A first year law student would have made our PM look stupid!

Loyarburok blog had this article which I thought was funny!

At a press conference in Manado North Sulawesi in Indonesia our PM made the following statement.
Bernama report (taken from the Malaysian Insider):
“Don’t forget… don’t blame Tuanku (Sultan of Perak). In the 2008 general election, the BN was the only party that had the majority in the State Assembly with 28 seats… the opposition pact is not registered and remains as three separate parties.
“At that time, if Tuanku had wanted to appoint Tan Sri Tajol Rosli Ghazali (the former mentri besar), he would have had the right because the BN was the only party that had the biggest majority.

“The Tuanku, in the spirit of democracy based on the resolution made by the elected representatives from the three opposition parties… (After) the Tuanku had received their written pledges, the Tuanku then appointed Nizar as the mentri besar,” Najib explained.

But now, the opposition has lost the majority in the state assembly and Sultan Azlan Shah had appointed Dr Zambry who was nominated by the BN using the same approach and based on legitimate principles without breaching the democratic system and constitution.

“This transpired according to procedures in line with the Perak State Constitution and parliamentary democracy. …

A first year law student will tell you that the appointment of the MB is not based on the number of seats a party wins but the individual who in the opinion of the appointing authority commands the majority support in the House.

Article 16(2)(a) says “His Highness shall first appoint as Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgement is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly.”

A close scrutiny of this Article will reveal that the Sultan does not take into account the party affiliation of a member of the Assembly in consideration when appointing the Chief Executive of the State.

Theoretically, the Sultan could even consider an Independent Assemblyman for the post of Menteri Besar.

Is Najib really that ignorant of the workings of the State Constitution or is he just acting stupid?!?