Cecil Rajendra penned this poem after a High Court ruled that by virtue of Section 9A of the Election Act 1958, it cannot review, quash or set aside any electoral roll – no matter how flawed – once it has been gazetted.
Politicians in Malaysia do not direct the outcome of trials . . . . there’s no need. Typically, the Judiciary does the Government’s bidding without being asked. A very senior Malaysian Government figure once described Malaysia’s Judiciary to me as a ‘bunch of bloody idiots’. Of course we want them to favour us, he explained, but not to the point where it’s so embarrassing.
– Michael Backman
in ‘Inside Knowledge’.
An electoral roll
is sacred & final . . . .
Once gazetted
it cannot be
questioned
corrected
quashed
amended
set aside
by any
process judicial.
No matter
if the man
is dead
unborn
did not exist
is a Martian . . . .
if its name is
on that list
a ghost can vote
so says the High Court.
By the same token
will Judges next
rule – we wonder –
that a ‘murderer’
must be hanged
once sentence is written;
even if his ‘victim’
shows up live & kicking
on the eve of his execution?
When cold print has
more gravitas
than hard fact
Truly, the Law is an Ass!
Cecil Rajendra
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