WALK FOR JUSTICE

WALK FOR JUSTICE-26.9.2007

WALK FOR JUSTICE-26.09.2007

For me, the most beautiful moment of yesterday’s march was when everyone was standing in front of the PM’s office, screaming their lungs out and suddenly the rain started pouring..standing still, every one was…as I was holding the banners, I could hardly see a thing as the rain was extremely pouring heavily…all that I could hear was the voices of people who deeply believed in justice…

"What do we want????—JUSTICE!!!"
"SIASAT SIASAT"—all the way
"STOP THE ROT!"-STOP CORRUPTION!!

and the most cute slogan of the day was—"do we want justice???"—correct! Correct! Correct! (it really sounded funny and cute saying "correct" over and over again…

I still remember waiting at dataran merdeka and all 5 buses took off simultaneously, and right in the middle of the highway heading towards putrajaya, our buses were stopped and pulled over…it was very much expected that the police were always used to manifest paranoia on behalf of our government…being in the so called democratic country, negotiation didn’t do any good, being one of the most civilized mode of communication-..we were still not allowed to proceed to the palace of justice..we decided to walk the 5 kilometres..and along the way, some lawyers stopped their cars and everyone just hopped on!!! Solidarity indeed is beautiful!

Everyone gathered in front of the palace of justice…it felt so good to see almost 2000 people most in black and white, fighting for the common cause-JUSTICE!…and in the midst of enjoying the hard-to-describe moment, I was interviewed by a Turkish journalist on various legal issues..and the most interesting part was about the issue of democracy in Malaysia…

Some people said there’s no use doing all this as it wouldn’t change anything, same old same old…for me, it always makes a difference between doing something and not doing something, there’s always a difference between believing and not believing, there’s always a difference between fighting for something and just sitting and talking or criticizing…I always remember the words of Almighty God—"do even the tiniest deed of virtue, as it always has a place in God’s heart".

CALLING ALL "RAKYAT" AND LAWYERS!!

BAR COUNCIL SPONSORED MARCH FROM POJ TO PM OFFICE IN PUTRAJAYA ON26/09/2007 (WEDNESDAY).

MEET AT STAIRS OF POJ AT 11.00 AM.

BUSES WILL BE CHARTERED AND BE AT THE BAR COUNCIL AT 9 AM.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR JUDICIARY.

VIDEO LINKING THE CJ TO THE "APPOINTMENT FIXING" SCANDAL : TRUST/AMANAH VS BETRAYAL/KHIYANAH

Does it really matter? Yes, it does. Appalling. That’s a constant feeling of disappointment and discontentment. I once heard Tun Ahmad Fairuz said something about "amanah/trust" after his appointment.

A trust. I believe that trust bears responsibility and accountability. After what happened, has been happening and will happen, does he or anyone who stands on the same footing as his mean trust to mean TRUST?? Or it’s just a mere saying, because it does sound good to utter the word trust interchangeably with Arabic equivalent word-amanah. "Amanah", that sounds more Islamic doesn’t it? It is within our comprehension that amanah is no monkey business. But after 50 years of Independence, it sounds like it IS a monkey business among those in power. It is THAT good to be true!

After all these years, we’ve had enough drama in the Executive but it seems it’d be more spiced up if the judiciary is dragged along. The more the merrier! It’s Malaysia Boleh anyway, so it's nothing unusual I believe.

Indeed when I heard the news about the video linking the CJ to the "appointment fixing" scandal, I couldn’t help myself but to get extremely upset to the core of my being. "Amanah"- I wonder how these people have the guts to utter this sacred word because it seems like it’s just worth going down the drain. Are they the ones to suffer when all that we can see is the antipode of the word trust/amanah-BETRAYAL/KHIYANAH! But are they the ones to suffer? I highly doubt it because what really matters to them is what’s in it for them. The interest of the people.?Again, worth going down the drain! The interest of justice? Is this even real?

And yet, these people are the ones sitting up there, issuing statement to the mainstream not to mention biased media which turns out to be just a pretentious act are the ones who contribute immensely in putting the people’s fate on the line! Indeed, Malaysia BOLEH!

And I wonder what on earth could have possibly possessed them to utter this sacred word, as they are the ones who best explain what the word "betrayal" really means. How on earth they have the guts to utter this sacred word when their hands are tainted with deception and dishonesty.

It’s ironic that even after 50 years of Independence, the drama still continues, and the saddest part is, the people are still the ones to be left out to just watch their trust being ripped apart in exchange of Datukship, Tan Sriship, Tunship, whose closet has more skeleton, whose porch has more fancy cars, whose wife wears more expensive designer clothes, and who corrupts the most. Very well done indeed!

Dr Cuddy: "I should tell House that he was right".

Dr Wilson: "No. You shouldn't".

Dr. Cuddy: "But he was right".

Dr Wilson: "Yes he was right, but that doesn't mean he wasn't wrong".

*my Monday nite would be so much fun as House is back, like i always say, sarcasm is the highest level of funny-ness!

Ramadhan al Mubarak to all:)

this morning was a great day to begin with...the hearing for the winding up petition went well and all the worries and complication seemed to go away the minute the judge granted the order...as i was walking back and forth the court building, i bumped into kak fahda--one of the persons that i look up to for various good darn reasons...i had a long chat with her, it was the third time we met..as she was jotting down my e-mail addrress, she actually got my full name right "fadiah nadwa binti fikri..see, i can remember your full name..":) as it has some kind of similarity with mine.."fahda nur ahmad kamar.."...

it always feels good when people can remember my hard-to-remember-pronounce name..it always does...and it always feels good to be around people that i look up to, to listen to their stories, experience and advice...and that makes me love this profession even more...haha..POYO!!

shah alam court..all that i could think of this morning was to get there by 8.00 am just to get a parking space..as i got there, it was less chaotic..no wonder, Altantuya's case has been adjourned for the whole week...one whole peaceful week for me and my parking space issue...i was thinking of just staying in my car, listening to american idiot by green day but it was getting dark so i really had get inside the court..as i was having my breakfast, i had the chance to have a long chat with a nice lady who happens to be my super senior at uni....the conversation went from somerset bay collcetion to "how to be a good litigator"...and one good thing that kak majdah told was "as you're developing yourself as a litigator, you'll become someone who has a strong conviction to your principle"...i couldn't agree more...having a priciple and having convicted to it....i guess that's what makes a man, a man....