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KUALA LUMPUR: Chief Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali was not represented by any lawyer during the handling of today’s case of a lawsuit brought by 10 Gombak voters against his deputy for alleged deception and breach of fiduciary duty.
Attorney Yohendra Nadarajan, who represented voters during the case management that took place online, said he was asked by Deputy Secretary Maslinda Selamat to submit a service affidavit to show that legal documents had been served on Azmin. .
Maslinda arranged another case management on January 14.
“I was expecting a lawyer (for Azmin) to be present since the papers were delivered to Azmin on December 1,” Yohendra said.
According to court rules, Azmin has to hire an attorney within 14 days of obtaining the cause papers and then file a memorandum of appearance in court.
This is so your attorney can follow the court’s instructions.
Yohendra said she would request a default judgment if no attorney represented Azmin on January 14.
Voters want a statement that the chief finance minister, as administrator, owes them a fiduciary duty as an elected representative.
They also want a statement that Azmin committed the crime of deception against them and that he violated his constitutional oath under Article 59 (1), read in conjunction with Annex 6 of the Federal Constitution.
In his claim statement, the bone of contention for the plaintiffs is that Azmin made a statement that he was running for election in 2018 to overthrow the then Barisan Nasional coalition and rid Malaysia of corrupt officials.
They said Azmin caused the Pakatan Harapan government to collapse in February and joined the Perikatan Nasional administration, which included BN and individuals Azmin himself had acknowledged were “credibly accused of corrupt practices.”
They added that Azmin, the former vice president of the PKR, had pledged to comply with the PH 2018 electoral manifesto to address, among others, BN’s crimes when he formed the federal government.
