Zaid Ibrahim resigns as Law Minister

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UPDATE,16 September 2008:

I salute Zaid Ibrahim for taking the most honourable step to resign.

At last YB Zaid Ibrahim has decided to join the rank and file of brave people by resigning from Badwai’s cabinet. It has been quite sometime that Zaid Ibrahim’s position was untenable in the Cabinet because he was unable to deliver or implement judicial reforms as announced in the press.

Today, Zaid Ibrahim took the most unprecedented step in Malaysia’s political history by resigning based on disagreement with the Prime Minister and his Cabinet for using ISA against Malaysians. Zaid Ibrahim took the honourable step to resign based on principles. I salute Zaid Ibrahim for standing up for the people of Malaysia to oppose the outdated and oppressive Internal Security Act (ISA), which has been abused by the BN Government to suppress its critics/opposition.

All peace loving Malaysians must join together to peacefully oppose the BN Government for abusing the ISA for their own political objectives.

Let’s us all attend the MALAYSIA DAY Celebration organised by Pakatan Rakyat at 7:00 pm at Stadium MBPJ Kelana Jaya. The speakers are: YB Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Tuan Guru YB Dato” Seri Haji Hadi Awang. The
police has issued a permit for this celebration.

BREAKING NEWS

I sincerely salute Zaid Ibrahim for his stand on the recent ISA arrests as the de facto Law Minister and quits office because he had said “If my position is untenable, I will leave.”

Malaysiakini’s full report as follow …

Law Minister Zaid ‘tenders resignation‘
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | Sep 15, 08 2:17pm
De facto Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim has tendered his resignation over the government

10 thoughts on “Zaid Ibrahim resigns as Law Minister”

  1. Wah lau eh. My respect to Zaid Ibrahim. He did right and a true gentleman.

    We want to see more of our ministers to behave like him. Cannot agree on the ISA arrests and cannot help fix the problem must resign lah.

    Maybe this is the beginning of change in BN kah?

    Halo Syed Hamid, when you going to follow example ah? You are a disgrace you know and the way you talk you are more stupid than us rakyat lah.

    Maybe you must wear wig lah like Samy Veloo. Too much Malaysian sun shine on your head make your brain sudah bodoh. Very sad for you lah.

  3. Good that he has left a bunch of primates like Humid Al-blur and Bung Radin. Wish him well and I hope he joins Pakatan.

  4. Perhaps if more ministers were to uphold their principles and beliefs like how Zaid does, UMNO and BN would not be in the situation it is today.
    What Zaid has done is to take ministerial responsibility for failure to carry out his job appropriately, although the blame here is not on him but the unchanging govt.
    Syed Hamid Albar should take a lesson from Zaid and resign too!

  7. I like him very much. Congratulation to Zaid!!!!!!! for his daring and bravo. He is a very respect law minister,
    when is all the other ministers will be following him soon.
    Hope he would join PR very soon.

  8. I heard that Badawi asked him to take 2 week leave and come back to work, i.e. resignation rejected.

    So the PM expect this thing to blow over in 2 weeks? I suppose he is working on the assumption that Malaysians mudah lupa.

  9. The word of a true politician carries weight like gold! Once in a while we find true blood type such as the law minister, Zaid Ibrahim from the ruling party and that’s rare. As a law minister from day one, he actually find it very difficult to have his own party support in the many changes that he had proposed and thus his post is just untenable.

    The wind of change had has been blowing across the world for sometime now and many nations are affected. Similarly, we are experiencing the same change that begun in our hearts and this change cannot be curtailed nor be cowed by any political forces. The people at large just wanted change to usher in a new Malaysia with less politicking but more of being a true Malaysian where all of us can be colour blind and hope for the good of others first before self.

    Love thy neighbours as thyself and by no means it is easy but at least if each of us can be less selfish then this nation can rise up to regain its glory that the founding fathers were proud off !!!

  10. Initially, I respected him very much for making such a brave decision against the Government he is supporting.

    After the second day press conference, shit!!, he was taking the excuses to pull himself out from the murky water inside the cabinet.

    Can we trust him!!!!

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