Bari, Abdul Aziz

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GOVERNINGMALAYSIAEdited byAbdul Razak BagindaMalaysian Strategic Research CentrePul'li,hc'c1 b,.\1ala\',ian ~trat"gic R","an'h Centrt'l('t], FI",'r Ban~llnan Cierah A,,[i14,:-\ Jalan ..'\mp"nl:, ')('4')C Kuala Lumpur, \1.1b\"i",l'Ill,l iI: t~l1(pt: ~!'G~;h~~.':'Tl, ,-'O)~~. my/1.11 ri;:hl,; rl'cT''',1.C,'pyrigltt 'G ~C\19 \Llb\"i"n Srr,lt,,~i, R''';'',lfCh Cenrrc':--.:" I,',ltt 01 tlti, b""k m'1\ I'e fepn,Juc"d in ,11W t"rm Ilf hyany 111t'an~ withlHlt pri .... r pt:f1ni~:si(1n (t~)n~ th,,--' cnr}Til:,du l)\\:ner.G,'wrmn,g \Lilay-i" edited by Abdul Ra="k ka~inlb.lndu,k, inJlxISS)\; 978-l)~.q-91.s:; -24-71. \'1.lby,'ki-I'"lirk< "n,1 ,g,)\'t'rnment. I. ALllll lb:Clk I~,,\.'in,la, 19(>(1..32(',9595Printc,1 hP'T"-uk,,n I'rinlj',llk S,IL, Bh,l.ContentsPr<.'lacl'":ow" on CmurifnaorsAhhraia[iomCHAPTER 1 Malaysia at 50 - An "Electoral One-Party State"? 1\)/ong Chin HUll! & ~:oram OthmanCHAPTER 2 Malaysian Constitution After 50 Years .Abdul A~i:: Bmi. ... ..... __ ._.... '59CHAPTER 3 The Monarchy and State Governing _ 75AbclHI A;;:i;: BariCHAPTER 4 Federalism in MalaysiaJayllmJL!l('an.................................................. 91CHAPTER 5 The Cabinet: Highest Decision Maker of The Land. 113Raw ~'(m::d Rajil Ariffin 8 ~'()mUl ;\lamorCHAPTER 6 Government Agencies and Public Services ...... 141SIli.mfah HUY'l(JlI S""d lmUliiCHAPTER 7 The Legislative: The Role and Functions ofParliament _.............................. . 165\\'"n AJun W"all AlwwtlCHAPTER 8 The Judiciary and the ConstitutionFilridnh JaW................. 185CHAPTER 9 Political Parties in Malaysia: People and Politics 225\lolwlJmud /\gll., YllSOf!' 6{ Ja"lIm JdtlLnlCHAPTER 10 Electoral System: 50 Years and Beyond 251\Ln·i., Pw}wch.t'uryInJt'x 273CHAPTER THREEThe Monarchy and State GoverningAhdul A~I;: RariIntroductionA~ ,c\'l I'-.;STITUTIOl\ TH.'\T IS nut elected and gn\'erned by here,litclry-rrinci~'k monarchy i~ obviuusly an anachronism in mexlcrn demucracy.It has tn be admitted, however. that the mnnarchy is not the onlyinstitution that is not clecteJ. The judiciary and the public sl'nice-which in l\hlaysia includes the arme,l forces l and the police force - arealso not elected and yet they perform certain important rc)!cs. TIlt'judiciary, fur example, has even been gi\'en power tu declare laws l'as;,cliby parliament, uncnnstitutional m the course of judicial review. Theseinsritutiuns, in uther words, arc \vorse than the mU!1<ln:hy \I,,'hen itLOmes to justii)'ing their position in the Constitutionc.Such an anomaly ju~tifies the positicm of institutions like themon,m.:hy, albeit indirectly. But what is mcwe important is that themomfchy may be uSl+ul in fulfilling certain roles such as prO\iJing thesymhc 11 of identity, becoming an icon of unity as well as assuming themle of guanJianship of the state. Arguably the monarchy is in rather aspecial position tel assume thc~e positiun~.S,lme of the roles aSSil,'11eJ to the monarchy in Malaysia are uniquedue tu the nature and histllr;.' uf the cuuntry 1 .. In recent years theIS"" AI'dul ~i: Bari, "Armed fnrce> Per,nnnd as Puhlk 5ely~mb: A Rl'\il'w "I'the Decislnn in AhJlli S(lk,m bin HH5in" 120011 1 \1L1 xxix.E IT an overview '~'e Ab,lul ,~I: I'tm. \lda)slwl COTL\!itution: A eritica/introduction,Klula Lumpur: TIle Other Pre,,,, 200,.See AhJul i\::iz B;lri, "111e Develc'l'menr and Rule of Comtituti()ml tvl()narch\, in)vlahy,i;l", unpublished PhD Thesl', Unl\'crsin.' ofRinningham, Enf!lanll, 1996.75

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