• Zaid sticking to his decision to resign
The Malaysian Bar commends the principled stand taken by
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, in resigning
over the recent arrests under the draconian ISA. It is entirely appropriate that
he distance and disassociate himself from these acts. In short, it is the right
thing to do. It sets an example of what responsible politicians should do in the
interests of the rakyat where such fundamental issues and principles are
involved. Our only regret is that the process of judicial and legal reform which
the Minister was putting in place will now face a serious setback. We know that
this process was facing resistance from many quarters but we had hoped that it
would eventually bear fruit. We regret that it may now be stalled indefinitely.