'Twenty-one years of constant 'bullying', 'threatening', 'arm twisting' and 'judicial boot camp indoctrination' has led to us having soulless individuals who sit on the bench to decide on our fates.'
Anwar vs Dr M libel suit: Was outcome fixed?
Bapak Toyol: Nothing to be shocked or surprised about. In this Bolehland, anything and everything is possible. As long as we have a corrupted and tainted judiciary, forget about investors coming to invest in this Bolehland.
Shame on the judiciary. If the allegations are indeed true, both Tengku Maimun and Ahmad Fairuz should be charged and sentenced.
Rocky: Are we surprised? No. There are some many things that are ‘fixed' in Malaysia
P Dev Anand Pillai: With judges behaving like what these allegations suggest, it is quite right to say that we are on our way to becoming a 'failed developing nation'. The judiciary is just beyond redemption, we will have to start from afresh if we really what to see that change takes place in this key organ of the state.
Twenty-one years of constant 'bullying', 'threatening', 'arm twisting' and 'judicial boot camp indoctrination' has led to us having soulless individuals who sit on the bench to decide on our fates.
These people have become automatons who will require constant directions from their upper levels to keep them going. Having to go through this process for more than two decades, we have created a new generation of judges who behave like obedient civil servants instead of being the impartial, independent and bold trustees of our civil liberties.
Nothing less than a complete revolution will be the remedy.
Sentinel: It is indeed another shameful episode for the Malaysian judiciary. I am not surprised at all that the ACA (now the MACC) has not acted on the report by Param Cumaraswamy since 2007.
It also proves beyond any doubt how corrupted the anti-corruption body is in protecting those along the corridors of power. Malaysia needs a complete overhaul and that will happen in the coming general election.
Frankie Tan: Despotism cannot be defeated in Bolehland unless we all hold our breath and exhale come 13th general election. Blow all of those plunderers, cronies and hypocrites to Zimbaweland
Tanll: More worms coming out of the rotten woodwork. Nothing shocking or surprising. This is Bolehland. If you have the connections or enough money, anything or any situation can be fixed as per your wish. But it will just a question of time when the dirty shenanigans will come to light as per the popular saying, 'What goes around comes around'.
Stolen jet engines traced to Argentina
Tan Kian Khim: The police chief in the 'Simpsons' TV cartoon series is a lazy, irresponsible, corrupt, trigger-happy bumbling fool. But he looks like a real pro compared to some in our country.
Chan Kong Art: When were the engines traced and found in Argentina? Two years ago or just yesterday? If it was two years ago, what action was taken to recover the engines? If it was just yesterday, how come it took two years to trace them?
Or was it too difficult to cover up? And there was no choice but to let it out into the open and have Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi comes up smelling like a rose? We have taken ‘Malaysia Boleh' to a new high. No other country in the world can match the feat of stolen jet engines from an army depot.
RubyStar: Missing jet engines... I thought that it could only happen to Zimbabwe and done by Robert Mugabe. Hey wait, we too have a ‘Mugabe' - a former defence minister and who is now sitting in the highest office of Malaysia.
For him, missing immigration records, missing military-grade explosives and missing private investigators are all actually small potatoes.
Bole: Despite the unaccountable loss of the engines, the defence minister declared the RMAF's logistics system to be ‘foolproof'. And according to him, low-ranking officers can just squirrel away the two engines to Argentina without high-ranking officers authorising their exit.
Honestly, the present defence minister should resign as he says idiotic things that make him a joke.
A third force in Malaysian politics?
Cala: To my mind, what Kua Kia Soong says is this: The first force is the government, the second force are the businesses and the third force is civil society. The distribution of economic and social surpluses are, in effect, determined by the interplay of three forces.
In the past, our society was a lot more docile, I guess. That is why some have rightly complained that under the BN coalition rule, certain heads got swollen, hence the resultant authoritarian rule. Kua is trying to beef up a politically insensitive civil society for changes to take place.
The governmental abuses must be curtailed. Simply put, if all of us choose to be inactive politically and ignorant of our rights, then we shall surrender our rights to the ruling elite to do whatever they so wish.
Zainal: The writer asked: ‘Why couldn't one of the male chief ministers in Pakatan Rakyat resign instead (of Wan Azizah Wan Ismail) so that Anwar Ibrahim could get back into politics?' The obvious answer is because Anwar could then contest the Permatang Pauh seat, which was held by Wan Azizah.
Wan Azizah did not give up the seat just because she is a woman! Dr Kua, you were once a politician, so I expect you to understand what political strategy is all about. In politics, all ideals are pointless if you do not win the votes.
Kopi Ior: I agree with the view that we need not have any political ‘third force' as even the two that we already have are in shambles. Whatever force that we want is already here. A virtual cyber force of intelligent, well read and non-sectarian Malaysians who are computer literate.
The ultimate power is in our hands. We need to just continue to rate the leadership and the opposition and pronounced loud and clear whether they are doing their jobs satisfactorily. If not, we need to tell them to step down.
Punish them by not voting for them again during the next general election. Yes, we may even need to find legal resources to force them out even before their terms are up.
Wira: Forget about a ‘third force'. If we don't even have a solid ‘second force' which is powerful enough to kick out the ‘first force'. A ‘third force' at the present juncture will only serve to strengthen the ‘first force' because of the ‘first past the post' system of parliamentary democracy that we adopted.
If there is a proportionate representation system for our legislature where seats are given to smaller parties which can gather a certain percentage of the state or national votes, then there may be hope for a ‘third force'.