Comments for Press Release: Let the people decide at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:17:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/press_statements/press_release_let_the_people_decide.html#pc_9104 Let the principles of JUSTICE shine; Shining of its rights divine; Never JUSTICE try to confine. Without JUSTICE, many would be dead; Dead as dead can be; Only JUSTICE allows us to see. See what JUSTICE wants to see! Only JUSTICE make us to see; Of all those which are necessary! Seeing through our mind’s eyes of what ought to be; Without JUSTICE only falsehoods most will see; Then, without ‘seeing’, they’ll even agree. Never falsehood one should attempt to see. For the same reasons, God made the lands and the seas; That we should be where he wants us to be. If falsehoods one attempts to promote; Then, one’s dignity one demotes; If so, why then all the rotes? Tan Peek Guat - Tan Peek Guat Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:33:59 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/press_statements/press_release_let_the_people_decide.html#pc_9100 All sensible people want a fresh election; All thinking beings want a fresh election; Most of all, The ELECTORATES want a fresh election. Now, who are the ones who disagree; Are they cowards? Or are they just lacking in degrees. Let us all know who disagree; Then we shall their future foresee; As to the reason why they disagree. Do not deny the people; Of their needs which they know; Of their struggle for justice to be shown. Justice after all these shows? Surely those involved would know; As to whether there is at all, any justice in the shows. In shows where real showmanship is lacking; Where unnecessary championship had been overwhelming; Marring the principles of justice in the know ! - Tan Peek Guat Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:56:31 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/press_statements/press_release_let_the_people_decide.html#pc_9097 Fellow lawyers As the Perak saga continues, the sanctity of our basic institutions of state is being put to the test. Among these are the professionalism of our police force, the neutrality of our civil service and the independence of our judiciary – all top-down institutions. Also being tested is our national commitment – if not the intensity of this commitment – by our politicians, to the doctrine of the separation of powers when we see our courts and our executive encroaching in what in the military is known as "a pincer movement" onto the prized turf of the legislature of Perak. Indeed, as in "Hamlet," all is not well in the Kingdom of Denmark, just as all is not well in the Federation of Malaysia. The BN and PR are akin to Laertes and Hamlet. Like the main protagonists in "Hamlet," both of whom are out to revenge the murder of their fathers, in Perak we are not talking about murdered fathers, but political power. Both BN and PR seem to be equally sore about power, the retention of and the quest for power. Both seem to be poised for that duel where one uses the poisoned sword tip. In the Shakespearean plot, where Hamlet proved indecisive as witnessed by his famous soliloquy "To be or not to be," Laertes proved more than enthusiastic. What must be remembered is that in "Hamlet," the entire Kingdom of Denmark suffered, along with the demise of Queen Gertrude who drank the poisoned chalice meant for her beloved son, Hamlet, and of her lover Claudius, her actual brother-in-law and paternal uncle to Hamlet who murdered Hamlet's father and usurped the throne collateral to his final objective of bedding the Queen. Of course, both Hamlet and Laertes were killed in the duel. In the name of Malaysia, for the sake of the people of Malaysia and in order for us to brace ourselves against the coming economic crisis engulfing the world, can the leaders of both parties now take a pause and agree that the best way out is for the assembly to be resolved, fresh elections called and work with a hopefully definitive result? What did Shakespearean scholars say about breaking the Chain of Order? Put on your thinking caps, Malaysian politicians. Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Caveat: I did not major in Shakespearean literature. P.S. Please use this third update. I AM WEEPING AS I WRITE THIS as we are all from the same kampung called Malaysia. The tears rob me of my sight. - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:58:13 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/press_statements/press_release_let_the_people_decide.html#pc_9096 Fellow lawyers As the Perak saga continues, the sanctity of our basic institutions of state are being put to the test. Among these are the professionalism of our police force, the neutrality of our civil service and the independence of our judiciary - all top-down institutions. Also being tested is our national commitment - if not the intensity of this commitment - by our politicians, to the doctrine of the separation of powers when we see our courts and our executive encroaching in what in the military is known as "a pincer movement" onto the prized turf of the legislature of Perak. Indeed, as in "Hamlet," all is not well in the Kingdom of Denmark, just as all is not well in the Federation of Malaysia. The BN and PR are akin to Laertes and Hamlet. Like the main protagonists in "Hamlet," both of whom are out to revenge the murder of their fathers, in Perak we are not talking about murdered fathers, but political power. Both BN and PR seem to be equally sore about power, the retention of and the quest for power. Both seem to be poised for that duel where one uses the poisoned sword tip. In the Shakespearean plot, where Hamlet proved indecisive as witnessed by his famous soliloquy "To be or not to be," Laertes proved more than enthusiastic. What must be remembered is that in "Hamlet," the entire Kingdom of Denmark suffered, along with the demise of Queen Gertrude who drank the poisoned chalice meant for her beloved son, Hamlet, and of her lover Claudius, her actual brother-in-law and paternal uncle to Hamlet who murdered Hamlet's father and usurped the throne collateral to his final objective of bedding the Queen. Of course, both Hamlet and Laertes were killed in the duel. In the name of Malaysia, for the sake of the people of Malaysia and in order for us to brace ourselves against the coming economic crisis engulfing the world, can the leaders of both parties now take a pause and agree that the best way out is for the assembly to be resolved, fresh elections called and work with a hopefully definitive result. What did Shaklespearean scholars say about breaking the Chain of Order? Put on your thinking caps, Malaysian politicians. Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Caveat: I did not major in Shakespearean literature. - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:42:36 +0100