KUALA LUMPUR: “Rahmat bahagia, Tuhan kurniakan, Raja kita, selamat bertakhta”.
The reverberation of the last line of the sacred national anthem, Negaraku, through the Balairung Seri (Throne Room) of Istana Negara, could not have described better the historic event that took place in the city today.
In fact, the last line of the anthem, which literally means “With God’s blessings of grace and happiness, Our King is safely enthroned” perfectly marked the completion of the Installation Ceremony of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim as the 17th King of Malaysia.
The ceremony serves as a formal proclamation to the world that Sultan Ibrahim has ascended to the federal throne as Supreme Head of the Federation of Malaysia, with the solemn duty of safeguarding the wellbeing of the people and the sovereignty of the country for the next five years.
This glittering event also underscores the continuity of the unique rotational system among the nine Malay rulers in the Constitutional Monarchy system that Malaysia has upheld since its independence in 1957.
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