sultans of swing...eh?

Royal immunity should be reinstated

The Regent of Negri Sembilan, Tunku Naquiyuddin ibni Tuanku Ja’afar has called for the royal immunity to be reinstated so that the constitutional monarchy can be restored to its full sovereignty.

He said if the Ruler were to exercise his duties in a fair, just and impartial manner in protecting the Federal Constitution, his sovereignty needed to be duly protected as well.

“This full immunity from civil and criminal proceedings should be reconsidered so that he is on par with other constitutional monarchs around the world,” he said in his royal luncheon address on “The Role of the Constitutional Monarchy in 21st Century Malaysia” in here on Wednesday.

He said it was ironic that judges were immune in the performance of their judicial functions but Rulers were not.

“Royal immunity has been lost for 15 years. It needs to be reclaimed and reinstated so that the constitutional monarchy can be restored its full sovereignty so as to play a more fitting role in the 21st century as the guardian of the Federal Constitution so that the endeavour to safeguard the interests of all communities, to promote peace, prosperity, economic security and good governance can surely be fulfilled.

“Immunity is quite essential. Take the situation where we have a hung Parliament, the Ruler comes in to decide on a Prime Minister from one side of a political party and imagine if the other side of the political party opposes it and takes the Ruler to court,” he said.

Tunku Naquiyuddin said the loss of immunity was perhaps the single biggest setback to the institution of the Rulers.

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Hmm...oh? Hmm...eh? Hmm...so?

On par with other constitutional monarchs of the world?
Hmm...Tonga? Swaziland? Liechtenstein?
Hmm...Daulat Tuanku.
Tunku...eh?

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

You get a shiver in the dark
It's rainin' in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring

And now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Comin' in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
But the horns, they're blowing that sound
Way on down south, way on down south in London town

You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
But it's strictly rhythm he doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
A standard note guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Savin' it up for Friday night
With the Sultans... with the Sultans of Swing

And a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans... yeah the Sultans played Creole... creole

And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
And he makes it fast with one more thing
"We are the Sultans... We are the Sultans of Swing"