The current stand off between the Selangor State government on one side and the Federal government and Selangor palace on the other side, over the issue of the appointment of the new State Secretary is an all time low even in Malaysian politics. Just to recap. The palace has endorsed the appointment of Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi as the new State Secretary in Selangor on the recommendation of the Federal government. Justifiably the PR led Selangor State government is very unhappy about this and calls in unconstitutional and contemplates to fight the appointment in court.
As usual you can easily find people who are willing to argue either side of this legal argument. From a pure logical point of view I believe that it should be the right of the MB to appoint or at least propose the State Secretary. However the Selangor Constitution is very vague on this point and only mentions a 'Service Commission' that has this right without further specifying this commission. That's where all the trouble is going to start.
First of all it will be highly unlikely that the State Goverment will win any court battle on this issue and secondly even if they did win, it might be a pyrhhic victory at best. going into a court battle against the Selangor palace will potentially hurt PR more than Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi will ever be able to do.
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