It’s disgraceful. It’s filthy. It’s wicked.
To continue with the previous list here, finally the PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has spoken. He rejected calls for the setting up of a royal commission of inquiry to look into the ‘Lingam video’ controversy. Worse, he threatened to punish whistleblower without mentioning about the slightest possibility of any possible action taken if the allegation is proven to be truth.
Malaysiakini, on the other hand continues the pursuit to seek response from the Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, who is under attack to be the other person identified spoken to the senior laywer VK Lingam based on the context of the conversation.
Despite repetitive calls from public directly and indirectly asking the CJ to step down (Click here, here, here, here and here), however, he remains tight-lipped over the issue, with a simple response to Malaysiakini: "No comment".
(SOURCE: Malaysiakini, 21 September 2007)
Nazri the spokeperson?
As much as I wanted to continue to believe that the doctrine "separation of powers" still work in Malaysia, the next thing we found out is that, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz became the spoke-person for the Chief Justice(?!) and revealed that the CJ denied as being the person at the end of a telephone conversation.
"The judge called me to deny that he was the one talking to the lawyer," he said.
Indeed, the whole scenario really caught me into thinking, is the lure of power and greed that immense to sacrifice one’s dignity and integrity as opposed to truth and justice? Does public opinion still matter to the Government when we’re the one who voted them into power? Can we (this country) afford to lose the credibility and integrity of the judiciary system, hence causing foreign investors to shy away from investing in Malaysia?
It’s time to wake-up-Lah!
Meanwhile, there will be a peaceful rally from the Palace of Justice to the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya to save the judiciary organised by Bar Council this coming Wednesday (September 26). Details as below:
September 26, 2007 (Wednesday): The Putrajaya March
A Bar Council-sponsored March from the Palace of Justice to the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya will be held on the coming Cabinet Meeting Day.
The Purpose: To give a memo to the Cabinet calling for the setting up of a Royal Commission to investigate issues jeopardising the Judiciary.
The March:
- 09:00am: Chartered buses to leave Bar Council (for those who need transport)
- 11.00am: Meet at the staircase of Palace of Justice.
- Attire: Black-and-white attire, with jacketThe march is open to the Public to take part.
Do walk with Jeff Ooi, Rocky, Haris Ibrahim and many other Malaysians who care about this country.
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I guess you won’t be there to join as you’re still here in Manila.
Hey, talk about parallelism. Our president has been facing allegations of cheating based on a wire-tapped conversation with an elections official. It has been ongoing for a very long time now.
Not since the 1980’s. So to answer ur ques… No.
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