No to Haris Petition

Personal attack for personal agenda, smelling political fumes and fury, despise, despise... It is so not cool to be personal.

We are evidently human. Human assumes responsibility and it is one's skill that is relied upon by the others that creates duty. A judge is human. This is basic, PEOPLE! Surely I don't have to say more, dear LAWYERS?

To be fair, look at what the human can do when assuming the responsibility. The professional capacity... the exercise of knowledge... that's more like it.

The petition by the lawyer Haris Ibrahim obviously against the judge Tan Sri Zaki PCA is uncalled for...What's with Haris anyway, weaving political sentiments into the judiciary...? And here exists the fight for separation of powers, also by the lawyers! Perhaps Haris is so pro-Opposition and hates even the shadow sounding like A-M-N-W?

Yes, Tan Sri Zaki was a lawyer who did his duties as a lawyer. So were other judges like Dato' James Foong, Dato' Sulong, Dato' Gopal Sri Ram, Tan Sri Richard, and many more. But now they are judges from the day they were appointed. Haris Ibrahim would be the least to be expected not to understand this, and what he is doing seems to be politically motivated.

Tan Sri Zaki evidently is dutiful President of the Court of Appeal. When he accepted responsibility as a Federal Court Judge, he really put on that robe and he became Zaki FCJ. A well known fact, he resigned from whatever other posts he was in before his appointment as a judge.

Now, he is Zaki PCA. Look at what he as the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) has done so far!!! He is making good a job as a leader and is doing an excellent job in improvements since the beginning of 2008. And Zaki PCA is a judge, writing a number of judgments, among them the Hanif Basri case (reported widely in the media) and recently The Sun wrote on the MPK case (Majlis Perbandaran Klang). Justice is the basis of his judgments.

Being so, he is contributing his efforts in dealing with backlog. Court Recording and Transcription in KL Courts started when Zaki PCA looked into it. Judges don't have to write and hearings finish faster! Minimizing the length of time for hearing, yes, yes, yes.

The filing system in the Court of Appeal has been very organised, thanks to Zaki PCA. Call and ask about any file, there it is before you. The officers and staff were pushed to organize and they did it! Judges, Gopal Sri Ram JCA, Ghazali JCA, and all other JJCA support this move and even contributed to reward the officers and staff for a job well done!

Go to the counter of the Court of Appeal and you will be attended to almost immediately. The cases in the Court of Appeal are now being monitored and to be immediately fixed for hearing. The lawyers and parties are being called to state their intention to proceed or discontinue. The preparation of the records are expedited.

The Court of Appeal is better organised and the judges are agreeing with Zaki PCA to hear increasing number of cases in a week. The PCA said this in court, "postponement is a dirty word..."as far as the cases heard before him are concerned. And he exercises his discretion impartially. And the Chief Justice obviously seems pleased with the attitude of all judges towards applications for postponement that directives came into light.

When a respondent accused person surrendered himself at the Registry of the Court of Appeal, it was considered as an urgent matter by Zaki PCA, to be fixed for hearing. The criminal appeal was fixed immediately within hours, heard the same day, and he as PCA willingly volunteered with Ahmad Maarop JCA and Sulaiman JCA and convened a coram afternoon that day. Justice is served in many ways and upholding the Federal Constitution.

Come on fellow professionals and countrymen! Step back to think and look at the whole scenario in its entirety. Good is what we see, and good is what we need.

You WANT JUSTICE? Then DO JUSTICE...