A good decision for all. It is wrong for the courts to rule otherwise as the Constitution would be jeopardised. The Barisan Nasional should now reach out to Pakatan Rakyat, seeing as Lim Kit Siang has reached out to BN, and the call for snap elections should be seriously considered. It’s important to end this chaos. This is not going to be good for the country, and politicians are entrusted to rule.

Excellent! The courts have vindicated what I've been saying from the start: The Sultan had acted beyond his powers. The Sultan has no choice but to dissolve the state legislative assembly now because those are the powers that he has – to dissolve the assembly and appoint, not dismiss the MB. Any less and the Perak Sultanate’s reputation will be in tatters and beyond repair. If they don’t dissolve the state legislative assembly then the Sultanate has disregarded democracy by disregarding the will of the people.

Both sides have wasted precious time and energy on this seemingly endless political deadlock, and it's time to return it to the people. I have many times before said that this is a political and not a legal problem, and it should be addressed through political avenues. We should not allow the people’s confidence in he important institutions of the country – the monarchy, court and legislative assembly – to be eroded. It's time to let the people decide.

It looks like a state by-election is on the cards, which is what should have been done in the first place. The BN has mismanaged the entire process of the takeover of Perak from start to finish, and their conduct at the May 7 assembly sitting hasn’t helped the situation. The BN and the royal house misread the sentiments of the Malays, thinking that they would side the royals, but this was not the case. There is now rising tension among the Malay community on this issue, and entrenched anger among non-Malay Malaysians. The BN are trying to retrace their steps now but the political damage has already been done.

It's a surprising decision by the court, one which would cause the messy political impasse to continue. Fresh elections are likely now with Nizar seeking for the dissolution of the state assembly; until it happens the question of who controls the State Assembly isn’t answered. I am sure the Sultan is wise to see what is happening and would respond in the right manner.

This decision does not come as a surprise as the situation was 50-50. Zambry would go to High Court and all the way to the Court for Appeals against the decision. Depending on the outcome of the appeal, the political impasse would most likely continue for some time.

Source: http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/highlights/13824-instant-reaction-perak-mb-decision.html