Kuala Lampur, Oct. 9 -- Little may be known that the appointment of a Menter Besar of a state "have not been so smooth sailing".

His Royal Highness Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah shared a number of incidents or events in "The Role of Constitutional Rulers", first published in Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 1982.

First, the incident in his Majesty's own state where it was well known that the then Sultan of Perak and his former Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Ghazali Jawi, were not on good terms.

However, as the Menteri Besar had the confidence of his party, there was nothing that the Sultan could do to replace him with another Menteri Besar.

The Sultan "refused to attend any functions where Tan Sri Ghazali was present. The matter ...