The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad

As introduced by its title "The Discretionary Powers of The YDPA: Its Significance and Workability in the Malaysian Government", this project paper accumulates the discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong entrenched in the Malaysian Federal Constitution. Hence, determining its sig...

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Main Authors: Razak, Faez, Hamzah, Hazralika, Mohamad, Mohd Izuddin
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35881/
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Hamzah, Hazralika
Mohamad, Mohd Izuddin
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Mohamad, Mohd Izuddin
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description As introduced by its title "The Discretionary Powers of The YDPA: Its Significance and Workability in the Malaysian Government", this project paper accumulates the discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong entrenched in the Malaysian Federal Constitution. Hence, determining its significance and workability in the Malaysian government. This research is done out of the proposition that the YDPA as a mere nominal head of the States. The objectives are of two: First, to determine the extend of his discretionary powers entrenched in Malaysian highest authority of Federal Constitution and second, to come up with the significance of his role through his discretionary powers to the workability of the Malaysian government to show that he is not just a mere symbol. Consequently, several discretionary powers have been identified. Firstly, the power to appoint the Prime Minister, secondly, the withholding of consent to a request for Parliament's dissolution, third, powers to convene the meeting of the Conference of Rulers, fourthly, powers to declare emergency, fifth, powers to grant pardon and finally, other residual and implied discretionary powers. As the research is done pertaining to these powers, the YDPA's significance is indeed apparent to the workability of the Malaysian governmental system. This can be deduced from the fact that, the YDPA is evidently regarded as someone who provides check and balance, as a mediator to the constitutional dispute and on certain points cater to the sociological needs of the public.
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spelling uitm-358812025-01-07T02:17:41Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35881/ The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad Razak, Faez Hamzah, Hazralika Mohamad, Mohd Izuddin Constitutional law Form and structure of government As introduced by its title "The Discretionary Powers of The YDPA: Its Significance and Workability in the Malaysian Government", this project paper accumulates the discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong entrenched in the Malaysian Federal Constitution. Hence, determining its significance and workability in the Malaysian government. This research is done out of the proposition that the YDPA as a mere nominal head of the States. The objectives are of two: First, to determine the extend of his discretionary powers entrenched in Malaysian highest authority of Federal Constitution and second, to come up with the significance of his role through his discretionary powers to the workability of the Malaysian government to show that he is not just a mere symbol. Consequently, several discretionary powers have been identified. Firstly, the power to appoint the Prime Minister, secondly, the withholding of consent to a request for Parliament's dissolution, third, powers to convene the meeting of the Conference of Rulers, fourthly, powers to declare emergency, fifth, powers to grant pardon and finally, other residual and implied discretionary powers. As the research is done pertaining to these powers, the YDPA's significance is indeed apparent to the workability of the Malaysian governmental system. This can be deduced from the fact that, the YDPA is evidently regarded as someone who provides check and balance, as a mediator to the constitutional dispute and on certain points cater to the sociological needs of the public. 2009 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35881/1/35881.pdf Razak, Faez and Hamzah, Hazralika and Mohamad, Mohd Izuddin (2009) The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad. (2009) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/35881.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Constitutional law
Form and structure of government
Razak, Faez
Hamzah, Hazralika
Mohamad, Mohd Izuddin
The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad
title The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad
title_full The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad
title_fullStr The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad
title_full_unstemmed The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad
title_short The discretionary powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong: its significance to the workability of Malaysian government / Faez Razak, Hazralika Hamzah and Mohd Izuddin Mohamad
title_sort discretionary powers of the yang di-pertuan agong: its significance to the workability of malaysian government / faez razak, hazralika hamzah and mohd izuddin mohamad
topic Constitutional law
Form and structure of government
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35881/