10 Feb 2021 / 20:03 H. Pengerang Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said fotoBERNAMA (2021) COPYRIGHTS RESERVED
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10: The Attorney-General (AG) should not also be the Public Prosecutor (PP), said Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
Azalina, 58, who is a lawyer, wrote in her blog, azalinaothmansaid.com, today that she had proposed this way back in June 2018.
The Member of Parliament for Pengarang pointed out that pre-1960, an AG was appointed not on the advice of the prime minister but was selected by the King from among members of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLS) and could be removed only by a tribunal of at least five judges.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The Attorney-General (AG) should not also be the Public Prosecutor (PP), said Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
Azalina, 58, who is a lawyer, wrote in her blog, azalinaothmansaid.com, today that she had proposed this way back in June 2018.
The Member of Parliament for Pengarang pointed out that pre-1960, an AG was appointed not on the advice of the Prime Minister but was selected by the King from among members of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLS) and could be removed only by a tribunal of at least five judges.
In the blog post entitled Perception vs Reality , she said all that changed in 1960 when the Government of Malaya tabled amendments to Article 145 (of the Federal Constitution) to enable an AG to be appointed not only from among members of the judicial and legal service but to be chosen also from among politicians, lawyers and even academicians, and that the safeguard for the AG’s removal was also obliterated.