PKR vice-president N Surendran today described yesterday’s Federal Court judgment against Anwar Ibrahim as perverse, made without basis and completely against the facts of the case and law.

Following this, he said Anwar will challenge yesterday’s Federal Court decision as soon as they receive the written grounds.

“We will file a fresh application to expunge the new unwarranted remarks made by Chief Judge of Malaya Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin in the judgment delivered yesterday.

“Anwar will file the new application not just to vindicate himself but to hold the judiciary to the highest standards of fairness and impartiality,” said Surendran.

Yesterday, in dismissing Anwar’s application to expunge certain paragraphs of the 2004 judgment by former Federal Court judge Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Justice Zulkefli said it was clear the majority decision in 2004 was based wholly on the fact that the date of the offence had not been proven.

“It is noted that at no time did the majority judgment say that the sexual offence did not occur,” said Justice Zulkefli.

Surendran ( left ) said such remarks made by the Chief Judge of Malaya were baseless and damaging and were without legal precedent.

He said the court yesterday played its role in reinforcing and interpreting the 2004 judgment in a way that was prejudicial to Anwar.

“This, Zulkefli and the other judges who sat yesterday, had no right to do. They should have confined themselves to the expunge application, they had no powers to re-evaluate or approve of the remarks made in the 2004 judgment.

“It is deeply disturbing the Federal Court made such wanton and unnecessary remarks against Anwar.”

Anwar had upon listening the judgment being read out yesterday, cried out in the courtroom : “Allah! It is like another judgment! Why is it that anything against Anwar will result in this?”

Abdul Hamid, who later rose to be Chief Justice, in acquitting Anwar, Surendran said, had no business to claim they are more inclined to believe the incident took place.

“Since they had found Anwar innocent and acquitted him, how can they in the same breath claim ‘they are more inclined’ to believe the allegation. Why are all the rules and legal precedents disregarded in Anwar’s case?” the PKR vice-president posed further.