Mukhriz, ask your father to answer first, lah
May 22, 2008
Good question, Jerlun.
Malaysiakini reports today that during Zaid’s speech in Parliament today, ‘new broom sweeps clean’ Mukhriz interrupted to query about Zaki Azmi’s meteoric rise to the No.2 position in the judiciary.
Yes, why indeed was Zaki appointed Court of Appeal president over the heads of so many other more experienced judges? That, too, after doing a hop, step and jump straight into the Federal Court.
Don’t ask Zaid to answer this, though. Zaki ascended to where he is now well before Zaid was appointed Law Minister.
Ask Pak Lah and Nazri Aziz.
Perhaps, though, your dad could first explain why he appointed Fairuz over the top of the head of the more senior and more experienced late Justice Abdul Malek Ahmed.
We all know your dad suffered a serious loss of memory at the RCI hearing, but he seems to have got his wits together again of late.
Do let us know if he is now able to recall his reasons for appointing Fairuz.
The rakyat have a few more pressing questions for him to answer.
Might as well get answers to these before he lapses into forgetfulness again.
May 22, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Haris, Mukhriz couldn’t get the answer from his father because he lost his memory then. Or is it because the old man forgot that he has such a son?
May 22, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Mukhriz should in fact resign as MP and Umno member. Mahathir family cannot be getting the best of both worlds.
Mukhriz, lets resign as Jerlun MP and contest as an Independent with Anwar Ibrahim. Jangan buat bodoh or pandai aja.
May 22, 2008 at 11:00 pm
The more they slug it out the more will come out in the open. Let’s wait and see.
May 22, 2008 at 11:09 pm
OFFICIAL PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY FORMER PM T.D.M. TO HARIS IBRAHIM RE: PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT BLOG POST
Dear Mr. Haris,
It was a Conspiracy put in motion by Commie Agitators, funded by Zionist Imperialists, overseen by Singaporean Lackeys, and approved by the Fourth Floor Boys!!!
Regards,
Che Det
May 23, 2008 at 12:03 am
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Having accumulated lots of monies, now he is aiming for power! What a smooth transition.
Of course thanks to tun m – ever so loving his son than the country – charting the course of his political future via the spineless dpm.
Like what you said, he needs to explain tun m’s 22 years at helm before he can be considered as relevant
just like the spineless dpm needs to explain the Mongolian case.
His diatribe of unmo is unfortunately just a charade to keep his “popularity” on an otherwise useless pedestal.
What opportunist …. What hypocrisy.
Another case of
Like father like son
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Pride of unmo :
Get rich by screwing the public and country good
Get richer by screwing the public and country harder
Then pass the formula to progenies …
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May 23, 2008 at 12:34 am
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Isn’t it rich,
Aren’t they a pair?
One who keeps losing his mind,
One loves the glare,
Where are the clowns?
Both father and son?
They’re plotting out there.
Chorus:
When he was up,
Ruining it all,
Dictating most of the time,
Causing others to fall.
Now, making his entrance again,
With his usual stare,
Shouting commands,
No one is there.
Isn’t it rich,
Aren’t they a pair?
Forcing the hand of AB,
But the BR don’t care.
We are the boss,
We’ll send off the clowns,
It’s just when and where.
farida,
You are a genius!
May 23, 2008 at 1:28 am
How expedient to question such things while turning a blind eye to the log that is in the eye. Pot calling kettle black, it seems. Integrity in this instance is not thicker than blood.
May 23, 2008 at 1:52 am
[...] Mukriz also questioned Zaid’s appointment to Appeals Court judge. Hey, what else is new? This is something he should have done long ago. In fact, his dad Mahathir Mohamad could provide him some answers. See ‘Mukriz, ask your father to answer first, lah“. [...]
May 23, 2008 at 3:26 am
The cheek of Mukhriz to actually question the shortcomings of the Malysian judiciary when his father single-handedly screwed everything up in the first place! Is this guy for real? Typical case of “bapak kencing berdiri, anak kencing berlari”. Wake up, Malaysians. Let’s get these retards out of power and our beloved country out of their hands…
May 23, 2008 at 7:59 am
Chances are this disobedient son cannot ask his unrepentant father any questions of his past misdeeds – and this is the dysfunctional family Malaysians deified, prostrated before and hand kissed for 22 long years.
May 23, 2008 at 8:45 am
we call it ” Lucid Interval ” Haris !
some people suffer from this, wherein they go blackout suddenly and then gain back their memory after some time !!
Mukhriz should ask his dad when he is not in Lucid Interval phase to answer his doubts. It’s suprising that people who ruled this country with an iron fist before are now saying that people nowadays are afraid to talk now.
I think under AAB we have had a lot of freedom of speech.
Incidently all my criticism at http://www.chedet.com is never published and deleted by Tun Mahathir. Marina has also decided to punish me in her blogs by not publishing my comments even if its not about politics.
Tun has gone back to his days where you cannot criticise him. He ONLY wants to hear praises and praises and heaps and heaps of praises.
May 23, 2008 at 9:36 am
I want to ask you guys one question: did this stupid Murkiz ever bring a motion, an idea or input to the Dewan? No. He always brings the endless diatribe of his senile father and repeats his father’s hysterical diatribe against his political opponents. Every time he opens his mouth, he talks nonsense against Karpal, Anwar, Lim Kit and Abdullah. What’s wrong with this stupid boy? Can’t he chart a new destiny for himself and get away from the shadows of his senile father just like Gobind Deo did? Nurul did? Lim Guan did? Sheesh!
May 23, 2008 at 9:49 am
Of course Mukhriz would not resign being so close to the Umno youth leader throne. Unless, Umno youth decide to ban him from running for this position!
Oh shit, that means SIL will have no contender for this position??
May 23, 2008 at 9:59 am
Haris,
there may be a tactical play going on. Mukhriz’s pot shot was actually aimed at the Prime Minister. The position he took was not only highly insulting to the PM but also was a breach of discipline (UMNO and BN). This invites a disciplinary proceeding with a possible suspension from UMNO. If this happens, Mukhriz would have, in effect, been suspended for only stating the obvious – that the appointment of Zaki was not consistent with all that is being said and purportedly done on judicial reform. It also allows Mukhriz to openly align with Tun Mahathir on the ‘outside’ and for Mukhriz to become a rallying point.
The PM may be in a bind. Not taking action against Mukhriz would send the wrong signals to those who wish for the PM to act firmly and decisively as well as breaking with precedent – consider Zaid’s own suspension from UMNO for far less (it was not money politics, it was for speaking out against his being punished for money politics). That may in turn allow for Mukhriz to keep on pushing his agenda from within, giving him basis to assert that the PM does not care for UMNO.
Much will come down to what the party whip, I believe that’s the DPM, will do.
Imtiaz
May 23, 2008 at 11:32 am
Dear Haris,
How come there are so many politicians with no principle and integrity allowed to ‘flourish’ in malaysia? How can the political system in malaysia, messy as it has been, change or be changed so that politicians that really can perform in terms of leaderships and governance be promoted and given prominence over those that simply can’t?
Maybe we need more and more delicated people like you to create more awareness among the malaysians,which as a whole in serious needs to be enlightend and guided away from those corrupted politician.
May 23, 2008 at 11:39 am
Mukhriz (small Mamak),
Do not throw your vomit in Malaysia like your Mamak father does.
Just shut up the people have enough of you and your father, the Mamak, and get him ready to be ready for the indictment that is bound to come. As I said before you and your family can run but cannot hide in anywhere or even in India because your father has sold his soul long ago.
Ask your brother not forget to return to the Malaysians the US$285- millions back to Malaysia before you all start running. He must have a ‘brain’ that the common civil servants of Malaysia do not have! What have you or your brother have done to deserve the Daturships ?
Shut up small Mamak and you look stupid like the big Mamak.
May 23, 2008 at 11:49 am
Haris,
We can also question as why he picked Eusoff Chin as CJ over seven senior judges?
He will probably say, as he did at the Inquiry that he is not required to give his reason.
The fact is, the judiciary was UMNO’s poodle to protect its corrupted leaders from defamation suits.
May 23, 2008 at 11:54 am
mukriz keep up your good work.only you and your dad tun can force the stupid leaders to step down and stop them from destroying our country with corruption and cronism.
may god bless you and your dad.
May 23, 2008 at 11:58 am
UMNO politics is so tangled up that each time one camp shoots at the other, it is like shooting at one’s own legs.
Selfish and arrogant, the big U thinks the Malays will wither and die off without them.
May 23, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Well its good to see one by-election.
See who is people’s support or who is party support.
May 23, 2008 at 12:55 pm
“Do let us know if he (MAHATHIR) is now able to recall his reasons for appointing Fairuz.”–Haris
Good take on this one. Whenever Mahathir & sons questions the credibilities of AAB’s administration, I switched channels.
Mahathir & sons have only some “sacrificial lamb(s)” to be blame for their own misdeeds (I am inferring about the rotten police force, ACA, Judiciary, etc) during Mukriz’s papa’s 22 year old misrule. Very convenient lah, but I and many don’t see mahathir & sons are crusaders of justice.
Chalk up a few false heroes, please!
Keep it up Haris on your impartial uptakes and lobby for truth & justice and never hesitate to e-mail me should you need “people’s power” support.
Cheers.
May 23, 2008 at 1:42 pm
hampa semua haprak. x kenang budi. hampa ingat hampa bagus sangat ka ?? pegi mampuih la !!!
May 23, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Haris!
After reading your post, CONTRARY TO WHAT YOUR TITLE MAY SUGGEST, if we have to choose between the two, I think it is far more relevant and useful for the Jerlun MP and the rakyat to know FIRST the motivation of our current PM, as oppose to one who has retired half a decade ago.
Far more relevant to the rakyat’s present concerns, that is.
Why? The reasons are, in my opinion, self evident.
Firstly, the current PM, because he has all the levers of government at his behest, has far more power to determine policies that has a direct impact on our lives than a pensioner who has absolutely no direct capacity to do so. As such in general terms, knowing the motives of the current PM, is of far more practical relevance to us rakyat, than knowing the motives of a former PM.
But more specifically, since so much hype has been given to Pak Lah’s post March 8th promise to clean up the judiciary, it will be good to remember, that merely 6 months earlier, this same man has made some of the most questionable judicial appointments in history.
Thus, instead of asking DrM why he appointed Ahmad Fairuz more than 5years ago, it should be more of a priority to the rakyat to know why Pak Lah so spectacularly ‘fast tracked’ Zaki Azmi’s to the judiciary’s no2 position, just half a year ago.
Additionally, compared to DrM’s appointment of Ahmad Fairuz which leaped frog one candidate, Pak Lah’s appointment of Zaki (to the Supreme Court) leaped frog almost the entire bench.
Even if we were to ignore everything else, in this regard Pak’s Lah’s appointment is far more questionable than DrM’s. Indeed, such a meteoric rise is almost unheard of.
Additionally, not only does Zaki Azmi no experience as a high ranking judge( dia ada write any written judgements pun belum pasti ) but he has too much experience as the defacto Umno legal advisor. The potential for a conflict of interest is obvious.
Thus Haris, within the context of such developments, don’t you think it is of more relevance to ask Pa’ Lah why he made such a dubious appointment?
After all, eliciting his justification for such a dubious appointment will also go a long way in informing us on whether he can deliver on his promise to improve the judiciary, or whether such promises are merely another example of him being inconsistent, incoherent, incompetent and/or not knowing what he is talking about.
Thus, to recap, based on the reasons above, in my opinion, whether in general terms or with regards to judicial affairs, it is far more relevant for the rakyat to FIRST know the motives of the current PM rather than one who has retired half a decade ago.
Salam and/ or cheers
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PS— In fact, to know Pa’ Lah’s sincerity in wanting to improve the judiciary, there are other questions that we need to ask:
Why is he demonstrating so much interest to improve the judiciary ONLY NOW?
Why didn’t he show the same outward commitment earlier? After all, if he was sincere, wouldn’t it have been easier to push thru reforms when he had a 90% control over Parliament rather than the less than 2/3rds majority that he enjoys now?
Of course some may say that he wants to do it now simply because post March8th, he has seen the error of his ways. But to me, that will prove that he is less than sincere in wanting to improve the judiciary. Instead of doing it because he believes in it, he is doing it because it is merely politically expedient for him to do so.
In other words, Pa Lah’s promise to improve the judiciary exemplifies more the politics of convenience as oppose to the politics of conviction.
What’s the big deal you may ask? After all, was it not Deng Xiaopeng(cud be wrong here)who said ‘it doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice’.
Well, it would be good to remember that nothing is static in politics. What is politically expedient within one timeframe may become a political liability in another. So what happens when Pa Lah is suddenly convinced, for one reason or another, that it is politically expedient NOT TO DO IT? After all, being inconsistent is the only thing that is consistent about Pa La.
Additionally, to paraphrase Helen ‘if we cant help in doing something that is right, than we can at least refrain from doing something that is wrong’….As such, even in the unlikely scenario that Pa La really wanted to improve the judiciary in his first term, but just coudnt, he could, at the very least, refrain himself from making it worse.
But even this he couldn’t do. Instead he did the opposite.
For example, why was he hell-bent on retaining Ahmad Fairuz as CJ?
By right, (regardless of the finding of the Tribunal) post lingam tapes, if Pa Lah was sincere in wanting to improve public perception towards the judiciary, he should have tried to hasten Ahmad Fairuz’s departure. But instead he did the opposite, and went out of his way to extend Ahmad Fairuz’s stay as CJ, even after compulsory retirement.
Obviously at that point in time, the public’s perception that extending Ahmad Fairuz tenure was very, very dubious call, was not a consideration for Pa Lah.
So if he totally couldn’t be bothered then, what makes you think that now, only six months down the line, he is sincere in wanting to improve the judiciary? Is he actually motivated by a sincere desire to improve the judiciary? Did he experience a sudden epiphany? Or is it merely an attempt to either become less unpopular or to deflect attention from the weaknesses of his administration?
After all, a person can appear to be good or to do good, in two ways:
1)you can appear good by really being outstanding. In this regard, the reality of your actions determines the image, or conversly,
2)you can appear to be good or to do good by perpetually disgracing others. As oppose to the above, you appear good, not because of what you did, but rather because you highlight what everyone else did is bad—in other words, you appear good, not by your own actions, but by a default comparison to others who are a complete failure.
I think with regard to Pa Lah’s tenure, the strategy from Day 1 has been to adopt the no2 approach— that is why it is so hell bent on focusing on what DrM did. And with regards to his promises to improve the judiciary, the same consideration is at work.
But I don’t think anyone is stupid enough to fall for it anymore.
Or am I wrong?
May 23, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Mat Rempit Hubris,Carthage,
You are right about asking the present PM rather than the old demon fart father of the son who cannot even grow hair on his head.
However, since it the jerlun MP’s dad who screwed up the malaysian judicuary, it is just as pertinent that he ask his father about the appointment of the then CJ.
That will give him the answer as to why Zaki was appointed.
May 24, 2008 at 2:42 am
Mamak and his family should leave the political satge and enjoy thei ill gotten gain at the expenses of the rakyat. He had conned our beloved Malaysia for the past quarter of centtury. He and his cronies and their respective families ahve sucked our country dried. I believe the coffer is nearly empty.
So sad. So very sad for Malaysia.
May 24, 2008 at 3:49 am
I do not know what to ask my father.
May 24, 2008 at 4:11 pm
To Joewk!
In your reply to me, you wrote the following 3 sentences:
1. You are right about asking the present PM rather than the old demon fart father of the son who cannot even grow hair on his head.
2. However, since it the jerlun MP’s dad who screwed up the malaysian judicuary, it is just as pertinent that he ask his father about the appointment of the then CJ.
3. That will give him the answer as to why Zaki was appointed.
JOEWK, I am writing in response to second and third sentences because i dont see how the third is related to the second.
Even if we accept that it was DrM who ’screwed up the judiciary’, in no way does that explain why Pak Lah must exacerbate errors of DrM by appointing an even more dubious candidate, Zaki Azmi as CJ.
You see joewk, Pa Lah is the current PM—As PM he has tremondous powers and is no longer beholden to DrM. This is evident in Pa Lah going against the wishes of DrM on so many issues,such as jambatan bengkok, the sale of Augusta, the retaining of KJ,etc-etc. And of course, most recently DrM wants him to resighn which he flatly rejected.
And there are other examples that i need not cite.
So if Pa Lah wants to go against the wishes of DrM he can. He has done so many times.
THUS, even if DrM did indeed make dubious judicial appointments, nonetheless, there is no reason for Pa Lah to make one that is even worse.
Zaki is Pa Lah choice. If Zaki is a dubious choice, then Pa La should be held responsible and no one else.After all, as has recently been demonstrated, if Pa La wants to do something good like setting up a Judicial commitee, he can.
By the same token,regardless of what DrM has done in the past, if Pa La wanted to choose a more legitimate candidate than Zaki, he can. After all, PA LAH CUD HAVE CHOOSEN SOMEONE ELSE, WHO WAS NOT AN UMNO LEGAL ADVISOR.
But he choose not to.
As such, if we must appropriate blame on the appointment of Zaki, then Pa Lah is to be blame and no else.
May 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Oops Joek, i forgot to write the following concluding lines:
So, contrary to the third sentence in your reply to me Joewk, asking DrM will NOT give Muhkriz or anyone else the answer as to why Zaki was appointed by Pa Lah.
Why? Simple–since Pa lah, and not DrM who appointed Zaki,hence only Pa La can answer why he made such an appointment.
It really is self evident