That’s the point. The ex gratia payment is not an apology, not an admission of any wrongdoing but just an acknowledgement of the personal sacrifice and suffering of the judges who were removed before the end of their tenure. How convenient.

If this were to be treated like an ordinary wrongful dismissal case, then the plaintiffs are entitled to monetary compensation not less than their last drawn salary multiply by the remaining years of service. That is only loss of earnings. With general and special damages and punitive damages the quantum would be way in excess of a few million ringgits.

The BN government must have taken legal advice and advised not to muddy the water by going so far as to admit to anything. Hence the “ex gratia” and the “no apology” position.

And that’s why Tun M is screaming “You can’t touch me” in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzoBkaFxh4&feature=related

“April 18th, 2008 (2 days ago) at 13: 04.50
Although it is short of an apology, this is already a big slap to the face of TUN.”

Hello, I think the Tun deserves more than a big slap. He should be made to kow-tow (‘apologise’) to theose judges he abused. And why should taxpayers’ money be made to pay those judges for what is basically the fault of one man, Tun M. I would propose that Tun M be made to personally compensate these judges for their monetary losses with an appropriate ex-gratia as damges for all their sufferings over and above the apology.

Yes too many among Malaysians including those in BAR Council are EVER ready to suck! This in fact explains why so much of abuse and misdeed happened in our country. WE have too many suckers.

We have a ruling party whose moral value is in doubt?
Don’t forget that the whole future direction of the country rests with these morally doubtful “leaders”.
Who would like to risks it?
I’m sure that there are many capable persons in this country who are also morally upright.
If not in UMNO, then in other political parties!

PM AAB has no choice but to buck up and seriously walk his talk and do whatever is necessary to save this nation and also for his own political wellbeing, while he still has the power of Prime Minister.

It looks like an apology,
It sounds like an apology,
but its really not an apology.

also,
It looks like a JAC,
It sounds like a JAC,
but its really me, the executive,
that has the final say.

also,
It looks like I’m deaf, dumb & blind,
It sounds like I’m deaf, dumb & blind,
but look who’s getting a prolonged,
standing ovation now…succkkers !!!
( Oh, I feel the love… they really,
really, love me…)

You cannot blame him on that as he will really feel uncomfortable if the Judiciary really becomes truly independent and credible, which I doubt very much it will ever happen. The dismantling of the judiciary had served them well for the past 20 over years and if possible they will want it that way to serve them forever. Why should you fix something when it can serve you better if it is broken.

The PM’s move is obvious, albeit with reluctance through the advice of the new de facto law minister. He of course knows that the fire is raging right under his feet. He has to do some damage control to stay relevant to the people and if he can put out those fire, business will be as usual.

Do we malaysians really ready for non-racial governments? As in the earlier article?” Wargamalaysia

That’s the reality on the ground.
But there is some blurring of the racial divide during the 12thGE when voters go for the party rather than the race.
This change in attitude is good for the country but it will take some time to change the deeply ingrained attitude which is mainly fostered by the BN, especially UMNO.

What happen to the IPCMC? Are those guys sitting in the Commission not credible? At the LAST MILE he will water it down. I stressed on the word last mile because that is the connecting point to the rakyat and he had failed miserably on that. I will not be far too wrong for the same thing to happen to the Judicial Appointments Commission. This guy is just good for slogans and acts of “surface value matters” on the advice of his cronies. When coming to the implementation or hard core matters that affect the country and the people which invariably will affect his cronies, he will withdraw into his cocoon and the subject matter will mutate into something else. We are already hearing insinuating voices and if we are clever enough to interpret them, it is telling us “do not have too much hope”

There are too many past records to mention and this guy is not a man of substance but substandard. Even his http://www.warkahuntukpm.com.my is a farce, and I think many will agree with me if they had taken the trouble to write in. There was only an auto reply on or before the 7th of March 2008. The end result, soon it will fade away.

After 4-5 years experiences we must be naïve if we are still unable to understand his style of governance or guided governance and the mechanism that drives the working of his government.