Perlembagaan

According to Simple English Wikipedia, since apparently I'm simple:

The constitution of a country (or a state) is a special type of law that tells how its government is supposed to work. It tells how the country's leaders are to be chosen and how long they get to stay in office, how new laws are made and old laws are to be changed or removed, what kind of people are eligible to vote and what other rights they are guaranteed, and how the constitution can be changed.

Limits are put on the Government in how much power they have within the Constitution (see Rule of Law ). On the other hand, countries with repressive or corrupt governments frequently do not stick to their constitutions, or have bad constitutions. This can be known as dictatorship or simply "bending the rules". A Constitution is often a way of a uniting within a Federation.

Here's an excerpt of a point in the constitution of this one state:

Fasal 16(6):

Jika Menteri Besar tidak lagi mendapat kepercayaan majoriti dari ahli-ahli majlis perundangan, kemudian, melainkan atas permintaan beliau kepada DYMM Sultan untuk memansuhkan Dewan Perundangan, beliau akan meletakkan jawatan sebagai exco majlis

And here is something else from somewhere:

“Under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di Pertuan Agong would not withhold his consent to a request for the dissolution of Parliament. His role is purely formal,”

I've lost faith in a lot of things this week. Alas, this is, of course, not under normal circumstances. 

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