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There have been two documented events called the Baron’s Revolt (or also known as Baron’s War) in medieval English history. The first was from 1215-1217 (also portrayed in the movie Robin Hood featuring Russell Crowe) and another one from 1264-1267. The important consequences of these events are the gradual changes from absolute monarchy system which has been in used for some times to the constitutional monarchy system which have since then been in use in many countries including our own. The events also introduced a sets of documents known as the Magna Carta which has been the foundation of the freedom of the individual against any arbitrary authority as the important symbol of liberty.
There have been two documented events called the Baron’s Revolt (or also known as Baron’s War) in medieval English history. The first was from 1215-1217 (also portrayed in the movie Robin Hood featuring Russell Crowe) and another one from 1264-1267. The important consequences of these events are the gradual changes from absolute monarchy system which has been in used for some times to the constitutional monarchy system which have since then been in use in many countries including our own. The events also introduced a sets of documents known as the Magna Carta which has been the foundation of the freedom of the individual against any arbitrary authority as the important symbol of liberty.
In our modern country’s history, the constitution amendment in
1993 involves the limitation of the royals’ legal immunity. It was sees as a
victory for the commoners after few incidents involving a few royal family and
common people which were made into the news and could turn the people against
the royals. It was not seen by the majority of the people at that time as just a
fight between royalty and nobility (read ruling government) but the support
from the nobles for the large segment of the people who are seem to be against
the royals.
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There were few other spats between the royals and the nobles
from then on but the event that happened a few days ago that seems to change its
tune where the commoners are the one who seems to be supporting the royals this
time instead of the nobles.
It all started after the ‘No Show’ incident by the Prime
Minister where one of the royal questions what many commoners have been asking
the Prime Minister, basically ‘What have you been hiding?’
There have been many questions which no answers were given
even when the questions came from one of the most respected commoner in this
country, the one who have ‘been there, done that’ once and have never been as
far as I remember, shy away from answering any questions without having to
resort to some written script during his time as the Prime Minister.
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Obviously, rather that turn up to the event that is supposed
to be a platform to answer, if not all then at least some of the questions, as
expected he did not turn up. Citing security matter (which I find it strange as
the place itself is what can be said as the party’s own headquarters) and as we
know he then left the country even when disaster struck East Malaysia.
Stranger more is that the Prime Minister then left to his
nobles then to answer to the questions and one among them even dares to
question the questioner. Later we hear the words that ‘royalties should be
above politics’ and so on but my take is that while it is true, it has been
used by this noble for a wrong reason and certainly out of place.
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Yes, the royalty should be above politics by not showing
preference of which parties especially during election time so not as to influence
the commoner whom they will choose to be their modern day nobles. However, this
new event is not about politics at all. This event is about questions from the
commoners regardless of their political support, including from the ruling
government’s party themselves has been asking. It got nothing to do with
politics. It all got to do with how the government governs the country which
will affect the commoners the most, rather the royals and the nobles. Since
even the most respected commoner’s questions has even been brushed aside, then
what can you expect when the questions comes from the more common commoners?
This could be trigger to what the nobles have not been
imagining of, where the commoners sided with the royals against them. Could this
also trigger our own Magna Carta to be written where we can have a truly
transparent government in all possible things especially that involves the
money which come from the taxes we’ve paid as long as they do not involve
national security. We want to know what the money is going to use for before it’s
being used and rather not know them only after they were gone.
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Well, we'll probably will never know.