KUALA KANGSAR: SULTAN of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah yesterday urged members of the Dewan Negara Perak to convey to him the truth no matter how bitter or difficult it may be.
Speaking at the 159th Dewan Negara Perak meeting, Sultan Nazrin urged the council members to provide him with the necessary advice and guidance to allow him to complete the trust and responsibilities that have been entrusted to him.
“The whole truth must be made known to me and do not try to hide it.
“Avoid weaving fairy tales which will then lead me to imagine and buoyed by sweet dreams when in reality what is happening on the ground is very different from what was told to me,” he said.
Sultan Nazrin, who chaired the meeting at Istana Iskandariah, his first since ascending the throne as the sultan, expressed hope that the council members would help him with sincerity and honesty so he could complete the trust and responsibility entrusted on him fairly and impartially.
He said he would use the speech of his late father, Sultan Azlan Shah, when he was conferred an honorary doctorate by Universiti Sains Malaysia on June 28, 1980 as a guide.
He said Sultan Azlan Shah had said monarchies had fallen due to the wrong advice of palace advisers.
“History has shown that a throne can be moved from the palace to the museum if wrong advice was given by advisers.
If the situation continues, Sultan Nazrin added, the people would retaliate and threaten the throne.
“We may have soldiers, police or palace officials to protect and care for the throne, but they will not be able to go against the people’s demands and aspirations,” he said, adding that a ruler was defined by his wisdom and the justice, and equality of his reign.
He said a reign that is wise and just would be blessed by God and the country would be prosperous.
