tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post1901148746784075420..comments2023-10-25T19:40:32.887+08:00Comments on Disquiet: The Texture Of JusticeMalik Imtiaz Sarwarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047439912593830984noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-63668435088772036742009-07-31T21:11:33.834+08:002009-07-31T21:11:33.834+08:00Malik,
You have been very quiet for the past 2 mo...Malik,<br /><br />You have been very quiet for the past 2 months, burnt out and lost of words based on what have been happenning to our beloved country ? We may lose heart but Don't Lose Hope for you are not alone k ?LATnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-25971067540863340302009-07-21T14:12:08.110+08:002009-07-21T14:12:08.110+08:00Dear MIS,
You have been very quiet.
I hope all i...Dear MIS,<br /><br />You have been very quiet.<br /><br />I hope all is well with you.<br /><br />RegardsGannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-3431920941371063152009-07-04T12:13:37.763+08:002009-07-04T12:13:37.763+08:00Dear Sir,
Your enlightening writings ARE very muc...Dear Sir, <br />Your enlightening writings ARE very much sorely missed.<br />Where is your monthly 'Insider'?<br />Thank you for all you have done and are doing for Human Rights and Justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-4670891320028134772009-07-02T12:08:28.045+08:002009-07-02T12:08:28.045+08:00Salam dari Melayu Bersatu
http://kitaanakmelayu.bl...Salam dari Melayu Bersatu<br />http://kitaanakmelayu.blogspot.com<br /><br />Dengan kerana BABI--- DAP tikam belakang PAS<br />DAP sanggup tikam belakang PAS hanya kerana satu rumah lapah babi<br /><br /><br />Mula Mula Lim Guan Eng memecat Ahli Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai Johari Kassim yang dikenali sebagai seorang ahli majlis yang ikhlas bekerja keras untuk membersihkan MPSP yang dikatakan begitu kusut dengan pelbagai permasalahan.<br /><br /><br />Johari dipecat walaupun PKR Pulau Pinang memohon agar belau tidak dipecat kerana beliau seorang yang kuat bekerja. Malah TKM1 yang baru dilantik pun meminta agar johari tak dipecat...<br /><br /><br />Tak layan.. pecat juga... malah katanya kalau suka, boleh suruh PKR cuba lantik Johari semula... begitulah bongkaknya Lim Guan Eng dari parti Roket.<br /><br />Kemudian dituduhnya, kaum India yang bakal kehilangan rumah mereka sebagai bodoh dan katanya Hidraf sudah menjadi boneka BN...<br /><br />Eh wahh sedapnya mulut,<br />dulu masa nak kan sokongan Hindraf, langit dan bumi bulan dan bintang dijanjikan,<br /><br /><br />Penduduk Kampung Buah Pala a.k.a. High Chaparral yang marahkan Lim Guan Eng - jawab Lim Guan Eng: merekalah yang bodoh kerana tak ambil pampasan- sekarang nak susahkan aku pulak..Gambar oleh Star Online<br /><br /><br />Tak cukup dengan itu, DAP sanggup keluar dari pakatan Rakyat demi kerana rumah lapah babi YANG DIDIRIKAN SECARA HARAM di kedah dirobohkan. Ait satu rumah lapah babi punya pasal pun boleh tinggalkan pakatan... macamana ni... BACA RENCANA THE STAR DI PENGUHUJUNG POSTING INI<br /><br /><br />Bila PAS nak berbincang dengan Umno untuk satukan Melayu dia kata macam macam kat PAS, sampai ada yang suruh PAS keluar dari pakatan kerana khianat... NI DAP sorang kat kedah to tak Khianat Pakatan Rakyat ke.. or more specifically, tak khianat PAS ke?<br /><br />DAP bukan sekadar memaki hamun pas tapi meninggalkan pakatan hanya kerana sebuah rumah lapah babi, apa agaknya reaksi mereka kalu PAS betul betul mahukan negara Islam<br /><br /><br />DAP begitu lantang menghina Haji Hadi Awang kerana mahukan orang Melayu dan Islam bersatu kononnya ia mengguris perasaan Cina dan bukan Melayu yang lain, tetapi di Kedah mereka tak hiraukan langsung perasaan orang Melayu. Yang peliknya Nik Aziz setuju cakap DAP pulak tu... entahlah<br /><br />pikir pikirkanlah wahai orang MalaysiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-33603875470501911122009-06-30T17:05:23.880+08:002009-06-30T17:05:23.880+08:00Ketua Pemuda Gerakan ketinggalan zaman, kata MB Ke...Ketua Pemuda Gerakan ketinggalan zaman, kata MB Kedah <br />ALOR SETAR, Jun 25 — Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Azizan Razak menyifatkan Ketua Pemuda Gerakan Kedah, Tan Keng Liang ketinggalan zaman apabila terus mengajak orang menyertai BN.<br /><br />"Semua sekarang nak tinggalkan Umno dan BN untuk menyertai PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat. Tiba-tiba dia pula ajak masuk BN, pelik sungguh," kata Azizan kepada media dalam satu majlis di Gurun hari ini.<br /><br />Azizan mengulas gesaan Tan yang meminta DAP dan PKR menyertai BN bagi membentuk kerajaan baru di Kedah dengan meninggalkan PAS.<br /><br />Ini kerana, kata Tan, kerajaan Kedah dibawah pimpinan PAS sekarang meminggirkan orang bukan Melayu di Kedah.<br /><br />Menurut Azizan, Tan ketinggalan dalam banyak hal termasuk isu kouta 50 peratus untuk orang Melayu apabila tanah rezab Melayu diambil untuk projek perumahan di bandar Alor Setar.<br /><br />Tan juga, kata Azizan, ketinggalan dalam isu pusat penyembelihan babi di Mergong.<br /><br />Sebelum ini, Azizan berkata, yang tidak adil adalah kerajaan BN sebelum ini yang telah meluluskan tanah rezab Melayu untuk projek perumahan tetapi menetapkan hanya 20 peratus sahaja kouta untuk orang Melayu.<br /><br />"Ini tanah rezab Melayu, bukan tanah pegangan bebas. Untuk tanah pegangan bebas, mana ada syarat itu," katanya.<br /><br />Dalam isu pusat penyembelihan babi di Mergong pula, pusat yang terletak di Pasar Mergong ini, walaupun telah bergerak selama lebih 30 tahun, namun ia tidak pernah mempunyai lesen yang sah dari pihak berkuasa tempatan.<br /><br />Aktivitinya pula mendapat bantahan orang Melayu yang turut ke pasar ini kerana bahan-bahan buangannya dibuang dalam tong sampah yang sama dengan penggunaan lain dan sebahagiannya dialirkan ke sungai berdekatan.<br /><br />Ekoran bantahan itu, Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar telah mengarahkan pusat penyembelihan ini dipindahkan ke tempat lain.<br /><br />Ekoran itu, persatuan peniaga babi ini telah membuat rayuan kepada Menteri Besar Kedah untuk memberikan tempoh kepada mereka sebulan untuk mendapatkan tempat baru.<br /><br />"Menteri Besar telah menulis surat kepada Datuk Bandar Alor Setar agar rayuan mereka ini diterima. Jika selepas sebulan mereka tidak dapat kawasan baru, itu masalah mereka kerana mereka yang meminta tempoh sebulan," kata Setiausaha Akhbar MB Kedah, Helmi Khalid yang dihubungi hari ini.<br /><br />Menurut Helmi, satu kawasan baru telah dikenalpasti untuk dijadikan tempat penyembelihan babi ini iaitu di satu kawasan dalam Kampung Cina Pendang.<br /><br />"Pejabat MB telah bersetuju dengan tapak baru ini jika mendapat kelulusan khasnya dari Jabatan Veterinar. Surat juga telah dihantar kepada Yang Dipertua Majlis Daerah Pendang agar permohonan ini diluluskan jika mendapat sokongan dari jabatan-jabatan berkaitan," beritahu Helmi.<br /><br />Sementara itu, hubungan antara parti-parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat di Kedah sangat baik, kata anggota Parlimen Jerai, Mohd Firdaus Jaafar.<br /><br />"Oleh itu, saya yakin pancingan Tan itu tidak akan dimakan oleh sahabat-sahabat saya dalam PKR atau DAP. Orang sekarang nak tinggal BN dan nak masuk Pakatan," kata beliau.<br /><br />Tentang isu-isu yang dibangkitkan, Firdaus yakin ia akan adapat diselesaikan dengan baik Oleh MB Kedah.<br /><br />"Sabarlah, isu babi ini sensitif dan tidak siapa mahu babi diternak atau disembelih di sebelah rumah mereka sekarang dengan wabak selsema babi ini. Jadi kena bersabarlah supaya kawasan yang dijadikan kawasan ternak dan sembelih itu nanti benar-benar sesuai," katanya.<br />Dipetik dari Malaysia InsiderUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545110688691770964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-4571216074554741522009-06-10T15:12:46.151+08:002009-06-10T15:12:46.151+08:00Is there any justice not to allow our children to ...Is there any justice not to allow our children to master English?<br /><br />http://thextalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/dap-doesnt-want-you-to-learn-english.htmlTed Torrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648072445734105116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-85391218795933770642009-05-28T08:51:57.974+08:002009-05-28T08:51:57.974+08:00Sambung dari semalam, kita sedang mengharapkan seb...Sambung dari semalam, kita sedang mengharapkan sebuah negara dimana pemimpinya sedar akan kuasa demokrasi, hak dan juga tanggungjawab. Kita juga hendakan sebuah kerajaan yang mempertahankan sistem dimana pada masa akan datang parti yang menang boleh berubah-ubah tetapi struktur kerajaan itu kekal dan rakyat tak perlu risau akan parti yang mana memerintah kerana kita dilindungi dengan sistem-sistem dan institusi-institusi yang unggul dan berwibawa. Tetapi malangnya apa yang sedang berlaku di Perak ialah kerajaan yang cuba mempertahankan kuasa . Tak payah cakap tentang BN yang gila kuasa , kita cakap harapan baru Malaysia , Pakatan Rakyat, tindakan speaker mengantung MB BN dan exconya satu bukti yang jelas. Hari ini mahkamah pula boleh membatalakan keputusan badan perundangan kesudahanya. Saya tak sokong BN tetapi secara akal merasakan Pakatan pun tiada yang bezanya dengan BN. GILA KUASA. <br /><br />Rakyat tidak bodoh kalau rakyat boleh menukar kerajaan dan memberi mandaat kepada Pakatan Rakyat, maksudnya rakyat mahukan ketelusan , jangan kerajaan ini pun sama macam BN bezanya cuma dua parti yang berbeza. <br /><br />Esok saya akan cuba teliti rasional disebalik tindakan Sultan.<br /><br />www.sjankan.blogspot.comsjankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492959123387617441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-92097167089318903912009-05-27T09:45:41.496+08:002009-05-27T09:45:41.496+08:00Kadang-kadang kita akan merasakan kita telah betul...Kadang-kadang kita akan merasakan kita telah betul perjuangan kita telus dan betul. Saya juga pernah merasainya , memandangkan saya bukan pembangkang, ataupun pihak kerajaan dan saya tidak terikat untuk menyokong dan tidak menyokong sesiapa sahaja.<br /><br />Sauda Malik mungkin mersakan dia betul dan saya mengatakan 100% tulisanya betul. Tetapi kadang-kadang kita gagal memikirkan kewajaran tindakan seseorang itu dan ayik menyalak terhadap sistem dengan berhujah sepatutnya begini, yang tak leh dan sebagainya.<br /><br />Mari kita renungkan tentang Perak , Sulatan yang membuat keputusan yang kontroversi ini bukan orang sebarangan, pernah menjadi Lord Presiden, dang juga pernah muncul dengan beberapa penghakiman yang benar-benar standart mutunya. Jadi adalah wajar dan patut serta harus untuk kita meneliti tindakan Sultan.<br /><br />Pertama , Nizar.. Adakah Nizar tidak sedar yang bahawa dia sudah hilang kepercayaan atau majoriti di Dewan Undangan Negeri?<br />Tidak kira wujud rasuah, ugutan dan sebagainya realitinya tiga ekor itu telah menarik sokongan . Mereka menderhaka kepada kepercayaan rakyat. Kalau nak cakap tentang sistem sahaja tanpa membawa masuk pertimbangan lain .. nizar sepatutnya melepaskan jawatan apabila permintaanya untuk membubarkan DUN tidak direstui oleh sultan. Siapa yang menarik isu oini dan merumitkan isu ini, seperti media kerajaan, media pro pembangkang pula menukar isu kearah lain bahawa sultan tiada kuasa untuk memecat pada hal dia tak pecat, dia cuma melantik seoarang menteri besar baru yang mendapat sokongan majoriti ahli Dewan undagan negeri.sjankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492959123387617441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-58925449899298879002009-05-27T04:18:56.574+08:002009-05-27T04:18:56.574+08:00Hello Malik Imtiaz.
Keep going and keep on fighti...Hello Malik Imtiaz.<br /><br />Keep going and keep on fighting to uphold Law and Justice in your own good way, which by the way, is the right way from my, for whatever it is worth, point of view.<br /><br />It is highly regrettable that the legal profession in general has allowed itself and the Judiciary, and the Law and Justice they both stand to represent, to be attacked and compromised in such an asinine way, and very regrettably, from within the ranks of its own profession and bench.<br /><br />So, people like you are now very important in that long haul fight back to good professional health, credibility and full recovery of public confidence in the now clearly perceived to be compromised legal processes, institutions and people within it, who are all, unfortunately, due to the seriousness of the systemic breakdown now obvious, now being tarred with the same badly soiled brush.<br /><br />This general loss of confidence in the legal profession and members of the Judiciary is an inevitable result of serious damage that has been sustained to the Judiciary's and legal profession's professional credibility and reptutations and will therefore, take some reasonable length of time to address and redress.<br /><br />I can't also help saying that I find it somewhat distasteful that you have to suffer cheap and unfair potshot-comments from some visitors here who are clearly, for all intents and purposes, either cretinous retards or just pointless time-wasters who have nothing of any real substance to contribute to your subject-matter threads here other than their useless viperous venom (possibly from underlying jealousy), even more usless degenerate expletives or plain, boring ill-mannered gracelessness.<br /><br />So...good luck, and my hat's off to you in respect, for being prepared to both suffer the cheap attacks of the insufferably vile here as well as for being prepared to fight the many traitorous villains out there to uphold the ideals and principles of Law and Justice that you so obviously believe in. <br /><br />"Imagine Power To The People" John Lennon.anna brellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-79557457821879708792009-05-26T08:32:27.475+08:002009-05-26T08:32:27.475+08:00Saya rasa komen-komen di blog ini harus diterbitka...Saya rasa komen-komen di blog ini harus diterbitkan secara telus dan tanpa sekatan. memandangkan keadaa ini tidak berlaku saya yakin dan percaya majoriti suara mungkin telah dilenyapkan sebab komen-komen yang tidak sejajar dengan saudara Malik tidak dapat kelulusan untuk diterbitkan. <br /><br />Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ........LOL. Saya masih tertawa dengan HARAPAN saudara sjankan.kan kita semua sedia maklum tentang ketelusan blog si loyar buruk lagi bobrok moral ini. Apa yang say boleh simpulkan ialah si Laknatullah ini hanya cenderung memaparkan komen2 yang memihak dan mengangkat dirinya. Yang mempersoal atau mengkritiknya. taubat lahumlah nak muncul kecuali komen seumpama ini yang akan mencerminkan "keburukan" penulisnya. Jadi janganlah bergantung sangat pada manusia bobrok dan bejat moral ini memberi lalauan pada komen yang tidak sehaluan dengannya. Cuma seperti jua makhluk jantan tak berzakar, dia hanya boleh mendabik dada :"freedom of expression...blah blahblahblahblahblah.......blah lagi. kahkahkahkahkahkahkahkahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-53087034768943360232009-05-25T09:16:52.314+08:002009-05-25T09:16:52.314+08:00Apa yang berlaku di Perak adalah bagi kebanyakan o...Apa yang berlaku di Perak adalah bagi kebanyakan orang soal sistem, terutamanya sistem kehakiman.<br /><br />Sebelum saya komen lanjut saya nak merujuk keputusan mahkamah tinggi , yang Nizar menteri besar yang sah, Keputusan itu juga mengambarkan kebodohan Pakatan Rakyat. Mereka overreact dan berterima kasih dan seolah-olah meraikan termasuk panglima seperti Anwar Ibrahim dan Lim Kit Siang, padahal mereka lebih arif terdapat mahkamah rayuan dan persekutuan.<br /><br />Kekadang kalau difikir balik , apalah yang Pakatan Rakyat nak ubah sedangkan mereka sendiri dalam kejahilan. <br /><br />Permainan politik UMNO@BN ini memang licik, pada satu peringkat mereka kalah , jadi bila keputusan mahkamah rayuan memihak BN, pakatan tidak boleh bising sebab hujahnya kalau keputusan memihak mereka adil, kalau tak kata mahkamah tak telus dan sebagainya dan BN berjaya . Ramai yang mengangap hakim mahkamah tinggi sebagai seorang Hero, pastikah dia tidak terlibat dalam komplot ini? <br /><br />Kalau nak dilontarkan pandangan Pakatan Rakyat harus menerima keputusan mahkamah rayaun dan biarkan je zambry memerintah , dan ahli pakatan tidak perlu hadir sebarang persidangan sebab Sulta tahu apa yang terbaik untuk rakyat. Dan dalam Pilihanraya Umum ke 13 kita tak payah bertanding dan minta sultan menamakan calon jadi dia akan mewakili. lagi adil dan barang siapa yang tak terima calon sultan akan dianggap DURHAKA.<br /><br />Saya juga terharu dengan saudara malim dengan perjuangan hak asasi walaupun secara praktis dia saudara sendiri menjustifikasi tindakan saudara adalah patut. Saya rasa komen-komen di blog ini harus diterbitkan secara telus dan tanpa sekatan. memandangkan keadaa ini tidak berlaku saya yakin dan percaya majoriti suara mungkin telah dilenyapkan sebab komen-komen yang tidak sejajar dengan saudara Malik tidak dapat kelulusan untuk diterbitkan. <br /><br />www.sjankan.blogspot.comsjankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492959123387617441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-16410892386420068592009-05-23T17:43:02.766+08:002009-05-23T17:43:02.766+08:00Rakyat very happy with the outcome of the decision...Rakyat very happy with the outcome of the decision , very independent court...ChengHohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921277183237874214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-89134729523944576252009-05-19T01:01:00.000+08:002009-05-19T01:01:00.000+08:00Hm, anon 4:57 lupa taruk nama dia: warrior231. wak...Hm, anon 4:57 lupa taruk nama dia: warrior231. wakakaka...!<br /><br />Lupa pun taruk website dia: http://syamil-revert.blogspot.com<br /><br />wakakaka...!Todaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-75110120028202940272009-05-14T19:16:00.000+08:002009-05-14T19:16:00.000+08:00Malik, thank you for replying -
I agree that pub...Malik, thank you for replying - <br /><br />I agree that public confidence is low but that simply goes back to the focus on bad news.<br /><br />I believe that the tendency to generalise that the bench is bad will result in total loss of respect and confidence in the law adn that will serve no one's interest.<br /><br />what I am saying is do not attack the institution, attack the persons <br /><br />attacking the institution is both dangerous and counter productiveIES Agencieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841235714936858903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-89479014939781011622009-05-14T12:11:00.000+08:002009-05-14T12:11:00.000+08:00Shamsul,
thanks for the comment on my blog.
I th...Shamsul,<br /><br />thanks for the comment on my blog.<br /><br />I think you make a fair point, that not all judges are bad. I did not intend to convey that nor do I believe it to be so.<br /><br />As I see it, and this has been my point of emphasis, the undeniable truth is that public confidence in the judiciary is very low. I do not say this merely for my believing it to be so, luminaries that include the Sultan of Perak and several ex-Chief Justice as well as retired judges of the superior courts have expressed the viewpoint. The former Prime Minister expressed grave concern as well.<br /><br />I think we have to accept that the state of affairs is acute, so acute that in the hard cases (and the concerns I have expressed center on these cases primarily) no matter which was a decision goes there is more usually than not a great amount of speculation about whether there was some form of influence or interference or whether the judge concerned was conflicted in one way or the other. That is something that must be addressed. I wrote an earlier post on Anwar Ibrahim and the charge of sodomy against him and I expressed regret that even if he was actually guilty, the court of public opinion would have acquitted him. <br /><br />There are good people in the system of justice, I accept that. The trouble is with the institution as a whole and the way in which it has been boxed in over the years.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Malik ImtiazMalik Imtiaz Sarwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06047439912593830984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-70877736266453118782009-05-14T09:30:00.000+08:002009-05-14T09:30:00.000+08:00Confidence is a state of mind, if you do not know ...Confidence is a state of mind, if you do not know that a a plank is hanging 20 storeys above the ground you can probably walk it but the moment you know then your confidence blows with the wind.<br /><br />I am not saying that ignorance ensures confidence in the judiciary but I am suggesting that perhaps the focus on bad news is really putting a bad light on our judges.<br /><br />I say this because, I think , and I do not claim to have any statistics here and neither do those who claim otherwise, that for the most part the judiciary makes good decisions, if the majority of their decisions are bad then we would have actual anarchy and not just on the internet where the majority of participants are apparently Opposition supporters ( what that says about BN supporters I don't know)<br /><br />What I am saying is that we must not be too harsh in criticising the Judiciary lest we hit a tipping point where all respect for authority is lost and we find ourselves facing actual anarchy.<br /><br />Granted that there have been high profile cases which may be questionable, please focus onthose and give the judges a good rogering FOR THOSE CASES ONLY.<br /><br />Do not rubbish the entire judiciary from the newest magistrate to the Chief judge.<br /><br />If you want to attack personalities, I can understand and will even support it but painting everyone on the bench the same colour is like calling You,Malik a complete arsehole because I know a few lawyers who are<br /><br />Not that the legal profession itself has a shining image anywhere in the world pun kan.IES Agencieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841235714936858903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-65875903036138214262009-05-14T00:38:00.000+08:002009-05-14T00:38:00.000+08:00Vagueness is the psychological no man's land betwe...Vagueness is the psychological no man's land between ignorance and knowledge. <br /><br />When the High Court decided that Nizar was the legitimate MB, the impression was given that vagueness has led to knowledge.<br /><br />However, when Zambry obtained the stay of execution pending appeal, vagueness appeared insidiously again and we are <br />presumed to be ignorant of another possibly deeper legal enlightenment in the future.<br /><br />This legal entanglement and it's possible final outcome is surrealistic to the Nth degree.<br /><br />Is the ultimate reality of the governance of Perak democratic or legalistic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-78912997420967974112009-05-13T11:51:00.000+08:002009-05-13T11:51:00.000+08:00I want your opinion on this:
The stay of executio...I want your opinion on this:<br /><br />The stay of execution on Nizar was argued necessary to prevent Nizar from disolving the state assembly.<br /><br />Since when is holding fresh election inherently wrong and deprives BN Perak of their rights? Since when is TRUE DEMOCRACY assumed to be wrong legally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-73919341489796497752009-05-13T09:49:00.000+08:002009-05-13T09:49:00.000+08:00Art Harun wrote on the Independence of our Judicia...Art Harun wrote on the Independence of our Judiciary.<br />One idea to do this would be to revert back to the way where we could refer decisions to the Privy Council.<br />http://art-harun.blogspot.com/2009/05/perak-ramblings.html<br /><br />In any case, whatever we learned in Pengajian Am for STPM, doesn't apply to real life then. Where is the check and balance for our system of government?Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-45694521434853650212009-05-13T08:44:00.000+08:002009-05-13T08:44:00.000+08:00Malik, how about the politicians, community leader...Malik, how about the politicians, community leaders and opinion shapers like yourself propose that May 13 becomes a public holiday in Malaysia, called Unity Day, a special day that celebrates all things Malaysian. A day of celebration of Malaysian culture, innovations, talks by Malaysian experts, concerts, movies, exhibitions, food fairs, etc. A day for Malaysians to reaffirm its commitment to 1Malaysia. A day for reflection on the lessons of history so that we can move forward together as one. A day for all Malaysians to mingle, interact and celebrate our unique cultural diversity. It could even become a tourist attraction like Oktoberfest in Germany! I hope that I will live long enough to see Unity Day take place in Malaysia.<br /><br />Happy May 13!<br /><br />P.S. Studies show that racial discrimination is largely caused by lack of education and lack of interaction between people of different racial and cultural backgrounds. Studies show that people with neighbours of a different race and culture are much less likely to be racists.BornMalaysiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-72888694604538235092009-05-12T23:22:00.000+08:002009-05-12T23:22:00.000+08:001. Secondly, a Prime Minister who no longer comman...1. Secondly, a Prime Minister who no longer commands the confidence of the majority has two options. He can ask the YDPA to dissolve parliament and use that to call for fresh elections. The YDPA however has an absolute discretion to withhold consent and as such, could legitimately refuse. This would leave the Prime Minister with no option other than to tender his resignation and that of his Cabinet and pave the way to the appointment of a new Prime Minister, one who in the judgment of the YDPA commands the confidence of the majority.<br /><br />Thirdly, the Federal Constitution does not say how to establish that the Prime Minister has “ceased to command the confidence of the majority”. A vote of no confidence is an obvious method but not necessarily the only one. To read the constitutional provision otherwise would not only be unwarranted (an unnecessary implication of meaning) but would also allow for unconstitutional action, such as the use of the provision to impede the expression of the majority of the Dewan Rakyat. <br /><br />2.it is open to the YDPA to form a view through other means, such as direct meetings with the majority of the Dewan Rakyat, so as to satisfy himself that the incumbent Prime Minister has in fact ceased to command its confidence. Events in Perlis and Trengganu earlier this year are illustrative of this course<br /><br />My comments:<br />In relation to your reply to anon 4.57 whom i agree was rather uncouth, i have excerpted the above portions of your article in September 2008 ( which by the way dovetails with another by Tommy Thomas in the Sun to which Zainur Zakaria had penned a rebuttal)for your kind review and comments.I will divide my queries for ease of discussion: <br /><br />a. Given that you have firmly averred that the Prime Minister has to tender his resignation if dissolution is not granted isnt it strange that Nizar refused to do so despite his assertion that he was requesting for dissolution under another article of the Perak Constitution, his approaching the Sultan suggests otherwise as do press reports of the said period also indicate. <br />Q: How do you square your apparently incompatible position vis-a-vis September 2008 and this circumstance?<br /><br />b.In 2 you further opine that the YDPA has access to other means by which he can establish confidence. If you care to read the full judgement of Harley CJ in Stephen Kalong Ningkan, there were several discrepancies in the petitions 9 the other means) that prevented Harley CJ from using them to validate the dismissal of Ningkan.In other words, Harley was constrained by his own doubts to rely on the said documents to validate Ningkan's dismissal. So he selected the safe option by returning the issue for determination by the assembly.In fact these reservations were clearly impled in the judgement something which was also touched upon by the judge in Amir Kahar's (1994) suit.<br /><br />Secondly your take as in (1) above is not out of sync with that of the Privy Council in overturning the (Adegbenro v. Akintola [1963] 3 WLR 63 verdict wherein it was noted in Harley's judgement that:<br /><br />"The Privy Council took an opposite view and held that there was no limitation as to the material by which lack of confidence should be assessed."<br /><br />and which Harley CJ himself affirmed:<br /><br />........it appears to their Lordships somewhat unreal to try to draw a firm dividing line between votes and other demonstrations where the issue of 'support' is concerned."<br /><br />Care to explain how HRH Azlan Shah's meetings with the relevant parties as photographed and published in press reports were not similar to the "direct meetings" you propunded in (2) above. <br /><br />Appendix:The main deduction that can be infereed from Stephen was that the failure to appeal that decision has ironically landed us in a legal cul-de-sac where the only valid way to assess confidence has been left immutably cast in stone so to speak. In fact, latitude should be given in interpretation of constitutional law for it to progress and for it to function as a living organism 9 not a parchment) as what the eminent Indian jurist Nano Palkhivala once observed: <br /><br />"The Constitution is not a structure of fossils like a coral reef. It is a living organism and should be construed as such. Constitutional fundamentalism is far more reprehensible than religious fundamentalism."<br /><br />and further to propel such progress, the role of the relevant personages should not be hamstrung by legalese as in:<br /><br />"The President is not a mere robot or figurehead. As a general rule and in normal times, he is no doubt bound to act in accordance with the advice of the Council of Ministers. But this rule is not so inviolable and inflexible as to oblige him to observe it even when the result would be subverting the clear mandate of the Constitution.The President is the Head of the State and has to make his decision with perspicacity and in a totally non-partisan spirit when a crisis broods over the nation. A crisis IS implicit in the advice to dissolve the Lok sabha within a year of its formation- it is virtually and admission of the failure of the democratic process" <br /><br />source: http://www.cili.in/article/view/1672/1286, <br /> <br />For further food of thought, study the comments excerpted below with regard to the need for latitude and flexibility:<br /><br />i. "No one has suggested in the course of argument that the Governor exercising a power of selection is under any legal restriction as to the persons he may consult or the material to which he may turn in aid of his decision." [1963] AC at 632.<br /><br />ii."the judgment as to the support enjoyed by a Premier is left to the Governor's own assessment and there is no limitation as to the material on which he is to base his judgment or to the contacts to which he may resort for the purpose. There would have been no difficulty at all in so limiting him if it had been intended to do so." [1963] AC at 629.<br /><br />iii......... So if the words are capable of more than one meaning it is a perfectly legitimate intermediate step in construction to choose between potential meanings by various tests<br /> (statutory, objective, anomaly, etc.) which throw light on what the draftsman meant to say." (Stock v Frank Jones (Tipton) Ltd [1978] 1 WLR 231, 236, HL)<br /><br />And regarding the ossification of constitutional processes, these two comments would be illuminating for starters:<br /><br />iv."To such an organic statute (the British North America Act 1867, the Canadian Constitution) the flexible interpretation must be given which changing circumstances require...." Attorney General for Ontario v Attorney General for Canada [1947] AC 127, 154, PC.<br /><br />v."The words used (in a Constitution) are necessarily general and their full import and true meaning can often only be appreciated when considered, as the years go on, in relation to the vicissitudes of fact which from time to time emerge. It is not that the meaning of the words changes, but the changing circumstances illustrate and illuminate the full import of that meaning." James v Commonwealth (1936) 55 CLR 1, 43, PC.<br /><br />Although a simple fisherman, I would be grateful if you would deign to address the issues and contest my asssertion that today's verdict is a retrogressive step especially after Amir Kahar(1994) had heralded a more progressive and expansive interpretation of the relevant provisions.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />P/S: by the way, congratulations on your award......<br /><br />Peter the FishermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-41749705371453177252009-05-12T20:20:00.000+08:002009-05-12T20:20:00.000+08:00"As has been the case when other seemingly “courag..."As has been the case when other seemingly “courageous” or “independent” judgments were handed down by the courts had led to such expressions of encouragement, there were those who made the point that the judiciary was praised only when it gave decisions against UMNO or the Barisan, and the governments they constitute. They ask why it is the courts are “kangaroo courts” when they decide in favour of the Barisan but not when they hand down judgments against it."<br /><br />You are right. What has the courts done consistently to give us the confidence to trust the judges? In fact I see so many defective decisions that it would seem surprising for a good decision to be handed down, as in this case for Nizar.<br /><br />The police, MACC and all the other government agencies similarly become tools of BN and not the government of the day.bayihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413164906253126642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-87309588838865601252009-05-12T20:07:00.000+08:002009-05-12T20:07:00.000+08:00High Court declaration: ” It is a universal fact t...High Court declaration: ” It is a universal fact that the earth revolves round the sun”.<br />“The constitution of the earth says the sun cannot revolve round the earth.”<br /><br />Court of Appeal (single judge): ” The High Court declaration that the earth revolves round the sun not vice verse is hereby stayed with immediate effect.”<br /><br />So does this mean the earth must immediately stop its obit and the sun begins its movement round the earth.<br /><br />But that’s what the fu**ing Appeal judge is saying.<br /><br />(DAP man)Dap mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-5967883091814458982009-05-12T19:38:00.000+08:002009-05-12T19:38:00.000+08:00MAY WE HAVE OUR SAY TODAY?
"Come what come may
Ti...MAY WE HAVE OUR SAY TODAY?<br /><br />"Come what come may<br />Time and the hour runs through the roughest day"<br />But when will people on the street have their say<br />To make the final decision as to 'Yes' or 'Nay'!<br /><br />(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng - 120509<br />http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com<br />Tue. 12th May 2009.Samuel Goh Kim Enghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928953594234807753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-55585357976863069332009-05-12T19:25:00.000+08:002009-05-12T19:25:00.000+08:00I believe things will rot so badly in Malaysia tha...I believe things will rot so badly in Malaysia that there is no choice but for us to rewrite our Malaysia constitution.<br /><br />The future of the rulers lie in their own hands..Born2Reignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611742348045370620noreply@blogger.com