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Saturday, September 03, 2022

Zaid Ibrahim on justice, the Bar Council and being politically promiscuous


theVibes.com:

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Ep 14 – Zaid Ibrahim on justice, the Bar Council and being politically promiscuous


The former senator also talks about defending the fundamental principles of Article 5



Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in conversation with The Vibes’ senior team. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, September 3, 2022


DATUK Zaid Ibrahim has many claims to fame – a former student leader, a maverick politician who left Umno, then PKR, then rebranded a small political party, KITA, only to resign from the outfit two years later.

He joined DAP in 2017 but left in 2020 before arriving full circle at Umno’s door again in August this year.

Zaid was previously a Senator in the Dewan Negara, the upper chamber of Parliament. He also founded the largest law firm in the country and was a former law minister in Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s cabinet.


(From left) Zaid, Zainul, Shazmin, Terence and Rocky during the session. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic



Zaid is disappointed at not being allowed to submit new evidence during the recent final appeal hearing. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic


But his most recent claim to fame was briefly representing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak during the latter’s SRC International final appeal hearing.

In this candid conversation with The Vibes’ senior team, Zaid talks about defending the fundamental principles of Article 5 – that every citizen is entitled to effective counsel.

He expresses in depth his disappointment in not being afforded the opportunity to submit new evidence which was supported by MACC’s investigations and statements by Maybank officials which supported their case.


The Vibes' chiefs during the podcast. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic



Zaid says young Malaysians must take action to bring positive change to society. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic


Touching on his quarrel with the Bar Council, Zaid asserts that political influence and interference in our institutions have led to pervasive public distrust in the system.

Zaid shares his thoughts on young Malaysians and how they need to spend less time criticising people on social media and more time ‘doing’ something to bring positive change in society.

On re-joining Umno, Zaid says, “Although I have moved from place to place, I’ve always been loyal to what I believe in.”

But does he believe that Umno in 2022 is capable of change? Listen to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly to find out. – The Vibes, September 3, 2022


2 comments:

  1. Zaid Ibrahim has , by his own actions, and those of his key partner Hisyam before the Federal Court, wrought tremendous damage to their professional reputation.

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  2. It was perhaps inevitable that Zaid Ibrahim, the perpetual Lallang, has jumped again and again, from UMNO to PKR to DAP to (can't even remember the name of the mosquito party), finally back to supporting UMNO.

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