Sunday 10 June 2012

A pledge of loyalty

Over 30,000 people turned up at Istana Pasir Pelangi today to pledge support for Sultan of Johor. The organiser had initially expected about 6,000 people.

Personally, I never expected so many to turned up myself. Guess, the Johor royalty still command a huge support from the rakyat.

 This is something people like Nizar Jamaluddin never expect when he tweeted that disrespectful remark about the way the Sultan uses his money. Anyway, I don't think it's so much as about the Sultan's spending which prompted Nizar's remark but rather the opportunity for him to run down the institution itself.

People like Nizar seems to think that the institution of Malay Rulers is a stumbling block to their attempt to change the status quo which prevented them from obtaining power. That is why they deem it necessary to incite the people against the Rulers by way of highlighting what little perceived faults of the royalty.

 I'm not saying the people should not questioned the conducts of the Rulers at all, but they should do so with due respect for the institution which serves as the protector of the people.

I had myself posted in this blog some reminders to members of the royal institution on what they need to avoid in order to maintain the people's respect. I had done so subtly and with due respect for the Rulers. I came to understand that my effort had not been in vain. The Rulers do appreciate feedbacks from the rakyat as they are not the arrogant creatures that people such as Nizar tried to portray.



As a Johorean, I would like to record my pledge of loyalty here today for my Sultan, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar. May Allah bless him with the wisdom and good qualities of a Ruler. Daulat Tuanku.

16 comments:

  1. Daulat tuanku

    Orang muar

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    1. Daulat tuanku! Very befitting WWW1 for Proton...

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  2. Daulat Tuanku.
    His Highness gave money to the gomen also wrong ka? Gomen means the Rakyat. Bodoh punya Nizar, bagi tanah pada rakyat sampai 999thn tak apa pula.
    RD

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    1. Tuanku give money to gomen and gomen give more money to rakyat in Sabah, sarawak and federal terrority but rakyat in Johor get kacang putih??

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  3. Daulat Tuanku, Daulat Tuanku, Daulat Tuanku.

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    1. Daulat Tuanku,Daulat Tuanku,Daulat Tuanku
      KS Wong

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  4. Daulat Tuanku.. Pepatah Melayu "Nizar setitik boleh merosak tumPASyan yang besar"...Rakyat Johor tidak hairan dgn Sultan mereka. Masa Zaman Sultan Sir Ibrahim, rakyat sudah tahu "one of the richest man in the world"

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    1. Nasib baik Nizar berada di Malaysia bukannya di Thailand.
      HamPAS lah lu...

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    2. Yes, my Sultan is rich people! Jelous ke Nizar?
      Daulat Tuanku!

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  5. "I am not saying that the people should not question the conduct of the rulers at all..."...yes agreed 120%..the conduct of the rulers who do business in competition with small traders and business esp Melayu yang kais pagi makan pagi..bisness petrol kiosk contohnya..kalau ada lokasi yang baik semua tak berani dia dapat dulu..betul ke? and also Pasir yang diistihar "silika" yang dgn tongkang saban hari saban malam dihantar keSpore..siapa yang benar kan dan siapa taukeh nya..itu yang rakyat nak tanya..banyak lagi pasal Lim kang Hoo danga bay dll...tak seorang pun berani ke??

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    1. Shhhh...tak baik tau...cakap gitu...shhh...

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  6. yes. sultan used his money. not rakyat's money. nizar used rakyat money to buy camry with fancy numbers like 11, 22, 33, 55, 77, 66, 77, 88, 10, 888 and many more. RM2.4 million altogether if i not mistaken. why nizar questioned sultan not used his money to build 20 houses for the poor? it was sultan money and sultan buy anything as long as it was not rakyat money. but nizar when he was still in power (as a mentri besar) did nothing to build 100 houses for the poor using that RM2.4 million money instead using that to buy camry with fancy numbers.

    hj karim

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    1. You are absolutely right. Jawab Nizar, jawab!

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  7. BigCat,

    I wonder why Johor Chief Minister, all the Excos, ADUN and MP was not there during the event? People only see 1 MP and 2 ADUNS. What is wrong with the State Government?

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    1. I think that's because the it was decided that any perception of political influence need to be avoided.

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    2. Thanks for your clarification.

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