Despite views to the contrary by many from here and abroad, despite utterances such as those made by a brave BN parliamentary backbencher that 'we have sinned against Tun Salleh Abbas', the cabinet seems bent on ignoring pleas from the silent majority in this country that the 1988 judicial crisis be re-visited.

With no disrespect to anyone, may I, during this holy month of Ramadan, quote the following excerpt of a translation taken from the 'Surah Yasin', a chapter regarded in Islam as the heart of the Holy Quran, with the hope that there would be a change of heart of our cabinet members over this matter:

'Those who blindly follow a path, they are like people around whose necks have been put yokes which reach up to their chins, thus forcing their heads up; and because of which they cannot see the straight path ahead of them.

'Such people neither listen to reason, nor do they have a correct appreciation of their surroundings. Thus they can neither take to the right path, nor can they take into consideration the historical evidence around them, from which they could draw some lessons from past episodes.

'A barrier of ignorance is raised in front of them, as well as behind them; and their vision is shrouded in veils. Therefore they cannot see.'