KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah today called for regard for the law and respect for lawful institutions.
Three weeks after his royal family had to preside over a constitutionally disputed change of government in Perak, the crown prince said that upholding the rule of law was key in combating terrorism and violence in the midst of an economic crisis.
Speaking at the International Conference of Youth on Terrorism, Raja Nazrin said that a high regard for the rule of law and institutions established in accordance to the law would instead promote peace and harmony.
He proposed that the public respect “institutions established through and in accordance with law” as the law is a fundamental building block of any nation.
Under the Federal Constitution, Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy that gives certain discretionary powers to the Malay rulers, which include the appointments of the prime minister and chief ministers, the chief executives of the country and individual states respectively.
“In Malaysia, primacy of law is upheld as one of pillars of the Rukunegara.
“A lawless system breeds a lawless culture, which in turn suggests lawless governance and lawless government,” he said.
Calling the current economic crisis “one of the most serious in modern history,” he said that domestic and international affairs would be complicated by the effects of the downturn.
“Economic deprivation may not actually light the flames of extremism but it can more than casually fan them.” he said.
This was due to a sense of dissatisfaction, “as a result of real or imagined injustices” which he said would have to be comprehensively addressed.
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