Well, I’m not surprised with the decision from the Court of Appeal.
It’s not the first time and it’s definitely not going to be the last time, let’s see how much time it will take for the judiciary to restore the confidence of the people.
Now, it’s merely a repetitive of the first case, “surprisingly” swift action by the Court of Appeal before the EC’s deadline today to issue a writ for the by-election.
“We agree that if a by-election is called when there is a question of someone still holding office would be a wastage of public funds.
“What we need to do is to preserve the status quo so no one would be deprived of injustice,” Justice Sulong Matjeraie said.
Earlier senior federal counsel Kamaluddin Md Said said if the EC had fixed the dates and subsequently its appeal against the High Court decision was successful, it would only render the holding of the by-election as a waste of public funds, as reported by Malaysiakini.
Well, it’s funny when the Umno’s assemblyman doesn’t carry out his responsibility, which led to the imbroglio and court hearings, and this is really the “real” waste of public funds in paying his salary, his perks and worse, not doing what he is entrusted to do as an assemblyman.
Say, if the Government is so concerned about wastage of public fund, they’ve to ensure their representatives are dedicated to be and act like one responsible representative and with that, the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Speaker Dr Abdul Isa Ismail wouldn’t have gone to the court to declare that Abu Hassan was no longer the assemblyman following his failure to attend two consecutive sittings of the state assembly on April 19 and Aug 9.
If there is any injustice in this case, I think the judges and the Government owe it to the people.
When an elected representative is not fit and cease to serve the people, the best way is to return the power to the people to decide what’s next and what’s best for them.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Sickening.
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