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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