The political crisis in Malaysia .. The king is biased towards constitutional democracy, so what next?

The Malaysian king did not exercise his constitutional right to end the political crisis in the country, and preferred to refer the request of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to impose a state of emergency to the Council of Rulers and Sultans of the 13 states that make up the country, so the decision was not to declare a state of emergency due to the Corona pandemic, and that there is no justification for disrupting life Political and Parliamentary.

In light of the division in most of the main political parties, which makes the options for getting out of the crisis very limited, the King, "Abdullah Career Al-Din Al-Mustafa Billah Shah" maintained the existing authority headed by Muhyiddin Yassin, while observers confirm that the motive behind his request to declare a state of emergency is He avoided the draft of withdrawing confidence from his government in the parliament due to be held on the second of next November.

They believe that the king's refusal to impose a state of emergency preserved constitutional democracy and strengthened indications of the government losing its parliamentary legitimacy, in addition to the claim of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim that he had the support of the majority of parliament members to form a new government.

Prominent political figures have called on the prime minister to resign, and Shaharri Abdul Samad, a leader in the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party, said - in a statement to Al Jazeera Net -, "The prime minister must bear moral responsibility and submit his resignation, because he cannot ask for the imposition of a state of emergency and remain president." To the ministers, whether the king accepts his justifications or not. ”He adds that the king’s refusal reinforces the conviction that the prime minister wanted to exploit the king’s will with unconvincing justifications.

Shahrer Abdul Samad called on the prime minister to resign in order to save face after the request to impose the state of emergency failed (Al-Jazeera)

Turning the

in light of the consensus of political leaders to exclude early elections due to the health risks of the Corona pandemic, Shahrri saw that the most appropriate way out of the crisis is to agree on a neutral prime minister who runs a transitional government, and he did not rule out a consensus between the contradictory parties based on the spirit of parliamentary democracy, and his reference was To the possibility of an understanding with the opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Just before a meeting of representatives of the National Front coalition in parliament last Monday, former Prime Minister Najib Abdel Razzaq - who is facing a prison sentence and corruption cases - surprised his party members by calling for support for Anwar Ibrahim to become prime minister, and this coincided with leaks of the pledge of the leader of the "Amno" party Zahid Hamidi supported Anwar Ibrahim in a secret message.

As it appears to be an attempt to reassure his partners in the "coalition of hope", Anwar Ibrahim declared - in a statement - his readiness to work with any political force in order to combat corruption, and he may understand the reference to fighting corruption - taking into account the prior understandings with the Democratic Action Party, which is dominated by people of Chinese origin. By excluding the traditional enemies of both sides such as the Amnu leaders, especially Naguib Abd al-Razzaq.

According to the opinion of those familiar with the paths of the frenzied partisan movement, the obstacle to any understanding between the security and democratic action parties lies in their fear of the anger of their popular base, especially after decades of mobilizing each party against the other, but they may reach an indirect understanding by agreeing on a figure who leads a stage Transitional.

Political movement that does not stop at the headquarters of the Malaysian political parties, and there is no way out of the crisis (Al-Jazeera)

Civil society

institutions and human rights organizations appreciated the king’s decision to reject the request to declare a state of emergency, and the Bar Association said that the king avoided a constitutional crisis, and that he had given priority to spare the country an economic or health crisis.

However, the Syndicate did not present a vision for ways out of the political crisis, especially with the due date for approval of the annual budget by Parliament, while civil society organizations were more clear in their appeal to the king to assign a new government that has the support of the majority in Parliament, as it is the available constitutional solution.

Human rights activist Maysara Gant says, "There is no political solution to the crisis without referring to parliament," and she cites judicial precedents in Malaysia, where the court overturned a decision to dissolve the local parliament in the state of Perak in 2009, and says - in a statement to Al Jazeera Net - that "only returning to the elected parliament can Bringing the country out of its crisis. "

But Shahrri Abdul Samad doubts that any government will continue to maintain the support of the parliamentary majority, given that no party bloc has a decisive majority, and the lack of a guarantee that members of Parliament will change their loyalties.

As for the Alliance for Clean and Transparent Elections, known as "Barsa", it proposed a temporary solution whereby party blocs agree to discuss the annual budget, even if it is proposed by a minority government, and bypassing the preconditions imposed by the parties, and after the budget is approved, every incident is recent.