Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The solution for UMNO's tainted candidate

UMNO is going on the defensive to prove the innocence of its candidate for Permatang Pasir. He was a lawyer who was disbarred from the Malaysian Bar for mishandling client's money. He was a 'victim of circumstances' so it seemed. But they conveniently failed to mention that the HighCourt has rejected his appeal against the Advocates and Solicitor's Disciplinary Board 5 days before nomination day.

Well, the solution is simple if the High Court's decision is appealable. Just filed in an appeal today. Get the Court of Appeal to convene and hear the matter tomorrow. The Court of Apppeal will there and then hold that he is not guilty and overturned the decision of the High Court. If the Court of Appeal can hear Nizar v Zambry case within the same day the appeal was filed by Zambry, I don't see there will be any difference here.

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