Jerlun Member of Parliament Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir was speechless on the government's plan to form a judicial appointments commission and the goodwill ex gratia payments to six senior judges who were sacked in 1988.
"I'm sorry. I don't know how to comment on this matter. It's not suitable for me to comment because if I say yes, I am condemning my dad and if I say no everybody will think I am stupid," he said when I contacted him yesterday.
Mukhriz, along with his father, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has been trying to over thrown Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, especially after the PM has cut most of their illegal earnings.
On Thursday night, when Abdullah announced the government's plans at the Bar Council dinner, he received loud cheer when he referred to the 1988 judicial crisis and gave details on how he wanted to bring closure to the darkest hours of the institution.
Meanwhile, Mukhriz has denied that he had a pact with former Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo in his (Mukhriz) bid for the post of Umno Youth chief at the Umno general assembly in December.
"I have never worked out any pact with Khir (in my bid to vie) for the post of Umno Youth chief."
Both men have announced that they would contest for the post of Umno Youth chief in the party's elections in December after Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said he would not be defending the post.
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