'A good example is former prime minister and BN National Advisor Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak alleging that DAP is now the
kingmaker in PH, with DAP Ministers (who are non-Malays and non-Muslims) appointed causing escalating tension amongst the Malays.
The man, his brains and clever, strategic use of his position as Attorney General to help then Vice President Daniel Moi weather the storm of opposition against his ascendancy to the presidency - of a kind William Ruto has yet to see - elevated Njonjo to a
kingmaker ,only to receive his good share of asanteyapunda a few years later from the same man he was pivotal in making President.
Several exit polls have predicted a hung Assembly, and said former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's JD(S) would play the role of the
kingmaker.
In its judgement, the SC observed:"To hold that a person who is disqualified to be~king can nevertheless be given a freehand to operate as a~kingmaker, who may despite lacking qualification and without going through the electoral process, act as a puppet~master pull the strings and exercise political power~vicariously would amount to making a complete mockery of~the Constitution." The court observed that the election of a disqualified person who can't be 'king' can also not be given the freehand to act as a '
kingmaker'.
In its judgement, the SC observed: 'To hold that a person who is disqualified to be king can nevertheless be given a freehand to operate as a
kingmaker, who may despite lacking qualification and without going through the electoral process, act as a puppet master pull the strings and exercise political power vicariously would amount to making a complete mockery of the Constitution.'
FEAST OF SAINT CECILIA 1428: Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick, so-called
Kingmaker who was the power behind the throne during the Wars Of The Roses, was born.
The Australian, architect of Japan's astonishing win over South Africa, accepted an offer to become the first foreigner to take charge of the Red Rose after meeting RFU
kingmaker Ian Ritchie.
She is set for a mega payday after putting company
Kingmaker Tours into voluntary liquidation - landing PS3,000,109 as a result of the closure.
The voucher can be used in any Chisholm Bookmakers shop on selections from any four races from The Gentlemen's
Kingmaker Chase Day at Warwick today, where the feature race is The
Kingmaker Novices Steeple Chase.
ON THIS DAY 1428: Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick, so-called
Kingmaker during the Wars Of The Roses, was born.
2014 is going to feature plenty of important politicking and vote- winning from satraps -- including a man named Kejriwal -- but every one of them will have to remember: it doesn't take much for a
kingmaker to become the spurned suitor.
James Frain is currently playing 'the
kingmaker' Lord Warwick in BBC One's lavish new epic The White Queen.
Featuring New York Times PC-Schreiberling Yale Professor Mark Oppenheimer interviewing foremost poetry critic, "apostle of niceness," "cross-dressing
kingmaker," "authority on women's basketball" Harvard English Professor Stephen Burt.
