1. Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,
Presiden UMNO, Pengerusi Barisan Nasional dan Perdana Menteri telah
menyalahkan semua orang kecuali dirinya sebagai penyebab prestasi
Barisan Nasional yang buruk pada Pilihanraya Umum ke-12.

2. Dia
menyalahkan pengundi kerana kononnya tidak mahukan dia menang
dua-pertiga majoriti; ahli Barisan Nasional kerana sabotaj, ahli UMNO
di Kedah dan Perak juga kerana sabotaj, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah kerana
kekalahan Barisan Nasional di Kelantan dan saya sendiri kerana lantang
mengkritik dirinya dan Kerajaan pimpinannya.

3. Apa yang
dikatakan olehnya bukanlah semuanya salah. Ada banyak kebenaran di
dalam apa yang dikatakan. Saya tahu ramai ahli UMNO yang mengundi
pembangkang. Saya akui apa yang saya katakan mungkin pengaruhi
sesetengah daripada mereka untuk lakukan apa yang tidak pernah terfikir
oleh mereka.

Clearly
the Government felt contrite over what had happened to these judges
many years ago, and felt a need to make amends, but not quite enough to
apologise as was suggested by the de facto Minister of Justice, Dato
Zaid Ibrahim.

In fact if newspaper reports are to be believed
the Cabinet rejected the proposal by the new Law Minister. Nothing was
decided about the ex-Gratia payment.

But a dinner was held by
the Bar Council which rumours say was paid for by the Government during
which the Prime Minister announced two things which must gladden the
hearts of members of the Bar.

(Edisi Bahasa Melayu di bawah)

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