'Zaid could have maintained a moral high ground by condemning dirty politics and focus on national issues instead.'
Zaid: Sex video not porn, but a documentary
Mohd: I think what Kita president Zaid Ibrahim is doing is good for Pakatan Rakyat. When he quit Pakatan, he created some division within PKR.
There were some people who might thought that he was really fighting for justice and fairness. However, his conduct and words uttered, especially in the last few days, have surely open up the eyes of the PKR grassroots.
So what kind of people will vote for Kita? Not the hardcore Pakatan people, not those disillusioned PKR members and definitely not the fence-sitters.
Gerard Samuel Vijayan: Zaid is either insane or so full of hatred that Anwar Ibrahim must be destroyed at all costs.
How does Zaid know for a fact that it is Anwar in the video? Was he present or did he assist in filming the alleged act? So Kita is all about sex and nothing else. Zaid should just beg to be re-admitted to Umno since he has nothing going for him at present except his hatred for Anwar.
Zaid has forgotten about the presumption of innocence in the light of the clear involvement of Umno and Perkasa members in this scandal.
JustAnotherMalaysian: Zaid could have maintained a moral high ground by condemning dirty politics and focus on national issues instead. I'm so sorry that he chose to stick his nose into this stinky shit. He should have just left the matter to the police.
David Dass: The ability of some politicians to rationalise base conduct into high principle is infinite.
Yes, it is morally wrong for anyone to visit prostitutes. It surely is a greater wrong to film such activities and then screen such films. It is also wrong to reach conclusions as to the identity of the actors in such films without definite proof and then use such uncertain conclusions for political mileage.
Cala: I too was mesmerized by Zaid before. But an Umno man is an Umno man right to the core unless something happened to him to shake the bad spirit out from within, the way Anwar was made to go through his "incarnation" from ex-IGP Abdul Rahim Noor's punch.
As someone says, this is life and we learn something every day. Just send Zaid to the dustbin of history. Let him rejoin Umno.
Rick Teo: For once, I think Mahathir is right. Zaid has not even attended court to fight a legal case. Therefore his knowledge of the law is zero.
Now that he has opened his mouth, it is confirmed that he has no knowledge at all about law. When is it a criminal offence for someone to have sex with a prostitute? If that is a crime, then the whole of Najib's cabinet should be charged.
Lynn: Zaid, I used to have such admiration for you and thought you were a politician with decency and integrity (which is a rare commodity in Malaysian politics). It looks like I'm wrong.
It's not about whether Anwar is or is not the one in the video. It's about you trying to get in on the action and it makes you appear a publicity hog. This hurts the most as you were so promising as a politician.
Anonymous_3f1f: Zaid, you as a lawyer by profession, you just showed how stupid you are when you compared yourself with Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul on the viewing of the sex video.
Johari was brought to the Flamengo Hotel and he was totally unaware of what to expect from the meeting. However, you purposely went to watch the video hoping to find solid evidence to nail DSAI (Anwar).
An Old Malaysian: What a disappointment this man called Zaid Ibrahim turns out to be. I won't be surprised he will be readmitted into Umno in the near future.
He dares to classify a porno show into a documentary show. So Zaid, I supposed you will show the "documentary" to your immediate family - your father, mother, wife and children.
Ksn: Zaid, I had made some good comments about you on a few issues but this interpretation of yours on this video that it is not pornography but a documentary stinks. For a lawyer, your assessment is idiotic.
Fairnessforall: Okay Zaid, if it's a documentary, I suppose it can be screened in schools for school children to watch. Shame on you.
You are just having a personal vendetta against Anwar hence you have lost all integrity and class. You are not the man we thought you were. If you really believed in justice, you would defend anyone who is not wrong, irrespective of whether he is friend or foe.
Your behaviour shows that you are not a man who can be trusted and are just playing politics. Now your true colours are showing. You are just another Umno man in a different package.
CHKS: Plato says: "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
Sometimes the best thing to do, Zaid, is to shut up. Being a senior lawyer, I cannot imagine you would say such a thing. I used to have a lot of respect for you, but unfortunately not anymore.
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