This statement by the YDPA is very important. In a constitutional monarchy, the YDPA has the right, indeed the duty, to counsel or warn the His Majesty’s government. This is a warning by the YDPA that the Cabinet had acted against the constitution. 
By convention, such warnings are always confidential between the YDPA and the PM. In this case, it was made public, which is unprecedented. Views might differ on whether this goes beyond the role of the YDPA but I think it’s necessitated by the actions of this government.
I hope none of what had transpired in the past year or so will be repeated again, the constitution is being stretched to its limits and a lot of very dangerous precedents are being created. We still have a chance to set all these right.
Parliament must debate and vote on the proclamation of emergency, the ordinances, the misleading statement by Takiyuddin, the statement by the YDPA, and whether the PM had lost confidence of the majority.
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