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The federal government of Malaysia adheres to and is created by the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law of the land. The federal government adopts the principle of separation of powers under Article 127 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, [2] and has three branches: the executive, legislature, and judiciary. [3]
Pursuant to Article 80 of the Federal Constitution, the state executive in turn has administrative power over all matters which the state legislature may legislate under the constitution. Federalism in Malaysia is quite strong whereby the federal government retains by far more powers compared to the respective state governments. This is also ...
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Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments.
The composition of the Cabinet, and the number of portfolios depends mainly on the wishes of the Prime Minister at the time. However, the post of Finance Minister was considered so important as to be a necessity, and as a result was incorporated by the Minister of Finance (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Act 375). [4]
The defeat of a supply bill (one that concerns the spending of money) or unable to pass important policy-related legislation is seen to require the resignation of the government or dissolution of Parliament, much like a non-confidence vote, since a government that cannot spend money is hamstrung, also called loss of supply.
Under this model, private enterprises would build power stations as "Independent Power Producers," in return for long-term supply contracts with TNB. These contracts were negotiated directly between the Economic Planning Unit of then-Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's office and private enterprises, with no involvement from TNB. Five private ...
This category includes ministries, departments, agencies, and crown corporations created by the government or Parliament of Malaysia by statute or regulation. It does not include the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (head of state), the Parliament of Malaysia (legislative body), or the federal courts of Malaysia (see Judiciary of Malaysia).