I told you so ..... part 2

Written by a friend....
He must be publicly sanctioned for such a public display of disloyalty to the Country and its Constitution as he is calling for nothing short of the overthrow the secular Constitutional Monarchy that Malaysia is today. He swore an oath before God, King and Country that he was to uphold the Constitution without fear, favour or political interference. Today he is calling for a step by step and eventual overthrow of the very Constitution that he swore to protect and not only he but those in powers.

It is a secular Constitutional Monarchy that has for its supreme law the Constitution of Malaysia being the centre piece of the legal construct of the Federation. The terms of the Constitution are the very terms of agreement between individuals and individuals and between individuals and the State since Independence. This is the social contract of the people. Here, I must make mention that our friends in East Malaysia should call for at least a referendum as we all know in history through the Cobbold Commission that people in East Malaysia wants a secular state before being admitted as part of Malaysia. This must be protected without any cost.

Parliament and NOT Islamic theologians, Ulamas or Mufti's are the makers of laws for each and every individual regardless of race, religion, gender and marital status within the Federation of Malaysia. Parliament derive its LEGITIMACY from the people through the mechanism of election by the people of Malaysia. Hence, Parliament owes its allegiance and responsibility to the people and not to a particular holy book. Parliament and its members are legitimate in the eyes of the people.

Malaysian Federal Courts deriving its powers and LEGITIMACY from the Constitution, apply (and should apply) civil and criminal law and NOT Islamic Syariah Laws in questions of rights and liabilities of individuals and individuals and as between individuals and the state. Islamic Law is applied only and should only be applied to private and personal law.

By the way, Tun Salleh Abbas was dismissed as Lord President in 1988 as a result of a trump up charge (the fourth charged) for attempting to introduce Islamic laws into the secular Constitutional Monarchy. The government mocked Salleh Abbas and said "doesn't he know that Malaysia is a secular State?". Tun Salleh was found guilty on all charges and dismissed for misconduct.

Now who is talking about it? Today, the he attempts to legitimize the unlawful statement of the Deputy Prime Minister that "Malaysia has always been an Islamic State". This illegal and unlawful pronouncement has now been parroted by Datuk Dr. Abdullah Zin. If the Chief Justice's statement that Malaysia should follow its own laws - ie including the laws of dismissing Tun Salleh, then I propose that the present Chief Justice together with Datuk Dr. Abdullah Zin and the Deputy Prime Minister be dismissed for misconduct with the same statement "Do they not know that Malaysia is a Secular State?".