Malay politicians should defend Federal Court’s decision, says Zaid

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The former law minister says Muslim leaders seem unable to explain to the people that the choice is between a democracy or a hardline theocracy.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/12/malay-politicians-should-defend-federal-courts-decision-says-zaid/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZaidIbrahim #NikElinZurina #TengkuYasminNastasha #SyariahLaw #CivilLaw

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00:00 The reactions of Malay politicians to lawyer Nick Elinzirina Nick Abdul Rashid and her

00:06 daughter Tunku Yasmin Nastasha Tunku Abdul Rahman's case shows how little they think

00:10 about the country's future, former Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim said.

00:15 He said Malay leaders seem unable to explain to the people that the choice is between a

00:18 democracy governed by one set of general laws or an Afghanistan-Iranian-type theocracy.

00:24 In a posting on X, he added that if Malay politicians want to keep Malaysia as it is,

00:29 they should defend the court's decision, saying their reactions were emotional and

00:33 not grounded in reality.

00:35 Zaid also took a swipe at UMNO leader's reaction towards the ruling, emphasizing that

00:39 civil laws are the primary source of legislation governing the country.

00:44 The former Law Minister warned against dividing the country into two legal systems as the

00:48 ramifications will be more severe for the country as a whole.

00:52 The mother and daughter duo filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of 18 provisions

00:57 in Kelantan's Sharia Criminal Code 1 enactment 2019.

01:01 On Friday, the federal court struck down 16 of the 18 provisions on the grounds that they

01:05 are unconstitutional.

01:07 On Saturday, UMNO Deputy President Mohammad Hassan said the party will ask Jakim, the

01:12 religious affairs minister, and the law and institutional reform minister whether it was

01:17 necessary to amend the constitution to prevent such occurrences from happening again.

01:21 (upbeat music)

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