If the judiciary system and the executive power is not separated, the prime minister has the power to manipulate the court procedure such as what Mahathir did. Those judges were manipulated in for the executive power as reflected in Lingam Tape. Remember justice not only needs to be done but also seen to be done. It is difficult to convince people now that Anwar went to jail that was not due to manipulation.
In the power struggle, the winner is a king and the loser is a thief. Once the power is lost, Mahathir and his cronies are thieves of the country coffer. They have to be investigated and brought to court, though late but better than never. That explains why the corrupted leaders in the third world country would never step down for the reason as explained. Usually it needs a coup d’etat to pull them down like in Africa. In our case, it is not too bad, officially Mahathir stepped down on his own will, but according to one of PKR’s report, it was a manipulation that he was pulled down. If it is a tradition to investigate those who had been in power, it is not that bad. Just to remind those in power to behave themselves while they are still in power, or otherwise…
Thinking that Pak Lah was tame and his cronies were strong, Mahathir chose him as a prime minister to be a puppet PM. However, he miscalculated as out of nowhere, the SIL came to the picture. Well, if one is an Oxford graduate, he won’t be very far off. If one thinks he is smart in manipulation, somebody else will be better. This is how the world is made; the hind wave is always pushing the front wave. I read it from somewhere that the SIL already said in his student day that he wanted to nail TDM some day.
By releasing Anwar was a smart move, as he is clever, an insider in the game, and the result is outstanding, Mahathir's cronies, yes man clowns have been tamed and silenced. Apparently, Pak Lah appears to be a good man, a typical Malay gentleman, he never attacks his own party and own people and has established great resilience to attack whilst mahathir keep barking for his own agenda. After all, one needs time to unscrew a 22 years screw up.
Do not underestimate the strength of Pak Lah in the game plan of UMNO politics. Many critics like to downplay him as a sleeping beauty or Bodoh, However, he appears now to be the one who holds the trump card and yet look innocent.
Chinese has a saying, “In disguise as a pig but eat tiger” Obviously he has now played and slashed this cunning and crooked tiger of the country for twenty two years under his thumb and is toeing the line of balancing the power both within and outside UMNO.
It is part of mahathir's big plan to remain relevant and retain political power. He is a power hungry beast. And Abdullah stands in the way and therefore to achieve the big plan, he has to dethrone Abdullah and put in his stead an obedient puppet. The grand plan is now made the more urgent by the Lingam Report and more than ever, Mahathir now needs the necessary political power to save himself and his friends.
So he made a last ditch - leave UMNO, hoping that he can create a “revolution” against Abdullah and an exodus of UMNO members out of the party. I don’t think he will succeed in his plan. think not many will be bothered about him leaving UMNO. He has made himself quite a very detestable person of late. He and his dark history have been in the limelight so much that after a while, the general public concensus is that he has done much more harm than good for Malaysia. He should have just retired gracefully.
Therefore, Mahathir will do anything to get Badawi down even by destroying UMNO or the Malaysia. He is that selfish. What Badawi did wrong was that he did not build the crooked bridge for the crooked old man. He will be unsuccessful.
Now Mahathir is going for broke to get rid of Badawi. He wants to put one of his crony as PM to protect him so that he will not be dragged to court. As such, Abdullah Badawi must continue with his reforms especially to prosecute Mahathir related to the Lingam’s case and other matters related to his interference with the judiciary. He should name all the judges involved. All this while Mahathir seems to be able to manipulate and manoeuvre to avoid prosecutions in which he fully deserved.
Mahathir is testing the water whether he still command support from his former cronies & other UMNO members!!! from here on, he will do whatever possible so that he will not be going to the court or going to court but will not be convicted of any crime!!! Please dont under estimate Badawi and all his advisors, they were playing the same game as what Mahathir played before i.e. using the judiciary process to their advantage since now that Royal Commission confirmed that there’s case to get the five or more to answer in the court!!! We shall see what will happen next
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