Today, Nurul Izzah, eldest child of Anwar Ibrahim expressed her thoughts on the latter’s sodomy trial to The Malaysian Insider: “So it is harrowing and we just have to remain focused because they mean to do this, they mean to hurt us and basically make us feel that that there is no hope for the future,” she said.
“Second there is no way, you can get around unfinished reform; basically you need to implement reforms in the judiciary, in the police force and even parliamentary reforms because the same players who are responsible for ‘98 have been promoted, and again play a vital role in this episode so that is basically what my take is,” she said.
And in a landmark ruling Tuesday, the Federal Court ruled unanimously that Zambry Abdul Kadir, the usurper is the valid Perak mentri besar. It upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal made on May 22 last year ruling that Sultan Azlan Shah was right in dismissing Nizar Jamaluddin. The Chief Judge of Malaya, Arifin Zakaria, however, had a parting advice to Nizar: “By no means is this the end of the matter as it is always open to the appellant to bring a vote of no-confidence against the respondent (Zambry) in the Legislative Assembly, or to make a representation to His Royal Highness if he thinks that the respondent does not enjoy the support of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly” (The Sun, February 10, 2010, p 1).
“If this decision goes on and becomes the law of the day, it will lead to an absolute monarchy,” Nizar had said.” (The Malaysian Insider, at webpage
The way I see it – we have two options. Either we curl up, suck our thumbs and sulk… or we pick ourselves up, stand tall and continue the good fight! We may have lost this battle, but the war is still being waged!
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