vox populi small thumbnail 'If Tajudin has committed a crime, then it is only appropriate for legal action to be taken whether he returns the money or not.'

Nazri: I didn't instruct the GLCs, I only advised them

SMC77: If MAS chief Tajudin Ramli wants to have out-of-court settlement, he should approach MAS or Khazanah instead of Malaysian government.

Also, an out-of-court settlement should only be allowed if, and only if, there is a reasonable amount of financial compensation paid by Tajudin to MAS. This "reasonable amount" should be based on the claim plus compounding interest at the rate of no less than 5% per annum.

Tajudin, and whoever behind him, should pay for the crime they committed and there should be no mercy for them.

Hati Panas: As a law minister, Nazri Abdul Aziz should allow the court case to continue and instruct the courts to expedite the case. But instead he wrote letters telling the GLCs to drop the case.

Is he trying to cover up a major failure in Umno cronyism. Just because a court case may drag on for few years does not justify it be closed.

Broken Foot: It seems the government is willing to forgive the 'sins' of TR (Tajudin Ramli). The thing is the money that TR owed is rakyat's money.

Is it right for a politician to absolve TR without going through the legal process? He first have to convince the judge of his innocence. Then all will be forgiven.

Lim Chong Leong: The question here is what is Nazri's interest in this settlement with Tajudin? Why is he even reminding anyone when it is not his business? Or is it Umno all about ‘abang-adik' business?

Patriot: If Tajudin has committed a crime then it is only appropriate for legal action to be taken, whether he returns all the money or not.

For a law minister to make even such a suggestion shows how shallow his legal knowledge is. No wonder the judiciary is in such a pathetic state in this country.

Tajudin was first given a cell-phone licence and started Celcom which went into ruins and had to be bailed out, and then it was MAS' turn under his questionable leadership, and that too faced the same fate.

20121221Disaster: What advice? The letter clearly states the directive from the finance department given to Nazri. Nazri was instructing the GLCs to withdraw all the suits.

Khairuddin Mohd Yusof: Malaysians should not accept such deals as it is the taxpayers money which was involved. People like Nazri may come and go (as he maybe thrown out the next GE) but the fact remains that it is the rakyat's money.

If the court cases are going to drag on, he as the law minister should rectify this problem instead. Courts are to serve the people in the interest of justice. It should not be the cause of injustice.

Abasir: Serious crimes in high places (which include looting the national airline, porn peddling, murder, etc) can be resolved in a uniquely Malaysian way: go swear in a mosque and now, simply issue a ministerial 'advice' to the plaintiffs to settle the matter and turn over the books to the Umno lawyers.

It prove once again that PM Najib Razak is really "transforming" this country.

Neders: Everything ‘kowtim' (settled) in one fell swoop. You help me, I help you and semuanya (all is) okay.

DIGP's statement shows his 'ignorance', says Nurul

Sabahan: DIGP, there were no cars burned and no shops looted in the Bersih rally. The only violence came from the police. In the riots in England, the violence came from the rioters who burned cars and looted shops.

Rick Teo: The actual rioting has nothing to do with economic factors or unemployment. It is the pure criminality of young hoodlums trying to loot and cause mayhem - all for the sake of causing havoc.

The perpetrators were young thugs, some as young as 11. It did not even relate to the cause of the death of a local criminal shot to death by the police. The riots were simply by street hoodlums looting and trying to vandalise shops.

Ibnu Ishak: What happened in London and what Bersih proposed to do in Kuala Lumpur on July 9 are two different things.

But one thing is clear. The top brass at PDRM seem not to know the difference between an orderly public assembly of law-abiding citizens and a violent, chaotic and degenerate riot.

They seem to give themselves no option but to treat the former, a public assembly, as if it were simply the latter, what the French used to call a ‘jacquerie' (when the peasants used to burn all the neatly stacked, harvested grain in the field, just to show how angry they were against the social order of the time).

It's so sad that this thinking apparently represents the best wisdom that the PDRM can bring to its custodianship of the nation's interests.

Phantom voters, Christian bogey a 'flashback' to Sabah

Hanyayangbenar: BN will use whatever dirty means and tactics on their disposal to scare off Malays from supporting Pakatan Rakyat. I believe more racial and religious issues will come out, worse and uglier than current issues especially with the looming of GE13.

FairPlay: Time changes things. People change. If BN continues to use such outdated scare tactics, it will not obtain the result it expects.

Bersih 2.0 has opened the eyes and minds of Malaysians who are capable of embracing change as the way forward for the country to secure a better tomorrow for their children.

They will vote using their heads instead of their hearts.

Loyal Malaysian: Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has put it very aptly - the Umnoputras have perfected the art of mixing religion with politics. Pakatan is grappling, trying to come to terms with such issues and in the process, opening up rifts within its ranks.

It is for this reason, among others, that Pakatan will still be the opposition come GE13.

Not Confused: Voters in Kedah (and elsewhere?) feel under siege?

I cannot for the life of me understand this mentality. Again, I ask the question of all Muslims - why do you have this siege mentality? Why are you so easily confused? Why are you always on the defensive? It is beyond my comprehension why this should be.

 

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