Pakatan succumbed to ‘moral cowardice’ in death penalty u-turn, says Lawyers for Liberty
N Surendran, the group advisor of Lawyers for Liberty, criticised the Pakatan Harapan administration’s decision to retain the death penalty for selected offences. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
The former Bagan Serai MP claimed the reversal followed conservative pressure, and that PH had failed to display moral leadership. “In giving in to unjustified pressure and irrational objections, Pakatan Harapan failed to display moral leadership, but instead succumbed to moral cowardice,” the former MP said.
“To hold out hope of being spared the gallows, only to have the hope snatched away again is extremely cruel and unjust,” the lawyer argued.
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