COMMENT | It begins with a name - Puad Zarkashi - and it will almost certainly end with him too.

However, what sits between those two points is larger than one politician or one allegation.

It is a question Malaysia has never fully resolved in practice, even if it exists in constitutional principle: where is the real boundary between constitutional monarchy and political decision-making?

In theory, the structure is clear. A constitutional monarchy does not govern; it reigns. Executive power rests with elected leaders who command legislative confidence. The monarch acts within constitutional limits and established conventions.

As we are well aware...