Suspect judgments

It goes to show one thing. We must have incompetent or inexperienced High Court judges because they keep getting overruled by the appellate courts in all cases between Pakatan Rakyat and the ruling federal government, Barisan Nasional. What else can it mean?

THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

One wonders about the Malaysian court system and the judgments that are issued and reversed within days.

Today is no exception. The Court of Appeals today unanimously ruled to stay Judge Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin’s decision that the Kota Siputeh seat is vacant. She isn’t the first High Court judge to see a ruling reversed by a higher court.

Justice Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim ruled last May that a Mentri Besar can only be dismissed by a vote of no confidence when reinstating Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin as the rightful Perak mentri besar over Pangkor assemblyman Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir. His decision was overruled too.

It goes to show one thing. We must have incompetent or inexperienced High Court judges because they keep getting overruled by the appellate courts in all cases between Pakatan Rakyat and the ruling federal government, Barisan Nasional. What else can it mean?

It surely cannot mean that the High Court judges are better than their fellow judges in the superior courts. The Malaysian Court of Appeals counts among itself the most experienced of judges. They should know the law better than the subordinate courts and it is their wisdom that appears needed when High Court judgments appear to go against the powers-that-be.

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