Ancaman perintah sekatan bersuara terhadap Adendum Diraja yang diarahkan oleh hakim untuk kerajaan memohon secara rasmi pada hari Isnin, 20 Januari, telah mencetuskan perdebatan meluas. Pelbagai kiriman sarkastik telah membanjiri media sosial, dengan sesetengah melihatnya sebagai penjelasan prerogatif diraja, ada yang berkata mengenai sekatan hak bersuara, manakala yang lain melihatnya sebagai ancaman kepada kebebasan kehakiman.
The laughable threat of a gag order on the Royal Addendum, which the judge has directed the government to formally apply for by Monday, 20 January, has sparked widespread debate. Memes and sarcastic posts have flooded social media, with some viewing it as a clarification of the royal prerogative, while others see it as a potential threat to judicial independence.
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, based on the three Mantra -- 'Najib curi duit', 'Najib curi duit kerajaan' and 'Najib curi duit rakyat' -- should have filed civil action after GE14. It didn't happen!
AI (Artificial Intelligence) sees the need for deep reforms in the legal system in Malaysia and notes the importance of various issues including Agong's...
The true story on 1MDB somewhere between former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's Sworn Statement from the Dock and cross examination of witnesses! The case will haunt future governments in Malaysia as there’s no proof that the rule of law, the basis of the Constitution, was upheld in High Court Judge Dato’ Collin Lawrence Sequerah’s ruling that prima facie case had been made out against Najib.
Defence lawyer Shafee Abdullah, explaining that former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak would give judicial notice on 1MDB, cites Swiss case on finding of fact and cautioned the media on editorialising in reporting on and continuing the Trial by Media!
An assemblywoman recently received two bullets, which is obviously a death threat, not because she ran out of ammunition. What does it mean? Is this normal in Malaysia, as the writer pokes his head around to find out?
All other narratives on Najib in the media, social media and court of public perception, remains unmitigated vilification of the former Prime Minister, based not on the rule of law, the basis of the Constitution.
Umno and BN (Barisan Nasional) can remain with unity government decreed by Agong but, advised by former Prime Minister Najib Razak, contest in free for all in more than the 30 parliamentary seats conceded by Allies!
Even if the Agong's Decree on house arrest for Najib lies hidden forever, the Pardons' Board letter dated 29 January 2024 on halving of 12 year jail sentence 'without remission' mentioned, exists!
The expenditure of the government now comes under Agong, as oversight, and he has also reminded the Speaker that he has full powers on suspending lawmakers who 'monkey' around in Parliament and disrespect the August House!
One hardly want to see a DAP member cutting ribbons, or flagging off runners. Most want to see the party's chief antagonisers braying for blood - the louder the noise, the higher the vibrato netizens create to shake the cyber-sphere; yet their recent denial of communist connection reveals something else…
One can gauge the power of a political party by two means: 1) Their success at elections; 2) The loyalty of the members. PKR seriously has issues with loyalty, if one were to look at the members who took a hike the last few years
As Sultan Ibrahim of Johor is installed, Malaysia is in a period of relative calm, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the head of the unity government, and millions of supporters of former Prime Minister Najib Razak waiting for news of his release/pardon from prison