DIVERSIONS BY MP PERMATANG PAUH

DIVERSIONS BY MP PERMATANG PAUH

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ON 2ND JUNE 2011, MP PERMATANG PAUH HAD APPLIED FOR HIS SODOMY TRIAL TO BE RECONSIDERED BEFORE A NEW JUDGE FOR THE THIRD TIME. CURRENTLY, DATUK MUHAMAD ZABIDIN MOHDIAH ( HIGH COURT) IS PRESIDING THIS CASE. THE MP WAS REPRESENTED BY LAWYER KARPAL SINGH & CO. THE MP ARGUED THAT IF THE SAME JUGDE WERE TO CONTINUE HEARING THIS CASE, HE IS NOT ASSURED OF A FAIR TRIAL AS GURANTTED IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

THE MP FELT THAT THE JUDGE HAD PRE-JUDGED WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE TESTIMONY OF MOHAMAD SAIFUL BOKHARI AZLAN AS PRIMA FACIE OR TRUTHFUL EVIDENCE. KARPAL SINGH WOULD REPRESENT HIM MONDAY JUNE 6TH 2011 WHEN THE COURT WOULD MEET TO DICSUSS THIS CASE. FOR THE MOMENT, THE MP FROM PERMATANG PAUH IS ADAMANT WHEN HE TOLD THE PRESS THAT IF THE JUDGE CONTINUE TO PRESIDE THIS CASE, THEN HE WOULD TAKE IT UP TO THE COURT OF THE APPEAL.

THE MP’S DEFENCE COUNSEL S.N.NAIR SAID THAT THE DEFENCE WAS ALLOWED TO PRESENT FIVE WITNESSES WHEN HE HAD REQUESTED FOR 25 OTHER WITNESSES.
THE SUBMISSION BY ANWAR IBRAHIM IS MEANT TO PROLONG THE CASE AND TO GIVE HIM TIME AND SPACE TO POSITION HIMSELF IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL SCENARIO. HE MIGHT HAVE SENSE THAT HIS POLITICAL CAREER WOULD BE ENDING.
NONETHELESS, THIS MP HAS TO PORTRAY THAT HE IS NON-VUNERABLE. HE LIKES TO IMAGINE THAT HE IS INVINCIBLE IN THE EYES OF RULE OF LAW AND, THEREFORE HE CONTINUES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER IS LEFT TO CREATE CONFUSION AND DIVERSIONS BEFORE THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION.
POLITICAL ANALYSTS ARE HAVING MIXED FEELINGS BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACTS REVEALED BY THE COURT. MAJORITY BELIEVES THAT ANWAR SHOULD NOT TAKE TOO MUCH TIME OF THE COURT WHEN THERE IS HUGE BACKLOG OF CASES YET TO RECEIVE JUGDMENTS.

ONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE GAMEPLAN OF MP PERMATANG PAUH. IT IS LOGICAL TO AVOID BEING TRAPPED IN THE COUNTER ARGUMENTS POSED BY THE DEFENCE TEAM. ONE SHOULD PUT TRUST TO THE COURT TO FUNCTION AND TAKE ITS COURSE IN SERVING PUBLIC INTEREST.