Ku Li says it again …

On Monday, the "conscience of Umno" Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah wrote about the High Court decision in affirming the primacy of the constitution by declaring that Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin as the legitimate Perak MB.

He then called for the Sultan of Perak to dissolve the state assembly to end the crisis.

"We now hope that the Sultan agrees to dissolve the Assembly. This is the decent thing to do, but also the only way out of a crisis which has already spiralled out of Perak, damaged the rule of law, compromised the judiciary, the police and the state civil service, and damaged the monarchy in public opinion," he said.

Today, a day after the BN Zambry Abdul Kadir won the appeal for the stay of execution of the High Court decision, Ku Li intensifies his call for the Perak State Assembly to be dissolved so that a change of government can only be brought about by democratic means, which is to say, through the ballot box when a free and fair election is to be held in Perak.

The only solution to the Perak crisis now is for the State Legislative Assembly to be dissolved and free and fair elections held. At this stage there is no other way to restore both public confidence and constitutional legality to the Perak state government, and by extension to our entire system of government. Our survival as a democratic and constitutional monarchy depends on our acceptance of the judgment of the people as expressed in free and fair elections. Any attempt to circumvent that judgment betrays the basic principles and values upon which our nation and incidentally, UMNO itself, stand. I appeal for wisdom and a broader concern for the wellbeing of our country.

He then signed off the entry with his full name as well as his position as the Member of Parliament for Gua Musang.

For the rest of us, we can merely hope that the conscience will prevail, or at least be heard among the BN circles, which I doubt.