PM: IQ ling-ling September 21, 2007
Posted by elizabethwong in Current Affairs, Democracy, Human Rights, Malaysia, Note2Self, Politics.51 comments
My jaw dropped when I saw this in The Sun. Finally the man has spoken, and once again, you wished he hadn’t.
“I am disappointed. The video was released with the aim of getting the people angry with the country’s judiciary system.”
No, Mr Prime Minister.
It is meant to save the judiciary. If that’s even too hard to comprehend, you should leave the job to someone better.
Undur CJ! Undur Badawi!
Alert: Emergency Motion on ‘CJ-gate’ filed September 21, 2007
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Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (KeADILan MP for Permatang Pauh) today filed an Emergency Motion with the Speaker’s office at 1635 hours:-
“BAHAWA SATU SURUHANJAYA DIRAJA DITUBUHKAN UNTUK MENYIASAT PENYALAHGUNAAN KUASA DALAM PERLANTIKAN HAKIM-HAKIM NEGARA”
(”That a Royal Commission be formed to investigate the abuses of powers relating to the appointment of judges in the country”)
More updates later.
Tabula rasa September 21, 2007
Posted by elizabethwong in "We can do better", Current Affairs, Democracy, Human Rights, Malaysia, Note2Self, Politics, Southeast Asia.2 comments
Fahri Azzat, lawyer, in “The Chief (In)Justice, Malaysiakini
Whatever the talk may be, I think this latest video revelation is a fitting farewell for Ahmad Fairuz. He has surpassed all the previous Chief Justices and brought the bar so low on all attributes required of a Chief Justice of Malaysia that only Mother Nature’s most useless and vile creatures would have the necessary (not required) attributes to assume the position.
Amer Hamzah Arshad, lawyer, in “Time for Action, By Any Means Necessary”, Malaysian Bar website.
Let us not have the ‘what if’ thought when we are on our deathbeds, wondering if there was something else that we could have done other than merely attending the EGM and issue statement/comments.
If blood has to be shed, let it be for the cause of upholding the integrity of the judiciary.
If heads have to roll, let them be the heads of the culprits that have brought eternal shame to our judiciary.
“Poison pen letter against Ahmad Fairuz surfaces“, Malaysiakini.
In their joint statement, they (former Transparency International Malaysia presidents Param Cumaraswamy and Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim) urge Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to invoke Article 125 of the federal constitution to set up a tribunal for the removal of Ahmad Fairuz as judge.
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(Updated) The website of the Malaysian Bar went kaput this afternoon. Thus the full text of Amer Hamzah Arshad’s commentary is reproduced as below:-
