Haris Ibrahim of People's Parliament launched a petition to the Agung to not sanction the appointment of Tan Sri Zaki as successor to the current Chief Justice, come October. Here is some background to this petition:
In October, 2007 5,036 anak-anak Bangsa Malaysia petitioned His Majesty, appealing that Fairuz’s term as Chief Justice not be extended, as was then sought by the Prime Minister. My sources tell me that His Majesty did take note of the concerns voiced by those 5,036 individuals.
That petition was launched before the BERSIH and HINDRAF rally took place; before Makkal Sakhti took hold of the imagination of the rakyat.
Given the heightened spirit of “people power” amongst the rakyat, it would be good if this petition could garner a significant increase in the number in support compared to the previous.
According to news reports, the position of Chief Justice falls vacant on 18th October, 2008.
I would like to get the petition to His Majesty by the 15th of September.
What's with this fellow that many don't want him to be the Chief Justice? Before we go into this lets say that I have been reliably informed that the Cabinet shot down Zaid Ibrahim's Judicial Reform efforts. Now why would these fat cats be against something that is good and necessary for good, transparent government. No prize for guessing!
Some tit-bits about the Chief Justice-in-waiting-along-the-corridors of power:
1.Tan Sri Dato’ Zaki is the most junior judge amongst all judges of the High
Courts, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court;
2.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki is the most junior amongst the 8 Federal Court judges,
and his selection as President of the Court of Appeal would most unfairly
have raised questions about the competence of the other 7 very much more
senior judges of the Federal Court ;
3.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki has been very intimately involved in UMNO, having at
one time held the position of chairman of the party’s election committee,
deputy chairman of its disciplinary board of appeal and party legal
adviser. It is unclear if he is still a card carrying member of UMNO or if
he has ceased to be one, when he ceased to be one;
4.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki has been linked to financial scandals involving UMNO
that were allegedly bailed out by the government;
5.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki has been very intimately involved in the corporate
world as a major shareholder and / or director in several corporate
entities, many of which were known to have business dealings with the
government; and
6.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki had previously been embroiled in a personal scandal that
implicated him in the destruction of documentary evidence, thus laying him
open to questions of his integrity.
Go update yourself on the petition
Take part in the petition in the link below
10 comments:
And we ask this question will DSAI get a fair trial when the chie justice will be an umno scoundrel. COW will join Pigs to sprout WING AND WILL FLY, IT WILL BE FAIR. WHAT A BUNCH OF MORONS UMNO PEOPLE, TAKE US FOR. ps have signed the petition.
where do I sign with my Ic # address phone # ...
I am totally disgusted.
All Muslims let's ask True Ulama to perform sholat hajat to return Malaysia to peace and like the Prophet did to mention names of those we beseech God to intervene.
i have signed
WHAT ! bn is going to WASTE another 100 million on by-election refusing a walkover to dsai !.....
...@#$%^&*&^%$#@...DAMN...DAMN...!
Unc Zorro,
just signed. no. 1604. cheers
Purely on point #6 - destruction of documentary evidence (pertaining to his taking on a 2nd wife, subsquently dumped) - should this person be disqualified as a judge, let alone be on the High Court, Court of Appeal & Federal Court.
In any other democratic country which practices tranparency, this man would not have been any shortlist for appointment.
I have signed.
It now appears to me that the problem began with the concept of "Ketuanan Melayu".
This concept was introduced around the time when Malaysia was working hard to achieve independence from the British.
As we are all aware, the malays were marginalised in the economic sector and perhaps to a large extend the political side as well.
The malay leaders of the time tried to boost the spirit of the malay community by introducing the concept of "Ketuanan Melayu".
So, the malay leaders at that time used the concept "Ketuanan Melayu" as a rallying point not as a tool to oppress or rid the non-malays, but merely as a cry to prevent the malays from drifting towards oblivion in the era of Malaysia as a country.
While the other concepts ranging from ethnic cleansing to white supremacy are meant to dominate and wipe out the other races, "Ketuanan Melayu" is only meant to help the malays to get to equal footing with the non-malays.
Just signed no. 1904, hope it'll make a difference. So disgusted and sick of the corruption/injustice, will it ever end?
I have signed the petition and so has my wife. We have requested our children and also some of our rational friends to look at the petition and to sign it.
'Disgusted' doesn't amply describe my feelings as to the utter disregard for itergrity, transparency and accountablity of the BN government and the modus operandi of these UMNOputra morons who have no shame to prostitute themselves for their selfish and greedy nature.
Hope the petition to the King brings about the desired effect.
Although I am no more a Malaysian since having taken up another country (a truly democratic country I might add) citizenship a long time ago, I can only urge all Malaysians of sound and sensible mind to sign up and play your part in pushing for a truly fair and just democracy for this beautiful land of yours!
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