UMNO Supreme Council member Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said UMNO must not fade away mid-journey

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UMNO Supreme Council member Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said UMNO must not fade away mid-journey  That is the great strength of UMNO democracy. There will be aberrations here and there, there might be concerns about the present situation  We are not committing any crime, as a matter of fact, we love the party very much.


Confrontation between PaS the lethal adrenalin of faith supremacy  and UMNO belief that faith equality is the basis of civilised political and social stability.But as a sense of loss, and fear of the future, intensified, the ideas of exclusivity, separation and dream of dominance the Quran with the eye of a Muslim: with sympathy, not invective. Nations that deviated from this model are paying an existential price. From Pakistan to the north of Africa, there is a gathering wasteland of countries which, for one reason or another, cherry-picked between the four essentials. Their governments are not in control. Militias and shadow armies have filled this vacuum, the most powerful of which operate in a loose alliance under the banner of terrorist theocracy.

The biggest problem for PAS was its “ambiguous” attitude towards Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, whose tenure has been tainted by allegations of financial scandals,.Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said 1MDB Is Not Political Problem but a Corporate Problem  Questions to ponder Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said 1MDB Is Not Political Problem but a Corporate Problem So what if MACC then conspired with former Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail to fix up Najib
How fast Malaysians forget? WSJ knows these documents are from top government officials and they probably know who they are too. had pretty much confirmed that it is an inside job from unnamed "top government officials"
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Tengku Adnan: Umno welcomes PAS' hand in friendship

using the Malay idiom “untung sabut timbul, untung batu tenggelam” (if lucky, you might succeed; if unlucky, you suffer losses) 

Hadi hugs Najib, Tuan Ibrahim slams him, Mahfuz wants to topple him. Why should anti-Najib voters vote PAS? PAS secretary-general Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said on Thursday that PAS would form a second opposition coalition, working with a multiracial party and not with Umno.Those who understand the temperamental nature of any electoral season know that predictions are risky. It is far safer to keep your eyes open and mouth shut.the emergence of the second coalition led by PAS would benefit Barisan Nasional a little, as it would split the opposition.UMNO  more stable in coalition. Even though it has huge problems now, there is unity in the coalition among its component members.
 But if you had to lay any bets, how would you start? Open up the map and check out what may be called pinprick constituencies. These are the marginal seats where victory went to one party by a statistically inconsequential figure this will be more illuminating precisely because their random existence, outside any cluster that suggests geographic logic. If there is consistency in disarray, it means consolidation towards UMNO. PAS is vital due to its presence in rural areas, and while there is truth in that, Umno is also trying to appeal to a similar electorate.Like a thoroughbred racehorse, Umno is waiting for the home stretch before striking with a lightning quick charge.They have done it before. Who is to say they will not do it again?
Najib cannot take a switch in swing for granted, for while national factors do shape currents on the surface,If not, seats are travelling in disparate directions.this situation will lead to three-cornered fights and the splitting of votes. In seats where you have 50% Malay voters, there are always extremely strong local whirlpools just below which can pull in the opposite direction. PAS is vital due to its presence in rural areas, and while there is truth in that, Umno is also trying to appeal to a similar electorate.Like a thoroughbred racehorse, Umno is waiting for the home stretch before striking with a lightning quick charge.They have done it before. Who is to say they will not do it again?
.Voters who pick between Umno and PAS believe in either race or religion being the fulcrum of their lives.Those who buy that message are not yet sold by DAP’s “Malaysian Malaysia” essence or PKR’s multiracial front.


The first challenge before Najib , if he wants to take his party to the top position, is to protect UMNO’s marginal seats and displace PAS from its thin space. It is only after this that Najib can attempt  by generating huge momentum in seats where lost by substantial numbers.Najib must act fast if this is going to happen there are always extremely strong local whirlpools just below which can pull in the opposite direction. PAS is vital due to its presence in rural areas, and while there is truth in that, Umno is also trying to appeal to a similar electorate.Like a thoroughbred racehorse, Umno is waiting for the home stretch before striking with a lightning quick charge.They have done it before. Who is to say they will not do it again?.Voters who pick between Umno and PAS believe in either race or religion being the fulcrum of their lives.Those who buy that message are not yet sold by DAP’s “Malaysian Malaysia” essence or PKR’s multiracial front.

Those who understand the temperamental nature of any electoral season know that predictions are risky. It is far safer to keep your eyes open and mouth shut. But if you had to lay any bets, how would you start? Open up the map and check out what may be called pinprick constituencies. These are the marginal seats where victory went to one party by a statistically inconsequential figure. This will be more illuminating precisely because their random existence, outside any cluster that suggests geographic logic. If there is consistency in disarray, it means consolidation towards a national party. If not, seats are travelling in disparate directions. voters want a stable government because that is essential for any resolution of the economic crisis. Small allies can see that as clearly as anyone else. Moreover, an alliance with a potential winner fetches higher rewards. PAS has become a small party, and therefore needs to hitch a ride with someone else to maximize the conversion of support into seats, where no one is offering a ride, UMNO votes will wander in that useless space called purgatory;The prospect of success also creates the possibility of success. There are always a dozen reasons for a decision, but a key card prevails over competing negatives. In this election, voters want a stable government because that is essential for any resolution of the economic crisis. Small allies can see that as clearly as anyone else. Moreover, an alliance with a potential winner fetches higher rewardPolitics might be hell, but victory is heaven.

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UMNO Supreme Council member Johari said Mahathir the opposition leader is no perfect fit, but one choice

The CIMB group chairman and younger brother to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak posted a caption with the photo, saying it reminded him of a Malay proverb. "Amazing pic reminds me of Malay saying 'Gajah sama gajah berjuang, pelanduk mati di tengah-tengah'. Loosely translated – when the powerful fight each other, everything else can be collateral damage

UMNO Supreme Council member Johari said Mahathir the opposition leader is no perfect fit, but one choice Sensible Politicians either go to war or negotiate peace; they don’t sulk. So it is sensible for the Citizens and Umno to resume talks at a formal level. The tricky part is to discover what kind of talk makes sense.
War is always much easier to start than peace. You need only a trumpet to launch hostilities. Peace requires a rather more complicated orchestra; there will be discordant notes from some insistent trombone; the bass could be playing a military march; all musicians might  not read from the same sheet; and there is always the likelihood of liberal violins airing  strains more relevant to heaven than to realists who live on earth. If the maestro-conductor tears his hair occasionally, you can understand why.
Engrossing electoral battles tend to become fairy tales with a twist. Good does not defeat evil; it is never quite as moral as that. But a victor does suddenly become a huge definition of good.
we can see that how precisely cause be gets effect. The substantive failures of 2013 are shaping the general elections of 2018.Electoral fog begins to clear this Many voters are, of course, still swayed by partisan emotion. But a significant majority will be influenced,

 The government wants to correct the negative public perception on security in the country when tabling the 2016 Budget.

Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said this was important because despite the declining crime rates, public perception on security and level of feeling safe indicated otherwise.

“Managing perception is important to restore public confidence and will indirectly attract investors to invest in Malaysia.”

He said this to reporters after chairing the Focus Group Meeting on Enhancing Public Safety and Security at the Finance Ministry, here, today.

Johari said police had managed to reduce the overall crime rate by more than  40 per cent in the last five years but public feedback on feeling safe showed a drop from 47.5 per cent in 2011 to 39 per cent in 2014.

He said among the measures being considered to raise public confidence in security in the country was by increasing cooperation between the government enforcement agencies and the people at the grassroot level.

This could be done through the involvement of non-governmental organisations, rukun tetangga, residents associations and religious institutions, he added.

Johari said the negative perception on security was also exacerbated through the dissemination of false news on the social media, causing fear among the public over their safety. ― Bernama

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Every good drama needs a few sub-plots whirling through the mainframe. The most captivating within our current political theatre is surely the twist.  We can never be sure what transpires within the recesses of the mind, let alone the heart. But one wonders  a stable coalition is not that difficult to engineer. No one needs 100% of the vote to win. In our system, you do not need even 50%. in the general election of 2013,despite being propelled by the powerful impetus of newly-won freedom, 
It is entirely within the logic of turbulent democracies that a dream run should be interrupted by a wake-up call. It might be pertinent to note, in this context, that dreams are best shaped into reality with the help of daylight. Among the dangers of darkness is that it obscures the bumps on that twisting road with the opposition leaders. Those who know Mahathir  are aware that, as master of the long game, Nothing is more compelling evidence than his extraordinary statement that he is unhappy with Najib's desire to release  reformasi  movement Anwar to bring great rewards, culminating, albeit through a parabola enhanced by his charisma. Najib is not going to be deflected by Mahathir's's short pass; Najib will absorb the stumble and restore the stride towards that horizon. A split will be both predictable and desultory. The sensible choice is to fade into the sunset, but it is the rare politician Mahathir  who is tired enough to retire. But as they stare at the perhaps empty years ahead, they might reflect on a couplet by the great Persian philosopher-poet Hafez: Boast not of knowledge, for at the time of death/Aristotle and beggar walk side by side.


No one accuses them of sleaze.Voters  understand the need to offer a stable platform
Corruption is a vital concern; but no one has exclusive claims on honesty. Look east, if nowhere else. 
Such foibles will evaporate, although not without raising some questions about credibility, as general elections begin in earnest. The principal question before the electorate in 2014 will be quite different: stability. Who can provide a stable five year government for an India groping through an economic and confidence crisis? And which alliance has the better set of policies to restore India’s faith in itself? 


PAS have become victims of their own success: their narrative has run its course, and they have not been able to find a further chapter  their saga.story is the simplest: the fairies have abandoned its fairy tale. It began as the party of refugees from UMNO  Pas reinvented itself as a champion of a psychological rather than an economic need movement brought great rewards, culminating, albeit through a parabola enhanced by the charisma of  
The basic question does not change: who can win? But the answer does. It is dynamic, and roams across multiple options to rest upon the most useful signal to an electorate, mainly at micro level, which is the constituency demographic ; and sometimes at the macro, which is the larger mix in national space. There is no perfect fit. But there can be only one candidate in a seat. If Mahatir, who is delivering for Citizens in spades, can face questions over a nomination from voters  , surely no candidature can be considered etched in stone.


Mahathir's Machiavellian move'

Mahathir and his friends are aware that the decision on who will lead the government is not decided at a press conference or through a memorandum signature campaign."In a democratic system, the decision can only be made in the elections through the rakyat's mandate."If they are unhappy, we propose that they combine into a formal political coalition to face BN in the coming general election," he said in the statement today.The signatories of the Citizens' Declaration today insisted they were doing so in their personal capacities despite coming from various organisations and backgrounds.Khairy condemned Mahathir's move to be "in cahoots" with the opposition which had opposed him throughout his political career.

In the great toss-up between perception and evidence, the former generally wins. Conventional wisdom, for instance, suggests that unity within a party brings victory. Reality: It is the scent of victory that encourages unity. When crowds recede in an election campaign, leaders squabble and search for alibis. Tensions become septic after results.

True story based on the high profile heist1MDB

this exclusive article by syed ibrahim

“based on true story  based on the  high profile heist, ”

A message went out from  Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali office: you provoke us at your peril, no matter what the collateral damage. We play piped music before one trapped cobra and call it an opera. Then we fall asleep at our own show.It is both easy and pointless to blame the government. Every government keeps a thermometer in its holster and calibrates its decibel levels according to ground temperature. If it’s warm, it will blow hot,Our Malaysian response to a scandalous mess is neat and categorised. Cash and sex are the north and south pole of mass interest, each with a sprawling magnetic field. We divide the hemispheres with the equator of logic. Cash and corruption are the preserve of politics. Sex is the province of glamour. We refuse to recognise any cross-over evidence

Why we Malaysians are such suckers for all sorts of conmen Is Malaysia going to pieces?
a trauma turns into a struggle between anger and amnesia. It is a no-contest. Amnesia wins every time.explains the callous indifference to the perpetrators of crime evasion was prelude to escape local wrath. Over time, even the noise has become a passing perfunctoryThe ebb from outrage to rage, its decline to umbrage, and then a drift to amnesia is the narrative of the 12 months Our unstated reason has been that action against Najib,  new media.http://lawmattersjournalmalaysia.blogspot.my/ has done some moving reportage of in the last few days. It would be interesting to find out, possibly through market research, whether the readers of the nation’s most powerful newspaper have been moved at all.

the Swiss also tell us that there is misappropriation of money. All of these are linked with 1MDB and invariable to one man, the chief fundraiser, and with his private bank accounts. The PM has a credibility deficit as do you, Mr AG.there is a deficiency in our law.disputed that might argue that there is no law that says that the receipt of a donation from a foreign source is illegal. The motive of the “donation” is definitely important if the recipient is the PM.By receiving such a huge sum will certainly make the PM feel obliged to the donor, and what the donor wants in return can be detrimental to the interest of the country.No one gives such huge sum for nothing and this is the reason why the people want to know the motive of the “donation”.Apandi, your answer is naive. If a person has billions, certainly there is no problem for him to give away RM2.6 billion, but it is certainly a big problem if the recipient is a PM, regardless of its purpose
have to accept that Arabia is the source of various fables, from Ali Baba and quite deservedly the Forty Thieves to Sinbad the Sailor to The Arabian Nights.

But now,Malaysin will be impressed and no doubt titillated to learn that you, without the least shame, guilt, and self-respect, are the author of the latest tale of wonder.under that Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act “gratification” means “money, donation, gift, loan, fee, reward, valuable security, property or interest in property being property of any description whether movable or immovable, financial benefit, or any other similar advantage”.It is clear that donation comes under the meaning of gratification as defined by the Act. To dismiss it as easily as you did makes you look incompetent.

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a traffic cop in the fairy-tale town of Swat had booked a car speeding through its bazaar, NATO troops could have left Pakistan by 2003, Iraq might have escaped NATO’s invasion, Barack Obama would probably be an unknown Senator from Chicago and George Bush Junior’s presidential library in Texas would certainly have something to cheer about. But, according to Maryam, her husband Ibrahim al-Kuwaiti “quickly settled the matter”, and the bribed Swat cop never realized he had just let Osama bin Laden escape. Maryam was giving evidence before the Justice Javed Iqbal commission, set up to enquire into the events of 2 May 2011, when US Navy Seals flew three hours into Pak territory, found and killed Osama. Nothing works on our great subcontinent better than instant cash. Al-Kuwati, Osama’s most trust aide, knew that. This is the kind of authentic detail which makes a fabulous story so entirely believable.
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In the great toss-up between perception and evidence, the former generally wins. Conventional wisdom, for instance,Apandi says donations are not illegal under Malaysian law. Corruption is better understood with a scan below the surface. Tilt the perspective on what seems an obvious fact, and the picture changes to startling effect.  has made a dream debut as Najib’s sidekick  think back to the start of much play of an opinion poll, done by his associate in the open. His message was unambiguous — he is in the game for governance, not maverick thrills, and he was taken seriously by voters.Continue reading  CLICK BELOW

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A blood stained jihad:Pas rampant fanaticism in Malaysia

As the debate continues to swirl around secularism, albeit with ebbing intensity, but still provoking a loose nerve or two, an intriguing question demands an answer. Is India secular because Gandhi was secular, or was Gandhi secular because India is secular? What precisely do we mean by secularism?

The western definition has two origins: the French Revolution, which separated church from state; and communism, which erased religion from political and social life. Between Voltaire and Karl Marx, religion was marginalized into the grey space of “unreason” from Europe to China, with ramifications that extended far beyond the extent of state power.

What kind of mind believes that it can ascend to paradise from the graves of 132 innocent schoolchildren?

The same mindset that kills at least 150 women, many pregnant, because they refuse to become sexual slaves in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar. At around the same time that a suicide mission from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shook the soul of Pakistan and the world, a barbarian named Abu Anas al Libi executed these women, according to a report by the Turkish Anadolu Agency, “because they refused to accept jihad marriage”.

A similar mental aberration persuades Sunni fanatics to practise takfir, which declares many fellow Muslims “unbelievers”, or kafirs, and therefore worthy of death. This is why thugs from groups like Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan massacre Shias, making Pakistan the most dangerous country for those who recognise Hazrat Ali as the first imam after the Prophet.

The fact that the acknowledged founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a Shia is kept hidden from public discourse, as are other aspects of his westernised personal lifestyle, including his preference for moderate levels of alcohol.

West of the Indus and the Afghanistan border has already become the Taliban jihad space or space for Baluch secessionists. Now a direct challenge has been mounted against the entrenched Pakistan establishment, the army, which by its very barbaric nature signals the start of a battle for carving out an ISIS-like space.

The ideological fountainhead of TTP, which has claimed public ownership of the Peshawar massacre of children, is Jamaat-e-Islami, and its subsets like Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rahman faction). The parent organisations take care to maintain a certain distance from their jihad machines, to sustain thin deniability; but it is their madrassas which turn out the assembly-line supply of suicide missionaries in pursuit of different targets.

Broadly, the Islamic jihad has defined its foes in three categories: the far enemy, principally America; the near enemy, or those domestic institutions or forces who prevent the creation of a sharia state at home; and countries like India, China (in Xinjiang) and Russia (in Central Asia), which have occupied “Islamic space”. Sometimes this loose, international confederation of jihadists cooperates; more often, they travel in their own direction.

From the inception of Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami has posed a simple question: since Pakistan was created in the name of Islam, why is it not a fully Islamic, sharia compliant state? Every Pakistan president and prime minister has fudged the answer, except one — General Zia-ul-Haq, who became dictator during the critical decade between 1976 and 1987. Politicians have purchased time through periodic compromise, but have only delayed the doom. Support for theocracy has grown among the people, encouraged surely by the dismal character and governance of their rulers.

Today, there is a subterranean culture where mothers offer sons for martyrdom, confident that not only will he go to heaven but be able to persuade the Almighty to grant paradise to his near and dear ones as well.

TTP believes that the Pakistan army is the only obstacle left. A TTP pamphlet, quoted by Abu Bakr Siddique in his excellent book, The Pashtun Question, says: “With Allah`s blessing, the hereafter of the Taliban will be blessed … In this world our ultimate aim of ‘sharia or martyrdom’ is now focused on the destruction of Pakistani rulers and army … We want to implement the sharia in place of the old Satanic system … Destruction is a prerequisite for (re)construction.”

The Pakistan establishment is trapped in two ways. It cannot deny that Pakistan is an Islamic state, and it cannot explain why such a state has “un-Islamic” characteristics. It does not have the courage to admit the truth, that Islam is a brotherhood and not a nationhood; and that religion cannot be a basis for nationalism. That would mean accepting that the very basis of Pakistan, the two-nation theory, was wrong.

The second is blowback from strategic fallacy. The Pakistan state, and particularly its army, has used faith-based terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and vituperative hatemongers like Hafiz Saeed against India, and the Taliban in Afghanistan. How long can you sup on venom and not become victim to poison?

Pakistan’s PM Nawaz Sharif now accepts, at least in the heat of the moment, that there is no good Taliban. But can he hand over Mullah Omar, emir of the Afghan Taliban, who has conducted a long war against Nato and Afghanistan from safe houses in Quetta and Karachi, to Washington or Kabul? Can he extend this logic to a more relevant proposition, that there is no good terrorism or bad terrorism? The ferocity with which every section of the Pakistan state, including the judiciary, continues to protect an internationally recognised terrorist like Saeed speaks for itself.

The conflict between India and Pakistan is not about geography; it is about ideology. India is a modern state which believes in democracy, faith freedom, gender equality and economic equity. Pakistan is a theocratic concept, being torn apart by genetic contradictions. It had the potential, in 1947, to become a model for the postcolonial Muslim world; instead, its inability to come to terms with modernity has dragged it into a swamp of blood.

Two Pakistanis have won the Nobel prize: Abdus Salam, for physics; and Malala Yousafzai, for heroic courage. Both found honour abroad and despair at home. Salam was subject to takfir. Malala is a child in the crosshairs of faith fanatics.

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Hear it? secularism is both enduring & audible

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Never in Malaysia's history has one man caused so much shame and disrepute to this country...and make the public and the world despise him so much... and was caught with his pants down... this country has become a laughingstock to the world...

The only 'miracle' that is saving him and allowing him the breathing space...for the time being,


 was his infamous RM2.6b donation fund! a source used to feed his greedy swines.

terms of public perception the issue has become a burden to the party the stigma attached to the PM that he has become the proverbial millstone around Umno's neck.Majority of Malaysians perception on Najib is overwhelmingly negative. The moment his name is mentioned, automatically Rm2.6 billion  Najib is surviving on the false support of UMNO as well as MCA leaders who might have benefitted a lot from his donations. Those leaders have lost touch with the rakyat who put them to power. Instead of listening to the voters,

UMNO, a party with all the power in their hands for so many years in absolute control of the country ,cannot find a suitable successor to Najib tells us a lot of things.This is because,UMNO has neglected its own party development,its members from top to bottom is there,like warlords,looking only after their turf and self interests.They are all in there to plunder after selfish wealth development when the going is good.It has developed to such a height of greed that the party's next echelon of successors and interests are absolutely neglected and forgotten. It only takes a crisis like Najib's scandals to see how hopelessly UMNO has been broken down by arrogance and self glory.The fact that they have neglected their own party is all right to us.But invariably the nation's interest and development are also in tatters.Our educational system is at bottom rung internationally,we have failed to produced employable graduates,our institutions and civil service are led by mediocre leaders.
the perception that Najib is corrupt is met with the reality that he is. All his actions point in that direction and lead to that conclusion. A desperate man will take desperate measures to secure himself and Najib's actions have been utterly desperate. What amazes me is that he is so thick skinned about it and that his minions are still supporting him. But then, that is the power of money. Even now, all that they have claimed is that he has returned the money but we have seen no proof of it. There have been lies upon lies and the man is now in a deep credibility deficit that is akin to the US$19 trillion debt. There will be no more trust for this man.

Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim is seeking a judicial review on attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali's decision not to prosecute Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

In a media statement issued after her filed an application for relief at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today, Zaid claimed that there is strong evidence to suggest wrongdoing.

"I applied to the High Court for relief, by way of judicial review, on the following matters:

"The decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute Najib under the appropriate provisions of the Penal Code and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009; and

"The decision of the attorney-general directing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to close its files on the investigation into offences possibly committed by Najib."

Zaid said the substantive grounds of his application are that the decision of the attorney-general was unreasonable and constituted an improper exercise of discretion.

The attorney-general, he pointed out, is under a constitutional duty to exercise the discretion conferred on him by the provisions of Article 145 (3) of the Federal Constitution with due consideration, reasonably in public interest and with a sense of justice.

"I am also satisfied - based on reports and statements published by the MACC and other agencies investigating the financial affairs of 1MDB and SRC International - that there is strong evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Najib, which indicate possible offences under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 and the Financial Services Act 2013, which may also extend to criminal breach of trust and other offences under the Penal Code," he added.

No such thing as absolute discretion

The former law minister explained that he was forced to initiate these proceedings due to concern.

"I am rightfully concerned about the dire consequences to the rule of law in this country if the decision of one man cannot be questioned regardless of the facts and circumstances of the case.

"As far as I have been advised, there is nothing known in law as the concept of 'absolute discretion'. The notion of such unfettered discretion is in fact contrary to the rule of law, and it is for this reason I am compelled to act," he said.

Zaid also said if the court granted him the relief he sought, he wanted the court to do three things, which are:

Make an order in the nature of a certiorari to set aside the decision of the AG not to prosecute and the order he made to the MACC to close their investigations;
Make a further order in the nature of a mandamus, compelling the AG to utilise his discretion under Article 145(3) to properly consider instituting criminal proceedings against Najib; and
Declare that the decision of the attorney-general compelling the MACC to close its investigations is ultra vires his power under Article 145 (3) of the Federal Constitution.
Last Tuesday, Apandi cleared the prime minister of any wrongdoing, stating that the MACC investigations into the cases of the RM2.6 billion donation and SRC International's RM42 million deposited into Najib's private bank accounts did not find any evidence of corrupt practice.
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