What is to done? Let me story you ( biar saya cerita pada you) Contrarian essays no 18.

1. I won't talk about defending the lofty ideals of independence of the judiciary and defending the ideal of judicial appointments. Others more qualified than I, can talk about that .

2. I refuse to weaponise the present judicial uproar to hit at the mamak padukang who on every Friday will be in a well dhobi prayers attire.

3. There are ample grounds with which to wallop Anvar Ebraheem. Breaking the faith of people believing him as a change agent, the many promises not kept, the betrayal of reformasi and so on .

4. The judiciary as an institution isn't worth over defending and protected. It's not the sacred cow as we think it is .

5. Corruption is rampant and the cancer is also ravaging it.

6. I hear the lawyers through their brown shirted organization will do a walk for the judiciary.

7. I'd rather participate in a walk for a corruption free judiciary, or walk for the affirmation of the rule of law and supremacy of the law, or lawyers against house arrest and the like.

8. But as usual, these lawyers who think highly of themselves, will organize a walk in support of some hazy cause and expect the people to support them! Up yours!

9. It will be a circus. After the walk, some will adjourn to the Selangor club and other watering holes , drink copious amounts of beer and engage in table thumping debates.

10. Others will adjourn to some cafes, sipped latte and also engage in animated debates. A lawyers job is done isn't it?

11. That's the conduct of the cafe latte socialists, the Hampstead liberals, the LV and Limousine liberals, the smoked salmon and gauge caviar leftists, the Gucci communists and the Birkin bitches.

12. We don't like the changing of the guards. Since it does not follow a set of rules which WE think it ought to follow it must be wrong. Itu maciam?

13. Type B justice and grade C egg standard judges replace type A justice and grade A egg standard judges, we don't like it. Can that transition be called a judicial crisis?

14. If we don't like it, move a motion of no confidence against Anwar Ibrahim or punish him accordingly in the 16th GE.

15. Its a lot safer for me to stick to the politics of the issue.

16. I have told that PKR can do 2 things. Sack the renegade 9 or does nothing but eat humble pie .

17. What the renegade 9 did amounted to gross insubordination and actually is a revolt.

18. The only option opened to PKR,if it has honour, self pride and amour propre, is to sack the renegade 9 .

19. As it turns out, PKR chose to swallow it's pride and does nothing except strenuously and unconvincingly say, it accepts the conduct of the renegade 9 with an open heart

20. How artificial and farcical this response is. If that conduct was carried out by a stray member, that person would unhesitatingly be kicked out of PKR. This was done by Rafizi and gang, all MPs. So it must be treated gingerly .

21. PKRs reaction confirms me that it is a pondan party. No self respect, no honour and no amour propre.

22. It can only u ashamedly say , we accept with an open heart. We are a party that celebrates difference of opinions. FU la.

23. It's like the victim saying to the rapist. Do whatever you want, but do it gently - I am still a virgin. See, I open up my legs. You will get abused anyway and will be repeatedly.

24. Please forgive that macabre analogy. Please ladies and gentlemen.

25. You will notice a number of things wrong with PKRs response .

26. PKRs response was made by a member of its politburo. By the thuggish and fart faced home minister.

27. Not by any of the VPs or by the newly minted DP.

28. Two things can be read from there. First, Rafizis criticisms are treated as trivial . That being so, Rafizi can respond with more toxic criticisms.

29. Let's see how open hearted and magnanimous PKR is .

30. 2ndly, Saifuddin is so thicky, he doesn't realize he's an expendable material.

31. If anything goes wrong with his response, he will be blamed for it..what if now the component parties of the unity government come out with their criticisms?

32. Would PKR still be open hearted and remains a party that celebrates difference in opinions? Tiu kaw!

33. Eventually and ultimately, PKR would have to sack the renegade 9. It has to do this to show it's a party that has discipline, self respect and amour propre.

34. And Rafizi and gang will not be rushing to join the reactionary parties like UMNO, pas or bersatu. Rafizi once shook hands with me but refused to do so with azmin following that, giving the excuse his hands are dirty. But he just shook hands with me.

35. Rafizi and gang will remain as independent MPs. He won't be curtailed in any way in his criticisms.

36. In the meantime, it would be prudent for Rafizi to ask his friends who are already members of any political party to form a new political party.

37. To get ready a vehicle to participate in the 16th GE.

38. PKR would have to send someone to pacify and persuade Rafizi. Who can it send?

39. It cannot send Kak Wan who will be regarded as guilty by association. Nor can send the new PKR leadership which will be regarded as too antagonistic.

40. PKR cannot send DAP people whom Rafizi does not trust. He has said so previously.

41. It can only send AMANAH people. Not bang mat whom Rafizi regards as a buffoon and a court jester .

42. The only 2 people whom Rafizi respects are possibly Dr dzulkefli and Khalid samad.

43. That's why I say the array of choices available to Rafizi are so numerous that they eclipse the intrigues of a Cao Cao and the brilliance of a Zhuge Liang.

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What is to done? Contrarian essays no 17

1. In my previous article, I said I am willing to accept a judicial Phillips curve.

2. That is, type B justice replaces type A justice. Provided type B justice is put to many good use .

3. Such as overruling Najib's pardon. Because the composition of the pardons board does not reflect the 3 branches of government. We cannot allow a pardons board to usurp parliament. Najib does not deserved a pardon.

4. Such as filing fresh suits on those who got DNAA.

5. Such as bringing a finality on the blasted addendum issue.

6. Such as ruling that no house arrest is available for criminal cases. Didn't wak Zahid once said, it's not provided for in the constitution?

7. Such as applying the law on all crooks- UMNO as well as PKR lanuns

8. Suçh as reopening cases like that of Reza Aziz and other dubious cases.

9. Such as making a law that says corruption cases must be wrapped up within 3 years. We don't want a situation described by Keynes ' in the long run, we are all dead'.

10. The federal court must direct the government to build a new detention center for convicted corrupts.

11. Please Nana Non, choose me as contractor. No tenders. 12. If these can be achieved under type B justice, the pragmatist in me am willing to accept the judicial Phillips curve.

13. These shock the system measures may even overwhelm the Yusof rawther case. People may forget the neck licking good case .

14. But comrade Rafizi has widened the issue somewhat wanting us to be concerned with something of a universal principle in nature.

15. He wants a RCI on the appointment of the CJ and other judicial appointments.

16. He fears that some unscrupulous persons will arrange for the appointment of a more compromisable CJ and other judges.

17. But the thing with RCI, working paper or white paper is that they won't achieve anything.

18. It will occupy valuable space on my bookshelves and make for interesting bed time reading.

19. Unless it's an inquiry done by a reputable judge like what lord Denning did in the profumo case.sometime ago.

20. Talking about some jokers messing with judicial appointments, that's correct, correct what you hear, maybe this is something new to comrade Rafizi.

21. A lawyer told me that some lawyers pasang their kakis to negotiate and kautim judges. Or they do it themselves.

22. I think sometime ago I wrote about a friend, an ex mb for that matter , sending me data showing that the incidence of corruption is highest among the judiciary.

23. Maybe a RCI should also include an inquiry of corruption in the judiciary.

24. In addition to a RCI, bring the battle one step further.

25. Why don't Rafizi himself move a motion of no confidence against the PM? That would be humongously shocking! 26. That would certainly entail Rafizi being sacked from PKR. That is definitely neck licking good.Which brings me to the next issue.

27. Given the much ballyhooed PC by Rafizi, what would PKR do to the renegade 9?

28. It's a question once asked by Lenin - what is to be done?

29. The only option opened to the PKR SUA, is to issue a show cause letter leading to eventual sacking of the renegade 9.

30. This is necessary to show that PKR has got self respect, amour propre and has got discipline.

31. Not a political party consisting of the riffraff and bottom feeders.

32. That option has got problems. The SUA can't just kowtow to the demands of the riffraff.

33. If PKR sacks the renegade 9, it would be left only with 22 MPs. Smaller in number than blasted UMNO.

34. UMNO will become more bellicose and petulant. Akmal will be in a state of perpetual non compos mentis. 35. If PKR doesn't sack the renegade 9, it will be in constant upheaval.

36. The choices available to Rafizi are so numerous that they overshadow the intrigues of a Cao Cao and the brilliance of a Zhuge Liang.

37. Read the romance of the three kingdoms or watch the tv series .

38. PKR sacks the renegade 9. They become independent MPs. Who will they join?

39. I will discuss the possibilities in the next chapter of this story.

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The judicial storm in the political tea cup. Contrarian essays no 16

1. Some conscientious persons have expressed displeasure at seeing the CJ and other senior federal court judges not being given the customary extension of service.

2. Let me look at it from a different angle.

3. In principle, I detest people upon reaching mandatory retirement age, being given contracts to continue their services for a definite period .

4. Especially senior government servants. Given contract of service then given a permanent retirement in selected plush jobs.

5. Why? Are they indispensable? Of which none are.

6. Are others not capable of doing the jobs of the retired people?

7. In principle, those retiring shouldn't be given extension because that prevents others as talented of more talented from rising up.

8. If we don't like that privilege being given to senior civil servants, why should we accord exception to federal court judges?

9. It's not as if they are terminated. They have reached mandatory retirement age.

10. Many of us have indeed been chagrined at the CJ being treated that way. Not being given extension of service. And rightly so.

11. Tun Tengku Maimon has brought dignity, respect and prestige for Malaysian judiciary. She has brought dispensing of justice without fear or favour to another level.

12. Her determination and resolve at dispensing justice that way is not always universally followed. Confirming what I say that some judges and magistrates are of grade C egg material.

13. Because some judgements emanating from lower courts have bewildered us lay people.

14. But by and large, the dispensing of justice under her stewardship and supported by equally principled justices was examplary.

15. By refusing to extend the services of the CJ and other senior justices, the government or rather the PM removes a forum of livelier, robust and heterogeneous version of Justice. That version may not be agreeable or favorable to the PM. Let's call this type A Justice.

16. In it's place, the government installs a team of justices that will provide a forum where a more regimented , homogeneous and favorable ruling to the pm results. Let's call this type B justice.

17. Type B justice replaces type A justice. Or if you prefer grade C egg judges replace grade A egg judges.

18. The government through its serpentine maneuverings can put lah characters like teriruddin lah, apoo lah,ah ngow lah etc, all political toadies.

19. It's unfortunate that tengku Maimon and a few of her brother justices fall prey to this political maneuvering. Sad but thats how the cookie crumbles.

20. That, is necessary to prepare the judicial ground ready and favorable for Anwar to stave off unwanted judicial challenges.

21. One, in particular involving something delicious that is neck licking good! Move over KFC.

22. I wouldn't be surprised that on the new sun tzu judicial terrain, the Yusof rather case will miraculously disappear or dismissed on some umeritorious grounds.

23. We may not like it but that's political reality. Whether we like it, don't like it, we have to accept it .

24. So, its political expediency that is responsible for the present judicial storm. One that is not restrained by lofty ideas of Justice.

25. This political maneuvering,rather than making it difficult and complicates the administration of Justice, makes it easy and smoother.

26. So, the worry of some people that our judiciary will be in difficulty is not so cogent an argument.

27. The administration of Justice will be easier and smoother with a pliant judiciary and the rulings and judgments therefrom will be desirable.

28. It's not nice but politics is destiny.

29. The condiments to the menu are complete now. Anwar has a pliant AGC and a pliant judiciary.

30. Both necessary preconditions for Anwar to get desired judicial rulings.

31. Never has so much damage, done in so short a time by Anvar Ebraheem.

32. If some people like mr loh pee jee feels strongly about this judicial issue and about many other issues that are wrong with the government of Nana Non, perhaps he should sponsor the idea of forming another political party .

33. That would give people another choice alongside the normal Tupperware parties 34. But there is a silver lining on the softened judicial terrain of a pliant judiciary.

35. It's what I called a judicial 'Phillips curve '. Phillips curve is an economics concept. If you don't know about it, research about it.

36. In this instance, it involves a trade off between types A and B justice. 37. Type B justice rises as type A justice goes down .

38. The question then, what is Nana Non prepared to do under type B judiciary?

39. Well, he can leverage on type B judiciary and go after the UMNO crooks in particular and other crooks in general including those hiding behind the walls of PKR.

40. If he stalls, gives 1001excuses, vacillates and so forth, then the outcome outcome of the 16th GE is the just answer.

41. That is a trade off I am willing to accept given the emasculation of the judiciary.

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The Reformasist, the Revisionist and the Reactionary. Part 2. Contrarian essays no 15

1. I think it was in an interview with Charlie Rose, the great lee kuan yew said 2 things determine the political longevity of the leader .

2. It depends on whether the people have faith in you and whether you keep the promises you made .

3. To the 2 factors I would add 2 more. The team to carry out your agenda remains whole. And the bind that ties your political allies remain strong .

4. I would assess the performance of Anwar Ibrahim a long these lines.

5. As to his morals I am not equipped to it. Others who think themselves as moral paragons can do that .

6. In one parliamentary session, tengku Abdul Rahman said. 'let those who have not sinned, cast the first stone. '

7. No one stood up except Mr opposition, tan chee koon. I, am no tan chee koon.

8. In my mind, Anwars ability to keep faith in the people has taken a beating.

9. He is no longer seen as the shrieking change agent, the man who is supposed to change the ways of the status quo.

10. Perhaps that exuberance is constrained actually by his UMNO DNA.

11. His father was an UMNO MP and his mother , a wanita UMNO.

12. He had a bourgeois upbringing. He rebelled as far as permitted and allowed by UMNO.

13. He really was just a smoked salmon socialist and a limousine liberal.

14. A gauche caviar or a Gucci communist. Somebody who champions the downtrodden, but enjoys the lifestyle of the upper and privileged class. Just an act

15. In his younger days, his rebellious 'excursions' were given religious sanctions , by abim a religious organization peopled by middle class young people with religious consciousness amidst crass worldly pursuits

16. Today,the PKR people must work tirelessly and in earnest to turn the one time bourgeois excursions into real passion .

17. Otherwise, PKR and Anwar are seen as fake act. Not only PKR retains the status quo and business as usual ways, PKR people become the people they initially despised and loathed .

18. I have mentioned many times what Frantz fanon warned us. The oppressed becomes the oppressor.

19. The PKR people are impatient to become the novue rich, business grabbers, rentier and rent seekers, abusers of positions, downright corrupt operators .

20. The captives become the captors, the slaves become the masters, the disposed becomes the aquisitor.

21. It's a vulgarised political Stockholm syndrome. The kidnapped develop sympathy for the kidnappers. The PKR people secretly want to become UMNO crooks .

22. As for Anwar, instead of becoming the itenerant reformist in the sense of dismantling the old ways one after another, he has become an apologist for them.

23. He has given 1001 reasons to give the tortoise treatment to reformasi. Perhaps he's waiting for the stars to align in a particular way or for the feng hsui master to give the greenlight.

24. We will be discussing anwars vacillations under several headings. Economics, politics , judiciary and the pathetic eradication of corruption. That will be discussed in the next part of my article.

25. I won't pull any punches in criticizing Anwar. Like I said , I don't want Anwar to be a one trick pony.

26. The PKR people better not take the need to keep Anwar within the guard rails of reformasi, lightly.

27. If Anwar falls, many of you will bite the dust. Some of you will even go to prison. Please be mindful of that.

28. I will continue to be a devil's advocate to point out PKR's and Anwar of the errors of their ways. I am not a PKR member and am not a threat to anyone in PKR. Nor can I be expelled for being a bitch. Unlike a Mr Loh Pee Jee.

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Dancing with the addendum. Part 2. Contrarian essays no 14

1. Now, let's look at the issue whether the kings privilege to pardon is personal to holder or job related.

2. Since the pardons board performs a function sanctioned by parliament, it does a job.

3. If follows therefore, when the king presided with the pardons board to hear the application of clemency in the case of one Najib Razak, he's doing a job .

4. It is therefore clear that his capacity to pardon in this case is job specific.

5. His capacity to pardon is personal to holder in celebratory, commemorative and like occasions such as his birthday, jubilee this or that .

6. The 'job' in the pardons board is deemed completed at the close of the business session when there was nothing under the heading ' lain2 hal' was settled.

7. When the minutes of the pardons board meeting came out subsequently and the minutes was shown by Saifuddin, it made no mention of an addendum.

8. That means the purported addendum came later than even the minutes.

9. It is therefore a distinct document in time and was not issued at the same time at the pardons board meeting.

10. Being of distinct nature and a separate document if it ever existed at all, it cannot be treated as having the same legal stature as a document prepared simultaneously as a pardons board document proper.

11. A subsidiary paper cannot have the same stature as a principal document .

12. Hence, when the applicant to review the 'addendum' goes to the CA salivating at the prospects of victory, he faces some insurmountable obstacles.

13. First to have to prove the existence of an addendum. This is not easy peasy.

14. The minutes showed by Saifuddin showed no ' addendum ' existed.

15. You can't force the government to produce an ' addendum ' which was shown by the minutes did not exist.

16. At the moment, the people who insisted and asserted that an addendum does exist are the najibers and UMNO people. It's an assertion without proof.

17. An assertion without proof can also be dismissed without proof and reason .

18. As a sign of desperation and clutching at any straw, the najibers and the UMNO people as well as those on the lunatic fringe, say the addendum disappear because unknown people hid it .

19. That's speculation and any court for that matter will not countenance and embellish a speculation .

20. The next hurdle the appellant faces is to establish the legal stature of the addendum. Since it must be written after the minutes, if one does exist, it's a distinct and separate document . It must be written on the agungs office stationery, not on the pardons board's.

21. It is thefore an ' inferior ' document than one that is written contemporaneously as a pardons board document .

22. What about the letter from the sultan of pahangs office? Which the najibers, UMNO and other people alleged to confirm the existence of an addendum?

23. Not so fast friends. The letter was written on the sultans of pahangs office and written on the office stationery.

24. It's probably signed by the chamberlain. It therefore legally inferior than the document on the pardons board stationery and also legally inferior that the purported addendum signed on the agungs office letterhead. We must first establish the stature of the letter

25. The appellant would now realize that the addendum issue is not a binary case or an open and shut case .

26. We have tolerated the appellants legal filibustering ways by our indulgence of the over hyped concept of due process, we must now accept the courts also follow due process.

27. It may take years for the addendum issue to be settled. You know la, due process of the law in this country, is the way of the antelope and the elephant

28. You remember the story? An elephant is running with the hunted antelopes. An entelope asks the elephant. Why are u running with us? You are an elephant. Yes, says the elephant. But at the rate they are dispensing justice, it may take them 20 years to confirm I am an elephant .

29. Based on the reasons and other reasons not able to be mustered by me, the addendum issue will be dismissed by the CA.

30 . When this happens, the appellant will appeal to the federal court. Another round of his legal filibuster. Sheesh!

31. This article was written before the FC rejected Najibs application to direct lower court to hear again the addendum issue. I thought the addendum issue is given the tortoise treatment. That it will heard in mid or late July. Najibs lawyer may have submitted this application with a certificate of urgency ( Najibs time).

32. It begs the political question,why is Najibs side so anxious to prevent the AGC from disputing their precious addendum?

33. Could it be their own version of the addendum is so weak , that even grade C egg standard AGC people can dispute and defeat it?

34. To the layman, it means Najib does not deserve house arrest. Full stop

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Reformasists, Revisionists and the reactionary. Part 1 . Contrarian essays no 13

1. One year into the tenure of Anwar Ibrahim, a friend of my brother asked him to ask me, whether Anwar will still be PM come the next GE.

2. Without hesitation, I said yes. Pak Sheikh as he is known to many, showed a lot of promise .

3. The majority of us had faith in him as the change agent. Undo the doing of government business, doing business the usual way. We had faith in him to carry out what Machiavelli said, ' I am not interested in preserving the status quo, but in overthrowing it. Isn't that reform-ising the old ways?

4. He made many promises that were pleasing to our ears. Reduction of electricity tariffs, reduced cost of living, cheaper oil, weeding out corruption and so on.

5. He had a determined team to carry out his reformasi agenda.

6. He was able to bind the OG( the original gang, not gangster) to his cause- DAP and AMANAH) . When he formed a government, others from Sarawak and Sabah joined him. Even the forever opportunistic UMNO for relevancy issue and for self preservation reasons, joined him .

7. Yes, for these reasons, I had no hesitation then, to say Anwar will continue to be PM after the next GE.

8. Now, I find it increasingly difficult to defend him. I have to eat humble pie not to see power has an edifying effect on PM's political longevity. The person asking my brother that question, has some doubts about Anwar's staying power- political that is.

9. Still, I refuse to believe and don't want Anwar to be a one trick sensation.

10. That's why I am disappointed, especially after the exit of Rafizi and gang in PKR's leadership, Anwar is surrounded by lackeys, pliant people, yes men, apple polishers and the like to downright reactionaries .

11. There will be no one bold enough to remind Anwar to remain steadfast to reformasi ideals. Not the thuggish home minister, not the powdered pompadour communications minister, the uncle tom-ming characters and never the singing female canaries. Nurulizzah does not feature in at all.

12. Let's place these characters in the context of reformasists( I prefer this term than reformists) revisionists and reactionaries. See how they fare.

13. The reformasists are those who are determined and single minded wanting radical changes in the business of government. The difference between them and revolutionists is the way of achieving them. Reformists seek change through the ballot box while revolutionists seek change by violence and bloodshed.

14. Reformasists seek power through ballot box while to revolutionists, power is through the barrel of the gun .

15. Revisionists started out as reformasists but for the edifying and corrosive effects of savouring power, they start to balk and vacillate.

16. They start giving 1001 reasons to delay reformasi. That it needs time and must be done step by step or dare I say, in and out. Although the in and out motion , to me refer to some other pleasurable pursuits!

17. They achieved this stalling of reformasi by verbal semantics or verbal gymnastics.

18. You know how some people can convince you that he's holding a pomelo instead of prickly durian. Birds flying up high can come eat from their hands. Or through their verbal artistry stimulate giggling girls into getting orgasm. Wow!

19. The reactionary is the worse of the lot. They actually don't want to overthrow the business as usual ways but amplify them in better ways.

20. They just want to make hay while the sun shines. They want to sakau as much as long as they are in power. But remember, the sun indeed does rise, but it also sets .

21. Now I think I know why an inquisitive and a perennial busybody person like Rafizi and gang must be out of PKR's leadership.

22. This is to prevent people like Rafizi throwing a spanner in the works to wasteful and imbecilic ideas like kota MADANI .

23. The ' this is your ATM minister has moved from the FT ministry to kota MADANI. Yaay!

24. I thought only Mahathir had his erections in the form of the PETRONAS twin towers, Anwar has many in the form of phallic shaped buildings in kota MADANI.

25. I hope I am not the only person who don't want to see pak shekh as a one trick pony.

26. PKR people not concerned about the leadership of Anwar Ibrahim are digging their own graves.

27 . This is part 1 of my article on this. From generalities, I will discuss specifics. See you.

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Dancing with the addendum. Part 1. Contrarian essays no 12.

1. As a loyal citizen like all of you, the agungs decree is my command. I am talking about the pardon of our cause celebre, involving red lips Najib.

2. The pardoning is the cause celebre. It has caused much polarisation.

3. As a loyal citizen, I obey the decree. But it doesn't mean I agree to it. You can say I am obey under protest.

4. Here are my arguments. You are at liberty to disagree. It's no skin off my nose.

5. I think, the composition of the pardons board is unconstitutional.

6. The king sat with the FT minister and a few other luminaries. That was hardly representative of the 3 branches of government -the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. Let's call this, pardons board 'A'.

7. Ideally, the king should have sat with the executive, certain number of the legislature and certain number of the federal court judges. Then the King would have been sitting with all the 3 branches of government. Let's call this pardons board 'B'.

8. Pardons board B if far more superior than pardons board A. Pardons board B is more constitutional than pardons board A.

9. Since pardons board A is less constitutional than pardons board B, its findings especially on convicted Najib is inferior.

10. Which to means the discounts given to Najib ( the jail sentence and fine) is justiciable.

11. It can be overturned by the federal court. 12. Pardons board A the is in fact usurping the role of parliament as the legislature. We cannot allow pardons board A to rival the legislature and the executive.

13. The findings of pardons board A are erroneous.

14. The King should have recused himself as it were from presiding the pardons board, A or B.

15. The King, who is also the sultan of pahang, knows Najib very well. 16. Najib is in fact the 11th orang besar berempat of the pahang royal court.

17. The king should have assigned his deputy to sit with pardons board A. This is to dispell any suspicion of biasness .

18. Hoi, if the criteria to recuse oneself, is because the chair knows the appellant, then no one is qualifed to substitute the king.

19. All the kings know Najib. He is the ex pm. And looting 42m is not exactly stealing kacang putih, whom no one does know of.

20. Yes, all the other kings know him but not as close as the agung who is the sultan of pahang. His relationship with Najib is special.

21. These are my reasons why I don't agree with the pardon. I think pardons board A is unconstitutional. It's findings can be overturned by the federal court.

22. Pardons board A has usurped the power of parliament.

23. There is a real possibility of biasness. 24. Well, those are the reasons why I disagree with the pardon. But as a loyal subject, the kings decree is my command.

25. Finally, let me say something on the damn pardon issue. Why are we tripping over one another to exonerate Najib in any way we can?

26. We must not allow crooks who looted this country to get away scott free. Or to see the punishment given to them be watered down by some unconscionable constructs.

27. It's grossly unfair that some people, highborn, should be given privileged treatment while ordinary people received unjust justice.

28. It wouldn't surprise me, if the applicant's name for a pardon were a Mr pOH Kee mak, the pardons board wouldn't bat an eyelid and has his application dustbinned. And he wouldn't even smell the over hyped term 'due process '.

29. Yes , I am a Malay but I won't shy away from talking about latent Malay racism. And of course I will speak the same about Chinese or indian latent racism. 30. If some people, highborn and bourgeois get to abuse and even mock the law by some shyster argument, then we are sending the wrong message.

31. Which is that some people embellished with some some prerogatives can abuse the law with impunity and if found guilty can expect to be pardoned

32. In contrast, we should be telling all , especially the younger generation to always hold high the principles of the rule of law and supremacy of the law.

33. We must never forget the reminder, ' be ye ever so high, the law is above you '.

34. In the 2nd part of my article, I will give some views on the much ballyhooed addendum issue. Get your popcorn ready.

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