January 21, 2012
Sodomy 2 Appeal: Malaysian Style Political Flip-Flopping
by Melissa Lee, Malaysia Chronicle (01-20-12)
Prime Minister Najib Razak's supervision has motionless to interest opposite a acquittal of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim from trumped-up sodomy charges. This is not expected.
"As Anwar himself has done clear, it is a Attorney-General's right to appeal. So, let's wait for as well as see either there will be domestic interference. One thing though, this will make Malaysia a laughing batch in a eyes of a universe community. It is an complaint upon Najib's leadership, it shows his indecisiveness as well as his incapacity to control a extremists in his party, as a result a flip-flops," PKR Vice President Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
Indeed, this is a second flip-flop of a day in Malaysia's highly think judicial system, which is widely well known for its notorious subservience to top domestic leaders.
Earlier upon Friday, a Appeals Court, with an obvious eye upon appearing general elections, reversed a High Court preference to acquit DAP chairman Karpal Singh from purported mutiny charges opposite a Perak Sultan.
"These have been is obviously domestic decisions by UMNO-BN. UMNO continues to abuse state powers as well as make use of dirty strategy to overpower Anwar Ibrahim. UMNO will be punished terribly by voters for stability a harm of Anwar Ibrahim," PKR Vice President N Surendran told Malaysia Chronicle.
"Very diseased leader"
Indeed there is some-more than meets a eye in a sodomy charges pressed opposite Anwar, who has blamed Najib as well as mother Rosmah Mansor of hatching together with complainant Saiful Bukhari Azlan so as to derail! his dom estic comeback.
Given a flimsiness of a evidence, experts never expected Najib to take a case to trial theatre though he succumbed to vigour from a UMNO right wing, generally former Premier Mahathir Mohamad, who still harbors deep loathing for Anwar.
Pundits contend Mahathir is additionally endangered which Anwar, who was his former deputy as well as who nearly toppled him in 1998, knows as well most of his past wheeling-and-dealing.
If not imprisoned, chances have been tall Anwar will turn a subsequent Prime Minister of Malaysia, leading a Pakatan Rakyat antithesis to victory in general elections which must be held by April 2013.
Hence, a immense vigour exerted upon Najib to allow a Attorney General to appeal."Najib 
has always been a very diseased leader. He talks a good game, though as a observant goes, he doesn't travel a talk," Malott (right) had told Malaysia Chronicle in an e-mail interview.
"He is underneath a lot of pressure. So he competence only sojourn silent as well as let it happen, observant which a preference is up to a prosecution. There have been other times similar to this, similar to when he said "it is up to a police" either a demonstration can go forward. Are you in charge of your own supervision or not?
20 years jail
Meanwhile, prosecutors filed a interest writings at a High Court rapist registry at 4.30pm upon Friday, according to rapist deputy registrar Halilah Suboh.
On January 9, Anwar was acquitted upon a charge of sodomising his former help Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan since of a miss of corroborative evidence. Judge Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah delivered his preference to a packaged courtroom, as some-more than 10,000 supporters gathered outward a justice building to show their support for a c! harismat ic as well as popular leader.
Anwar was charged upon Aug 8, 2008 underneath Section 377B of a Penal Code with committing carnal retort opposite a order of nature. He was indicted of sodomising Mohd Saiful at a Desa Damansara Condominium in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, upon June 26, 2008. If found guilty, he could be locked up for up to 20 years.
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