Verbosity at its finest
The next time you think that you've seen a long sentence, think again. Thus far, this is the longest I have seen. Headache!
Per Abdool Cader J. who later became the Judge of the Supreme Court of Malaya in the case, Re Pengkalan Kota Bye-Election [1982] 2 MLJ 265.
βOn a careful and considered examination and evaluation secundum subjectant materiam of the alleged statement around which the petitioner's case revolves in relation to its form and content viewed in the light of the relevant provisions of the Act, the law and the evidence adduced, I can only conclude, in a penumbra of phrases knitted in alliteration that the words allegedly uttered by Tengku Razaleigh to the effect that if Barisan Nasional wins, he would personally give money for the improvement of Pengkalan Kota perceived in passionless and proper context of an election campaign often conducted with a fervour calculated to outdo even the Befrienders and invariably pregnant with partisan promises in which some forensic flexing of political muscle is not an uncommon or unknown phenomenon, did not perforce pose or constitute a promise or pre-engagement by him in his personal capacity with any corrupt intention of any designated sum of money or valuable consideration to or for any one or more particular elector or voter for corrupt inducement to exert his or her personal predilection at the polls in favour of the 1st respondent but were in effect and in intention no more than a broad particular articulation in his office as Minister of Finance of the party in power's potential pull on the public purse-strings to pursue promises, propitiate pleas and propel and promote projects and programmes for amelioration and development in the constituency for the benefit and progress of that locality and all its commorants generally if the ruling party gained the seat in contest and that he was personally in position within the pale of his portfolio as the Minister to sanction schemes and endorse expenses on behalf of the government to this end.β
Fuh...not only a mouthful...takes ages to type. And this is just one sentence. Grammar mistakes anyone? ο Imagine reading his entire judgment...
Per Abdool Cader J. who later became the Judge of the Supreme Court of Malaya in the case, Re Pengkalan Kota Bye-Election [1982] 2 MLJ 265.
βOn a careful and considered examination and evaluation secundum subjectant materiam of the alleged statement around which the petitioner's case revolves in relation to its form and content viewed in the light of the relevant provisions of the Act, the law and the evidence adduced, I can only conclude, in a penumbra of phrases knitted in alliteration that the words allegedly uttered by Tengku Razaleigh to the effect that if Barisan Nasional wins, he would personally give money for the improvement of Pengkalan Kota perceived in passionless and proper context of an election campaign often conducted with a fervour calculated to outdo even the Befrienders and invariably pregnant with partisan promises in which some forensic flexing of political muscle is not an uncommon or unknown phenomenon, did not perforce pose or constitute a promise or pre-engagement by him in his personal capacity with any corrupt intention of any designated sum of money or valuable consideration to or for any one or more particular elector or voter for corrupt inducement to exert his or her personal predilection at the polls in favour of the 1st respondent but were in effect and in intention no more than a broad particular articulation in his office as Minister of Finance of the party in power's potential pull on the public purse-strings to pursue promises, propitiate pleas and propel and promote projects and programmes for amelioration and development in the constituency for the benefit and progress of that locality and all its commorants generally if the ruling party gained the seat in contest and that he was personally in position within the pale of his portfolio as the Minister to sanction schemes and endorse expenses on behalf of the government to this end.β
Fuh...not only a mouthful...takes ages to type. And this is just one sentence. Grammar mistakes anyone? ο Imagine reading his entire judgment...
