New Sultan of Kelantan
No power grab in Kelantan, says constitutional expert
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 – Constitutional law expert Professor Aziz Bari said today that Kelantan Regent Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra’s installation as the state ruler today is constitutional.Aziz dismissed accusations of a power grab in the long-standing Kelantan palace crisis that began after the regent’s father, Sultan Tuanku Ismail Petra Sultan Yahya Petra, suffered a stroke in May last year.
“There is no question of a power grab or that the constitutional monarchy concept has been contravened because what is being done clearly follows the conditions and philosophy underlying that concept,” Aziz told
The Malaysian Insider today. “It should have been done earlier on,” he added.
The academic from the International Islamic University stressed that resignations and terminations were “usual” in the constitutional monarchy system, citing instances in Selangor, Perlis and Terengganu after World War II during British rule, as well as in countries like Brunei and the United Kingdom.
No power grab in Kelantan, says constitutional expert - The Malaysian Insider
Sultan Muhammad V Official Name Of New Kelantan Sultan
KOTA BAHARU, Sept 22, 2010 (Bernama) -- The new sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra, is to be officially addressed as Sultan Muhammad V, it was announced here Wednesday.
The Controller of the Kelantan Royal Household, Datuk Abdul Halim Hamad, said the use of the name had been in force since the proclamation of the new sultan on Sept 13.
Abdul Halim said the sultan wished to use the name Sultan Muhammad because it had been used by his ancestors.
The name Sultan Muhammad 1 was used by the sultan of Kelantan who had ruled from 1800 to 1835 whose original name was Sultan Long Muhammad, he said, adding that he was the eldest prince of Sultan Long Yunus who had ruled the state from 1765 to 1795.
Abdul Halim said Sultan Long Senik Long Tan had used the title Sultan Muhammad II (Sultan Muhammad Mulut Merah) when he ruled from 1836 to 1886, while Sultan Long Kundor, the eldest prince of Sultan Ahmad, had used the title Sultan Muhammad III during his rule from 1890 to 1891.
The title Sultan Muhammad IV was used by Sultan Tuan Long Senik who ruled Kelantan from 1900 to 1920, he said.
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