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Sultans' political sword cuts both ways Sultans' political sword cuts both ways
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 8:26am (29 weeks 4 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 29 weeks 4 days ago]
tags: sultan : royalty : monarch : terengganu : perlis : kelantan :

From malaysiakini.com: In a constitutional monarchy, it is said that the sovereignty officially lies with the crown but that Parliament (in its role of the peoples’ representative) holds the true political power except in extraordinary circumstances in which the former might be looked upon for a more active participatory role.