I was invited to a Press Conference by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and below is the Press Release:
1. Every citizen has a fundamental right to vote. But this right is meaningless if he is not able to exercise it because his name is removed from the electoral roll without his knowledge; or if he is intimidated, or bribed or given all kinds of inducements to influence his choice. In the recent Hulu Selangor by-election, we witness all of the above.
We have witnesses who will come forward with the necessary evidence of blatant bribery starting from the Barisan Nasional (BN) party worker right up to the Prime Minister (PM) himself. The conduct of the Prime Mi9nister is shameless and without precedent. More importantly it is illegal. In these circumstances, we will file an election petition as soon as my legal team is ready to do so. Any voter from Hulu Selangor who wants to volunteer relevant information to any of the PKR, DAP or PAS offices.
2. The conduct of free and fair elections is the constitutional duty of the Election Commission. I maintain that they have violated that duty in the recent by-election. They have allowed intimidation, false information and unfair and illegal electoral practices by the BN machinery without any attempt to stop them. In act, it was obvious to me that the Election Commission was on the side of BN and wanting BN to win. I will therefore institute appropriate legal action against the Election Commission, in hope that future elections will be conducted fairly to reflect the will of the people.
I will also sue Utusan Malaysia for calling me kaki botol. I was never an alcoholic. Whatever I consumed was no more than whatever Mahathir and other UMNO leaders had consumed. The Election Commission should not have allowed for such a malicious and false campaign.
3. Pakatan Rakyat will mobilize a fresh campaign to make free and fair elections a reality in this country. We will never be able to reflect the will of the people and from the next Federal government if BN can conduct the elections as they see fit, as they are doing now. Our Election Commission must conduct elections that conform to international standards. Our country must allow for international observers to attend the Sibu by-election and all other elections in the future. I ask the PM if he is as popular as he claims, then why is he so afraid of a free and fair fight with the Opposition.
4. A Pakatan International Support group will be launched in London in July. This is to garner international support for free and fair elections in Malaysia. Malaysians residing overseas are eligible to be members of this group. They will make representations and provide information to other countries and international organizations on how elections are conducted here and what the ruling party in Malaysia has done to stay in power. By exerting international so we hope this BN government will one day allow for free and fair elections.
Zaid Ibrahim.
28 April 2010
22 comments:
Way to go Zaid!
It was so obvious Hulu Selangor election was the "MOTHER of ALL BUY-ELECTIONS", what a shame!
This PM and his bunch of baboons still had the cheek to deny they were at all using tax-payers' $$$ held in trust by the government to their advantage, to buy votes for BN's political gains!
They think the we the rakyat/electorates are fools.
Denial syndrome..hahahakk
I am worry too about a buy election but that is spilt milk.
I am sure the court will decide that everything in HS is in order, so why waste resources.
By now, I am sure the whole Malaysia is aware the issue here.
It's now time to focus on the next GE. I am sure BN will not be able to BUY everyone!
If everyone that matters can be bought...
Thank you, Zaid, for taking legal action against the EC on behalf of all Malaysian voters. We are sick and tired of seeing Umno creeps contaminate and hijack this very important institution.
Dear Sir,i have trust in you and in the leadership of the party PKR and like me many Indians and other community are having high hope that one day WE WILL RULE THIS COUNTRY MALAYSIA from Putrajaya.Sir,you do not have to proof to us,what when wrong in Hulu Selangor.We know that every supporter or party helper did not expected any reward in return to the sleepless night spent working for you and the party.
We very well know what will happen,when every time there is a By-Election,We know the cat will jump out of the basket on the last day of the campaign.We know the paper with the Agong Head plays a great deal to change the mind of the people.All from to top to the bottom can denial saying we do not practise money polities.......
Sir,there is saying in Tamil....
IF YOU DON'T CHANGE AT 5 YEARS OLD,THEN YOU WILL NOT CHANGE AT 50 YEARS OLD.They are so use to robbing the people and the country's wealth,they can't live with out corruption, giving empty promise,they need to Bribe with goodies and the paper with the Agong's Head to buy votes to win the election.
Sir,this is what i say to people who give Bribe and the people who receive Bribe,THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT ACETATE TO MAKE THERE MOTHER A PROSTITUTE FOR THEIR SELF INTEREST OR FOR THEIR SELF GAIN.THESE ARE THE REAL BASTED OF THIS COMMUNITY.
Sir,till this Country is being lead by such people,we will not have a fare By election or even the General election.
WE GOT TO SAY NO TO THESE LEADERS AND SUCH BASTED.
To me i want the leadership of PKR to hold to promise made and keep to their word to if you want to rule this country Malaysia.
Sir,we are with you and the party PKR.
It is clear to majority decent Malaysians, Zaid has a good case against UMNO-led coalition, practising the most obscene corruption.... buying of votes!
Sadly, any case brought against this pariah political UMNO will end up futile.
To win these corrupted scumbags, one needs to get some C4 from the Defence ministry and blow the Kangaroo Courts and the Monkey judges to their kingdom come...only then, Justice will be served!
Expected, poor loser that he is. You will lose the suit. Accept defeat graciously.
You go back on your words not to sue those who call you kaki botol.
Let me tell you Zaid, you are not cut out to be a politician.
Cant even articulate well.
Look at Kamal. Today he's visiting the people, even looking at their drains.
Can you do that???
Hi ZORRO,
If I'm ZAID IBRAHIM (thank GOD I'm NOT), I would just
"SHUT THE FARK-UP & ACCEPT DEFEAT GRACIOUSLY"
Talking more SHIT & giving more EXCUSES will only make him look a BIGGER DONKEY.
Instead of CRYING & MOANING....why NOT just MARCH to SIBU for the next battle.
Man...just can't believe ZAID IBRAHIM is such a SORE LOSER. He's a Big time LAWYER it seems.....Melayu cakap "BUAT MALU BAPAK"
The P.M. predicted that the BN candidate will win by 6500 votes but the BN candidate won by only 1700 votes. A typical prediction of the P.M. just like all his other predictions, an indication of his policy based on his judgement of all his policies. What a bloody shamble of his judgement on the years of training by Umno/BN !
Can someone please tell Zaid Ibrahim to "GET REAL & MOVE ON?"
Does he really think by complaining so much (macam Makcik kat pasar) will make him win back the support he had now lost???
Time for Pakatan Rakyat to forget about this LOSER & march on. Next stop: SIBU.
Make sure Zaid Ibrahim DON'T go to Sibu, ok? He's a JINX & will only bring Bad Luck. Chuck & lock him up in the trash room, ok?
How can I join this international group to be launched in London?
Way to go Zaid!!
Take on the mf EC in the courts. It's about time their bias and bigotry were exposed!
dpp
we are all of 1 race, the Human Race
Yes, we do need "fresh campaign" gor next GE! Let there be a common PR platform, website, colors, slogan bla bla bla... We need to consolidate starting from yesterday!
Upin
We can learn something from China,that progress for a nation is more efficient without the so called ballot box.There are inherent sickness with democracy and it is foolish to hand on to a system open to abuse.
I think the end is near for PKR, Anwar, Zaid and Khalid Ibrahim.But Khaty Ibrahim will still be around to sing Doa Buat Kekasih.The Pakatan can do whatever they wish during Badawi time but Najib is a tough guy, tougher than Mahathir. So, good bye dear PKR, you days are numbered.
I think election is between two parties and not between two governments. So Najib "donate" RM 3m to SRJK Rasa is government money or BN's money. By right it should be BN's money and NOT Duit Kerajaan.
Zaid Ibrahim really sounds like a sore loser. But what does he expect?? He carried too much "excess baggage" and was destined for defeat.
old ginger
one way or another these goons must be given one-two knockout punch from putrajaya...old-horse or not, fat or not fat lady
Dear Zorro,
Don't you feel SICK???
When Pakatan Pembangkang (PR) had been winning by-elections, EVERYTHING is FAIR, NO PHANTOM VOTERS, NO VOTE BUYING, ETC.!!!
When PR lost, ALL SORTS of ACCUSATION AND RUBBISH EXCUSES is there!!!
PR and PR SUPPORTERS are VERY SORE LOSERS!!!
TYPICAL Opposition Characteristics!!!
Dear Datuk Zaid & Bernard,
I would like to share this with you...
http://www.thedominican.net/2009/10/justice-must-be-seen-to-be-done.html
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Justice must be seen to be done
By Gerald J. Latouche (magistrate UK)
“Justice should be seen to be done” is not a term in law which should be taken lightly.
What it means is quite simply is that, the public needs to see justice done or they will feel that the system is failing them. The whole validity of the justice system is based on the public’s consent to justice served.
Gerald Latouche is a magistrate in the United Kingdom. He was born in Dominica and attended the St Mary's Academy.
R -v- Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy ([1924] [1923] All ER Rep 233) is a leading case famous for its precedence in establishing the principle that the mere appearance of bias is sufficient to overturn a judicial decision.
For those who have forgotten the meaning of bias it still means: prejudice, partiality, inclination, leaning, bent, disposition, propensity, tendency, predilection, unfairness, proclivity, preconceived notion, foregone conclusion, favoritism, predisposition, preconception, susceptibility. I could go on but simply put, it is to affect unduly or unfairly.
The often cited aphorism of Lord Hewart from the McCarthy case, that “… it is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance, that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done,” is a paramount principle of the Rule of Law.
And at this moment, at the dawn of our 31st Independence Anniversary, requires some serious consideration by all citizens of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Lord Chief Justice Hewart, in this expression, encapsulates a principle that had been long known and often expressed and brought into common parlance the expression...
"Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done."
Implicit in this aphorism is the public’s consent of justice served: the public’s satisfaction, the public’s approval, the public’s agreement that justice has been delivered – a sense of fairness, honesty, equality, equity and consistency before the law - that the law is just and that justice has been done.
Those persons responsible for representing, upholding, shaping, serving and dispensing justice in Dominica must ensure that the public consents – this is not to say that the public must agree with every decision of the courts or that the courts’ decision must be pleasing to the public – it simply means that the public sees that justice is done and equality and fairness before the law prevail.
Such is our responsibility; that we must be neither complacent nor arrogant in that duty. For this reason more than any we must be consistent! All must sing from the same hymn sheet.
The public must not be witness to the magistrates at war amongst themselves – the prison at war with the courts – the Public Prosecution at war with defendants – the police switching cases - the legal system in total public disarray – and the justice system being brought into disrepute!
These matters are being played out on talk shows, newspapers, websites and any other available media, but one wonders how many meetings if any are held between the parties to resolve the issues. How many directives if any are sent down from the Ministry of Justice or the responsible Government Department, to resolve these issues?
The public perception of unscrupulous, corrupt, and dishonourable practices within any branch of the Justice System; the police, the courts, the magistrates, justice departments … can only serve to undermine and corrupt the conventional public’s view of justice being seen to be done.
I fear that we are on the verge of such a tragedy in the Commonwealth of Dominica."Unquote.
Cheers.
Datuk Zaid is the BEST Person to initiate[Sue]them with his impeccable credentials as the former de facto Law Minister and top notch Lawyer.
Can you find a Better Person than him?
Msia needs a new culture and decorum in campaigning for votes.
Yes, Datuk Zaid, SUE them!
...Justice & Equality
We know BN is always dirty. I think Pakatan needs to look at its weakness in campaigning too. I'm a strong Pakatan supporter and wish Pakatan will work on improve their campaign process.
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