kt FB:
Najib's House Arrest:
DAP Tony Pua: Don't stop us from rejoicing
DAP Ong Kian Ming: Time to think full pardon for Najib
One enjoys schadenfreude, the other is compassionate
& a brief extract from MKINI:
Recent public reactions to the High Court’s decision on former premier Najib Abdul Razak’s house arrest application have revealed a troubling trend: justice has been transformed into spectacle.
Certain political actors, including Tony Pua, have openly framed the court’s ruling as a moment for celebration, pride, and political self-congratulation.
Arrests are cheered. Convictions are applauded. Judicial outcomes are treated as scorecards. Victory laps are taken.
This is not the law; this is entertainment.
Courts are not scoreboards, judges are not referees in a political contest, and justice is not validated by public applause, especially when that applause is fuelled by personal animosity rather than constitutional principle.
Dangerous selective amnesia
What is conspicuously absent from these celebrations is context.
The house arrest application did not arise in a vacuum. It followed a royal proclamation, issued through proper constitutional processes.
When some now applaud the rejection of the application as though it were a political triumph, they are, whether intentionally or not, applauding the effective dismissal of a royal act.
That should trouble every Malaysian.
Belittling or mocking a royal decree is not merely disrespectful to an individual; it risks undermining the constitutional framework itself.
The issue before the court was not a personality contest. In substance, it was the legal effect of a royal decree that stood for scrutiny.
To reduce such a matter to a punchline is profoundly irresponsible.
- SA VIGNESWARAN, MIC president
The "celebration" statements made by some in DAP was in bad taste.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it is incorrect to assert that the House Arrest "followed a royal proclamation, issued through proper constitutional processes."
It did not...
The proclamation only surfaced months after the date, not discussed, not known in the Pardons Board meeting.
Idiomatically and Literally an 11.59 pm document.
Are we headed down the road of Absolute Monarchy ?
No disrespect to the Rulers, but the historical worldwide fact is, unfettered Royal power is the road to ruin - for the relevant Monarchy as well as the country - in the 20th and 21st Centuries.
The path to preserve the Royal institution is by way of ensuring Constitutional Monarchy.