehinggalah tiada lagi utusan emel selepas tamatnya aku di bumi UIA tahun 2005.

kabar yang kudengar dari teman-teman yang belajar di Mesir, dia terpaksa repeat paper di sana.

menjadikan dia pulang lebih lewat ke tanahair.

mungkin dia malu mengutusi aku untuk mengabarkan keadaannya itu. aku mendapat tahu bahawa dia berjaya juga akhirnya

alhamdulillah, tahun 2006, dia pulang juga membawa ijazah, aku tidak dapat mengesannya saat itu,

nombor telefonnya sebelum ini kumiliki hilang entah kemana,

emelnya juga tidak aktif lagi. puas kujejak nombor handphonenya tapi tidak berjaya.

Perpisahan abadi

aku teruskan kehidupan seperti biasa, sibuk memanjang dengan keluarga dan kerjaya.

sehinggalah di satu petang pada 04-04-09 lalu, aku dikabarkan dengan pemergianmu sahabatku, kembalinya dikau ke pangkuan Ilahi.

aku terkejut yang amat, rasanya baru semalam kita berteman tapi mesra,

bertemu di kelas yang sama,

berutusan emel berkongsi cerita,

namun kini kau telah tiada.

aku terkilan zuhaili, tidak sempat menghubungi semenjak kepulanganmu ke tanah air.

aku terkilan tidak sempat mengenalkanmu dengan ashraf suamiku kini dan puteri sulungku izzah nabihah padamu.

aku terkilan kerana pemergianmu kerana kemalangan jalan raya di Dungun Trg.

terlalu awal kepulanganmu sahabatku,

belum sempat kau mendirikan rumah tangga dengan si dia,

belum sempat membina kerjaya, dan membalas budi orang tua.

namun,

aku percaya,

kau lebih disayangiNya lantas dipanggil pulang seawal ini,

disayangi seluruh makhluk langit dan bumi,

tenanglah rohmu sahabatku di alam sana,

moga dirahmati dan ditempatkan di kalangan mereka yang mendapat keampunan dan redha Allah S.W.T.

alfatihah buat allahyarham sahabatku Ahmad zuhaili sapie