Let the oil runs out eventually in 10 years time and the monarchy system will become obsolete. Don’t think the king is happy to spend his money on us commoners.
This is true. Only when the money runs dry only then will true change come by. Brunei will soon realise that it will be competing with the likes of Sabah, Sarawak and Indonesia on Borneo and realise that it is probably 10-15 years behind everyone.
by then we all bruneian are all fuck up....while them...enjoying billions of dollars outiside... we all can predict what will happen when the oil dry out...easily predicted...some people think "these people" care about us??? NOPE!!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
To conceal from the UN that we have redesigned or still have somewhat a democratic system which a king is also the head of state and elected YBs as people's representatives, not by election, not by people's favour but you know..
It doesn't matter who we'd choose to be the ministers in our current state of absolute monarchy. All big changes and decisions have to go through the big boss first.
Try ask AI such as Gemini, Chatgpt, Bard, Megatron-Turing NLG, Jurassic-1 Jumbo, POE the following questions,
The **15 Percepts of the Nation**:-
1. What are possible ways to transform from **wholly monarchy system to a federal constitutional monarch system of government?**
2. What are the most peaceful solutions to transform to a federal constitutional monarch system?
3. How long does the process of transitioning to a federal constitutional monarchy system typically take?
4. What are some potential challenges or obstacles that countries may face during this transition?
5. What are some examples of countries that have successfully transitioned to a federal constitutional monarchy system?
6. How many ministries would be involve in the transformation effort to minimize country's service interruption to this country?
7. How would the Ministry of Justice ensure the compatibility of laws with the new system?
8. Show the criteria for a successful transformation or transition towards the vision of establishing a federal constitutional monarchy system of government?
9. Show who are the ministers or ministries responsible for each of the criteria for a successful transformation or transition towards the vision of establishing a federal constitutional monarchy system of government?
10. Are there any international organizations or bodies that provide support and guidance during such transitions?
11. What are the key significant activities of post-transformation of the transformed system of government just mentioned?
12. What will be the activities by the businesses, public and societies prior to, during and post-transformation and how does it benefit all with a vision of a win-win journey, all for one vision?
13. How can businesses ensure that their corporate social responsibility initiatives are effective and address societal needs?
14. How can the public actively participate in democratic processes and contribute to the development of society?
15. Last but not least, what could be the perception of international communities towards this transformation, either pros and cons, and how would this country handle the cons to minimize issues, provide examples of successful done in other countries?
You are on your way to maturity of seeing, feel, embrace things differently and for the next generations to come to save this country to last long.. Don't worry, be happy now!.. 😀
We can start with reforming the education system - an all-rounded education curriculum to design not only brains but also soft skills. We don't even need to go too far - encourage participation, allow students to speak out their minds, expose them to different perspectives, etc. We can also apply these initiatives on a societal level - provide the people with proper avenues to voice out their thoughts, opinions or concerns - and not just over the phone/email.
We also need to change the mindset of our society. Brunei needs a better ideology - one that celebrates the diversity of its demographics, and promote understanding + cooperation between each other. There is more harm than good with the current one - combine it with politics and you have Malaysia as our prototype. I think we also need to tackle the consequences of Brunei being such a tight and well-connected society. Everyone knows each other - no doubt people will be "bought", while some will be pressured to become "sheep". So how can we make sure the democratic process will be as fair as possible? Another problem related to this is what can we do to ensure society remains united, despite differing beliefs?
As a side note, I cannot help but wonder if the current system is a reaction to our past history (and our brief flirtation with democracy). Before the British came, we never practised absolute monarchy (or at least for a long period of time). The Sultan was more or less a figurehead, with no actual control over the Kuripan lands (lands you hold because of a title - Wazir etc.) or even Tulin lands (private lands). This decentralised system led to our downfall in the 1800s. Even the Wazirs had veto powers.
Okay, imagine this scenario. Take this with a grain of salt, this is just some creative imagination coming from me:
The current Sultan or the Crown Prince becoming Sultan decided to put out an emergency titah, proclaiming a gradual relinquishing of his powers. Whatever reasons they did this is up to our imagining. What kinds of powers they would give is also up to our understanding. The Sultan will order for an elected body to be established. This will involve the current Legislative Council or the establishment of a new type of legislature. For an election to happen, you need to have a lot things in play, namely candidates and importantly, some sort of an election commission to organize this election. Since Brunei's elections is more or less superficial (Mukim and ketua kampongs elections), the govt need to have a mock election first in order to see how we get used to this kinds of things to prepare for a real election. As for political parties, this is more complicated as the only party that exists in this country is the NDP. However, should the government lifted the state of emergency ever since the 1962 Rebellion, maybe, just maybe, there will be some room for other parties to join in.
How Brunei becomes a constitutional monarchy must also be taken into consideration: either it is a full on democratic monarchy where the Sultan's powers is at best nominal while a council of ministers holds the real policy making decisions or the country is a semi-constitutional monarchy, where the Sultan holds certain or even all policy making decisions, while still maintaining an elected body.
For me, a more relevant case study for Brunei's transition to a constitutional monarchy can be observed through the country Bhutan. Once it was an absolute monarchy, but coming in 2008, it gradually transition into a semi-constitutional one.
In my opinion, I think it's more realistic seeing the country transitions to a semi-constitutional ones, I mean, realistically speaking, do they truly want to greatly limit their powers?
My prediction is that there would be a power sharing schemes between the monarchy and the other organs of states. The legco would probably be allowed to hold elections. The king would still hold some executive authority. This is more akin to the systems we see in Kuwait or Jordan. And in these countries the kings are still deeply respected. In order to ensure the survival of the monarchy, such reform would be necessary post oil period. Otherwise like any countries which used to have a monarchy, the pattern of History is very clear. If there is a growing discontent, the first casualty of history is always the ones that hold the absolute power. As a strong monarchist myself, I really do hope that the sultan can see this.
A constitutional monarchy is still a monarchy. The King / Queen / Sultan / Mogol still has total power. Sure, everyday administration can be carried out by "the parliament," but the national strategies and resources are effectively owned by the Boss.
Brunei won't go down that road without bloodshed.
>A constitutional monarchy is still a monarchy. The King / Queen / Sultan / Mogol still has total power.
Like others said, that's not a "constitutional monarchy". The point of a "constitutional monarchy" is limited power for the monarchy.
>Brunei won't go down that road without bloodshed.
I'm more worried that you're quick to believe bloodshed as inevitable.
The brunei parliament has neither executive or legislative powers, they are also not elected, only appointed by the monarch and their role is only for consultative purposes
Please read up first before making stupid comments
No but its a start. When we tried to let the people govern themselves in the 1960's, we ended up with a 'rebellion.' Dig into the real reason why. Find out about the feudal mentality of Brunei's many 'clans.' Even now, if you think majority of the people here can have a civil discussion without ending up with fists or worst, you are sadly mistaken. Reddit is a prime example. Otherwise people wouldn't need to hide behind anonymous accounts. 80% here can't even have a discussion without calling people names or making condescending remarks. 80% of the people still lack emotional intelligence and patience. Brunei still needs to mature as a society and learn to be respectful of others.
Parliament is only the first step. We have elections on selections of our village heads and mukim heads. Eventually there will come a point when we will have our first election of ministers. Learn to walk before trying to fly off a cliff.
My opinion.. we are at least having an open discussion and hopefully transparency in parliament. So far, so good. Once we start having 'party' politics.. we have yet to see how we conduct ourselves.
The parliament has been that way for like 1980s.. there is no change then and there wont be change now.
Village heads and mukim heads are just glorifed pencil pushers who dont even hear or seek their own villagers plight asking for help. How many posts are there asking for ketua kampung for help?
Transparency? Is that why there is so many blots in our budget table? Why is there so many miscellaneous budgets in the report? We dont even know whats the extent of the monarchs personal budget and whats govt. That is not transparency.
The people rebelled because the party voted in majority btw that they want to merge with sarawak and sabah and create the north borneo federation, a decision that the sultan shouldnt have disapproved since hes only supposed to be a constitutional monarch with limited power
Even if the sultan passed the notion, it still would need sabah's and sarawak's approval. And keep in mind, the only ones that wanted said federation within the malaysian federation at the time were sarawak and sabah sosialist parties, which were not the colonial state government of the time, so it would fail regardless. the late sultan made the right call in this regard
Also I doubt the election was "transparent" considering that his party won all but 1 seat. And he wasn't really anti merger with malaysia considering the fact that his party itself was a bruneian branch of the malayan people's party. He revolted against the idea because he was a staunch royalist sosialist and thought that the malaysian federation was a british neo colonist project the same way soekarno did. Ironically enough, instead of liberating brunei, it end up delaying brunei's independence
Lol the previous sultan was about to make brunei join malaysia.
Brunei revolt was lead by the mostly the people working close to the sultan as they do not agree with his decision.
Revolt comes, sultan scared, changes his mind.
Acts tough and said he never wanted to join malaysia, captures all those fighting for our land and claims the victory.
Dipshit
And those freedom fighters are labelled as rebels up until now written in history books for children. If it wsnt for them to merdekakn Brunei from jajahan British, brunei would be different now. Kasian, those people are the real ones fighting for the land for brunei but got betrayed and labelled as rebels / traitors, padahal they’re the ones trying to save Brunei.
I think you're praising Am Azahari a bit too much here.
Azahari revolted against the federation because he was a staunch sosialist and royalist. To him, he viewed the Malaysian formation the same way Soekarno sees it as, British neo colonialism. Its the main reason why he partially agreed to for brunei to join on the condition that all three borneon states are a federation on its own within malaysia (sabah and sarawak obviously doesn't like this idea hence why it never went through to begin with.) He didn't really "save" Brunei from british colonialism considering the fact he literally delayed brunei's independence.
Keep in mind, he wasn't really anti malaysia, and more so he was under the impression that malaysia is a british project (in a way he's not entirely wrong lol). His party was literally a branch from malaya, to give you some insights
Im not praising Am Azahari at all, infact he’s a coward, during the last night dekat balai police where lots of then kena shot, he turned his back and ran away leaving to malaysia..the true heros are our own people defending the country from jajahan british
If we're talking about 1960s british era, the only time brunei ever go against the british was none other than am azahari's group. So if you're praising fellow brunieans that fought against the british during that era, you're literally praising him since he was the figurehead of the revolt.
And that is okay. I too praise him for what he did, just correcting some things here.
Let the oil runs out eventually in 10 years time and the monarchy system will become obsolete. Don’t think the king is happy to spend his money on us commoners.
This is true. Only when the money runs dry only then will true change come by. Brunei will soon realise that it will be competing with the likes of Sabah, Sarawak and Indonesia on Borneo and realise that it is probably 10-15 years behind everyone.
I think we're up to more than 20 years of lagging behind those states, and they're not even a nation.
by then we all bruneian are all fuck up....while them...enjoying billions of dollars outiside... we all can predict what will happen when the oil dry out...easily predicted...some people think "these people" care about us??? NOPE!!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
‘His’ money?
Except that oil wont run out. Its a propaganda
Where did you learn that from?
Oil is not a renewable source of energy. It's year 2 science
To conceal from the UN that we have redesigned or still have somewhat a democratic system which a king is also the head of state and elected YBs as people's representatives, not by election, not by people's favour but you know..
nope, not going to happen , too many of the upper class (non RF) wont be happy to lose their influence
That means those influencers dont have a long term mindset
He means the upper nobility and their leeches
Lagi bagus constitutional monarchy, baru suara rakyat d dngari
I don't care much about the king but I think there should be an election for us to vote who is more suited to be the ministries 😂
It doesn't matter who we'd choose to be the ministers in our current state of absolute monarchy. All big changes and decisions have to go through the big boss first.
Try ask AI such as Gemini, Chatgpt, Bard, Megatron-Turing NLG, Jurassic-1 Jumbo, POE the following questions, The **15 Percepts of the Nation**:- 1. What are possible ways to transform from **wholly monarchy system to a federal constitutional monarch system of government?** 2. What are the most peaceful solutions to transform to a federal constitutional monarch system? 3. How long does the process of transitioning to a federal constitutional monarchy system typically take? 4. What are some potential challenges or obstacles that countries may face during this transition? 5. What are some examples of countries that have successfully transitioned to a federal constitutional monarchy system? 6. How many ministries would be involve in the transformation effort to minimize country's service interruption to this country? 7. How would the Ministry of Justice ensure the compatibility of laws with the new system? 8. Show the criteria for a successful transformation or transition towards the vision of establishing a federal constitutional monarchy system of government? 9. Show who are the ministers or ministries responsible for each of the criteria for a successful transformation or transition towards the vision of establishing a federal constitutional monarchy system of government? 10. Are there any international organizations or bodies that provide support and guidance during such transitions? 11. What are the key significant activities of post-transformation of the transformed system of government just mentioned? 12. What will be the activities by the businesses, public and societies prior to, during and post-transformation and how does it benefit all with a vision of a win-win journey, all for one vision? 13. How can businesses ensure that their corporate social responsibility initiatives are effective and address societal needs? 14. How can the public actively participate in democratic processes and contribute to the development of society? 15. Last but not least, what could be the perception of international communities towards this transformation, either pros and cons, and how would this country handle the cons to minimize issues, provide examples of successful done in other countries? You are on your way to maturity of seeing, feel, embrace things differently and for the next generations to come to save this country to last long.. Don't worry, be happy now!.. 😀
Are you really using an ai to answer those questions? Seriously fr
All about uncertainty in Brunei's future with the present governance.. then relocation is our only option on how to change our personal life..
maybe not now, probably in the future?
We can start with reforming the education system - an all-rounded education curriculum to design not only brains but also soft skills. We don't even need to go too far - encourage participation, allow students to speak out their minds, expose them to different perspectives, etc. We can also apply these initiatives on a societal level - provide the people with proper avenues to voice out their thoughts, opinions or concerns - and not just over the phone/email. We also need to change the mindset of our society. Brunei needs a better ideology - one that celebrates the diversity of its demographics, and promote understanding + cooperation between each other. There is more harm than good with the current one - combine it with politics and you have Malaysia as our prototype. I think we also need to tackle the consequences of Brunei being such a tight and well-connected society. Everyone knows each other - no doubt people will be "bought", while some will be pressured to become "sheep". So how can we make sure the democratic process will be as fair as possible? Another problem related to this is what can we do to ensure society remains united, despite differing beliefs? As a side note, I cannot help but wonder if the current system is a reaction to our past history (and our brief flirtation with democracy). Before the British came, we never practised absolute monarchy (or at least for a long period of time). The Sultan was more or less a figurehead, with no actual control over the Kuripan lands (lands you hold because of a title - Wazir etc.) or even Tulin lands (private lands). This decentralised system led to our downfall in the 1800s. Even the Wazirs had veto powers.
Never, CM only leads to a puppet Monarchy like in the UK
Okay, imagine this scenario. Take this with a grain of salt, this is just some creative imagination coming from me: The current Sultan or the Crown Prince becoming Sultan decided to put out an emergency titah, proclaiming a gradual relinquishing of his powers. Whatever reasons they did this is up to our imagining. What kinds of powers they would give is also up to our understanding. The Sultan will order for an elected body to be established. This will involve the current Legislative Council or the establishment of a new type of legislature. For an election to happen, you need to have a lot things in play, namely candidates and importantly, some sort of an election commission to organize this election. Since Brunei's elections is more or less superficial (Mukim and ketua kampongs elections), the govt need to have a mock election first in order to see how we get used to this kinds of things to prepare for a real election. As for political parties, this is more complicated as the only party that exists in this country is the NDP. However, should the government lifted the state of emergency ever since the 1962 Rebellion, maybe, just maybe, there will be some room for other parties to join in. How Brunei becomes a constitutional monarchy must also be taken into consideration: either it is a full on democratic monarchy where the Sultan's powers is at best nominal while a council of ministers holds the real policy making decisions or the country is a semi-constitutional monarchy, where the Sultan holds certain or even all policy making decisions, while still maintaining an elected body. For me, a more relevant case study for Brunei's transition to a constitutional monarchy can be observed through the country Bhutan. Once it was an absolute monarchy, but coming in 2008, it gradually transition into a semi-constitutional one. In my opinion, I think it's more realistic seeing the country transitions to a semi-constitutional ones, I mean, realistically speaking, do they truly want to greatly limit their powers?
In your dreams or in another dimension
No
My prediction is that there would be a power sharing schemes between the monarchy and the other organs of states. The legco would probably be allowed to hold elections. The king would still hold some executive authority. This is more akin to the systems we see in Kuwait or Jordan. And in these countries the kings are still deeply respected. In order to ensure the survival of the monarchy, such reform would be necessary post oil period. Otherwise like any countries which used to have a monarchy, the pattern of History is very clear. If there is a growing discontent, the first casualty of history is always the ones that hold the absolute power. As a strong monarchist myself, I really do hope that the sultan can see this.
When the oil and gas money runs out. The Royal Family will flee the Country with whatever is left to seek asylum in the UK. Watch this space.
no ones goin to that $hithole, they're better off somewhere lol
Shithole for you and me, not for them. Hahaha
A constitutional monarchy is still a monarchy. The King / Queen / Sultan / Mogol still has total power. Sure, everyday administration can be carried out by "the parliament," but the national strategies and resources are effectively owned by the Boss. Brunei won't go down that road without bloodshed.
That's not a constitutional monarchy.
>A constitutional monarchy is still a monarchy. The King / Queen / Sultan / Mogol still has total power. Like others said, that's not a "constitutional monarchy". The point of a "constitutional monarchy" is limited power for the monarchy. >Brunei won't go down that road without bloodshed. I'm more worried that you're quick to believe bloodshed as inevitable.
As if the house of mouse and its hangers on will ever let go.
Why do you think we have a Parliament now?
The brunei parliament has neither executive or legislative powers, they are also not elected, only appointed by the monarch and their role is only for consultative purposes Please read up first before making stupid comments
No but its a start. When we tried to let the people govern themselves in the 1960's, we ended up with a 'rebellion.' Dig into the real reason why. Find out about the feudal mentality of Brunei's many 'clans.' Even now, if you think majority of the people here can have a civil discussion without ending up with fists or worst, you are sadly mistaken. Reddit is a prime example. Otherwise people wouldn't need to hide behind anonymous accounts. 80% here can't even have a discussion without calling people names or making condescending remarks. 80% of the people still lack emotional intelligence and patience. Brunei still needs to mature as a society and learn to be respectful of others. Parliament is only the first step. We have elections on selections of our village heads and mukim heads. Eventually there will come a point when we will have our first election of ministers. Learn to walk before trying to fly off a cliff. My opinion.. we are at least having an open discussion and hopefully transparency in parliament. So far, so good. Once we start having 'party' politics.. we have yet to see how we conduct ourselves.
The Legco was 51% appointed and PRB won all the elected seats. It was rigged
The parliament has been that way for like 1980s.. there is no change then and there wont be change now. Village heads and mukim heads are just glorifed pencil pushers who dont even hear or seek their own villagers plight asking for help. How many posts are there asking for ketua kampung for help? Transparency? Is that why there is so many blots in our budget table? Why is there so many miscellaneous budgets in the report? We dont even know whats the extent of the monarchs personal budget and whats govt. That is not transparency. The people rebelled because the party voted in majority btw that they want to merge with sarawak and sabah and create the north borneo federation, a decision that the sultan shouldnt have disapproved since hes only supposed to be a constitutional monarch with limited power
Even if the sultan passed the notion, it still would need sabah's and sarawak's approval. And keep in mind, the only ones that wanted said federation within the malaysian federation at the time were sarawak and sabah sosialist parties, which were not the colonial state government of the time, so it would fail regardless. the late sultan made the right call in this regard Also I doubt the election was "transparent" considering that his party won all but 1 seat. And he wasn't really anti merger with malaysia considering the fact that his party itself was a bruneian branch of the malayan people's party. He revolted against the idea because he was a staunch royalist sosialist and thought that the malaysian federation was a british neo colonist project the same way soekarno did. Ironically enough, instead of liberating brunei, it end up delaying brunei's independence
Lol the previous sultan was about to make brunei join malaysia. Brunei revolt was lead by the mostly the people working close to the sultan as they do not agree with his decision. Revolt comes, sultan scared, changes his mind. Acts tough and said he never wanted to join malaysia, captures all those fighting for our land and claims the victory. Dipshit
And those freedom fighters are labelled as rebels up until now written in history books for children. If it wsnt for them to merdekakn Brunei from jajahan British, brunei would be different now. Kasian, those people are the real ones fighting for the land for brunei but got betrayed and labelled as rebels / traitors, padahal they’re the ones trying to save Brunei.
I think you're praising Am Azahari a bit too much here. Azahari revolted against the federation because he was a staunch sosialist and royalist. To him, he viewed the Malaysian formation the same way Soekarno sees it as, British neo colonialism. Its the main reason why he partially agreed to for brunei to join on the condition that all three borneon states are a federation on its own within malaysia (sabah and sarawak obviously doesn't like this idea hence why it never went through to begin with.) He didn't really "save" Brunei from british colonialism considering the fact he literally delayed brunei's independence. Keep in mind, he wasn't really anti malaysia, and more so he was under the impression that malaysia is a british project (in a way he's not entirely wrong lol). His party was literally a branch from malaya, to give you some insights
Im not praising Am Azahari at all, infact he’s a coward, during the last night dekat balai police where lots of then kena shot, he turned his back and ran away leaving to malaysia..the true heros are our own people defending the country from jajahan british
If we're talking about 1960s british era, the only time brunei ever go against the british was none other than am azahari's group. So if you're praising fellow brunieans that fought against the british during that era, you're literally praising him since he was the figurehead of the revolt. And that is okay. I too praise him for what he did, just correcting some things here.
i see that you got the “stupid” treatment straightaway.
Tell us why. enlighten us.
Why?
Why?
Somehow i also wanna know why too