In voiding the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat, Justice Azizah had ruled that “It is no matter that the money was given as ‘duit rokok’ or ‘duit minyak’ as it constitutes bribery. The money was given to the voter to induce the voter to vote. … The corrupt practice was committed with the knowledge of the respondent (Sivarraajh).”

Why does the DAP candidate Manogaran, himself a practising lawyer, not apply the same ruling when it comes to his candidacy? Isn’t this double standards? His own defence, “Giving money to volunteers for their food and transportation is not legally wrong,” contradicts himself when he later adds that “This is just part of the election expenditure that will be noted in the accounts and sent to the Election Commission.” This suggests he was fully aware in advance of the petrol money reimbursements.

DAP’s word play, relying on technicalities to escape the law and the court judgement is redundant.

Since DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has admitted that 60 Orang Asli were each paid RM20, he should enforce the same court judgement unto DAP’s own candidate. Likewise, Manogaran should thus implement his own quote that “the court says that giving money in exchange for votes is wrong,” and withdraw from contesting.

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