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14/07 9:00 am | The Judicial Hocus pocus. Contrarian essays no 19. 1\. You all can see the farce of it all. Rafizi may have initially raised the issue of judicial appointments. He called for a RCI. 2. The issue was hijacked. Embellished, amplified and exaggerated. It was given more prominence than it should. 3. Political parties, NGOs, the lunatic fringe, Anwar haters have escalated the issue calling it a crisis . 4. The latest, I see is the formation of a |
11/07 9:00 am | What is to done? Let me story you ( biar saya cerita pada you) Contrarian .. 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 |
9/07 9:00 am | 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 |
7/07 9:00 am | 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. |
5/07 9:00 am | The Reformasist, the Revisionist and the Reactionary. Part 2. Contrarian .. 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 |
3/07 9:00 am | 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 |
30/06 9:00 am | Reformasists, Revisionists and the reactionary. Part 1 . Contrarian essays .. 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 |
27/06 9:00 am | 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 |
22/06 9:00 am | DNAA on a certain John Doe. Contrarian essays no 11 1\. One of the famous parkinson's laws has it as saying, work expands to fill up the time allocated. 2. A variant of this law must say that idle work, stupidity, incompetence or just monkeying around-these expand so as to fill the time allocated,by the AG. 3. These factors must be the reasons why since 2019, the AGC has not been able to gather all the documents and evidence to mount up their case. |
20/06 9:00 am | Solitary, brutish and vicious umbrella. Contrarian essays no 10 1\. I can't be 2 extremes simultaneously. I can't high praise and besmirch someone at the same. It's going to be an either or thing . 2. In this case , I can't talk the sky about Dr m and at the same time talk disparagingly about him . 3. The contributions of Dr m to the nation has been immense. He seems able to do impossible things . 4. For that I have called him as the man who can walk on water. |
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