I refer to Malaysiakini report Dr M: Sultan has no power to remove MB .

I think a majority of Malaysians would agree with our former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's candid remarks that the sultan in any of the states does not have the power to remove their menteri besar as such power has not been bestowed upon them under the constitution.

But past records have shown that the sultans or rulers can block the appointment of a menteri besar as what has happened in the states of Perlis and Terengganu after the last general elections in March 2008.

The incumbents then were bypassed in favour of others who had the blessing of the rulers of the two states. But the law is silent on the removal of an MB by a state ruler once the MB has been elected to his high office.

In a thriving democracy, only a motion of no-confidence against the MB passed by a majority of the lawmakers in the lagislative assembly can force an embattled chief executive of the state to resign from office.

Or a snap polls could be held to let the voters decide on whom they wish to form the next state government.

What has happened in the Silver State is that there is now a slew of lawsuits filed by the Pakatan Rakyat menteri besar against his BN replacement and vice-versa.

The main reasons for this fiasco was because the Pakatan MB and his state exco were not removed by the rakyat but the MB was instead asked to resign by the Perak ruler.

This grab for power in Perak by BN is unprecedented and a majority of the local voters are unhappy as they feel they are being cheated of their right to vote for a new state government.

The protracted battle between both parties will reach it climax tomorrow when the state assembly will have its sitting and when the Pakatan speaker will face a motion to remove him to be replaced by one that is friendlier to the BN government.

Expect fireworks in the assembly hall as the Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers will try their utmost best to stop their speaker from being removed from office.

Outside the hall, the police force will have a tough time controlling the crowds who will be there in droves to lend their support to the Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers whose majority in the house was usurped by the unethical ethics of BN.

Let us hope that the political impasse in Perak would end soon as nobody gains when political parties lock horns be it in the state assembly or on the streets. Even our courts are not in a position to solve the conflict between both the parties.

The only sensible solution to this political impasse is to go back to the Perak public and give them back their right to determine whom they want to rule them.

But will the unpopular BN state government be willing to let the voters have their say in electing a new state government? Your guess is as good as mine.