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Reason behind proclamation of emergency 'hardly legitimate' and sets a dangerous precedent, says lawyer group


KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): A group of 10 prominent lawyers said today the government has set a dangerous precedent for the use of proclamations when it sought the proclamation of emergency last week.
This, the group argued in a statement today, is because the requisite conditions were not met under the constitution, which provides for the emergency proclamation only in situations where a grave emergency exists, namely where the security, economic life or public order in the country is threatened.
It must never be sought lightly because it is anti-democratic and effectively suspends the rule of law. Such a proclamation throws the country into a legal abyss where all power resides in the executive, the lawyers said, adding seeking such a proclamation must therefore be avoided by any responsible government except for the most extreme of circumstances . ....

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Ten former Bar presidents: Perikatan govt's Emergency laws 'dangerous precedent', table in Parliament first now | Malaysia


Sunday, 17 Jan 2021 03:33 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
A man watches a live telecast of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin s speech in Kuala Lumpur January 12, 2020. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 The current federal government’s successful push for a declaration of a nationwide Emergency on Malaysia and the subsequent Ordinance or law created under the Emergency with sweeping powers for the government without the necessary checks and balances is a “dangerous precedent”, ten former presidents of the Malaysian Bar said today.
In a statement today, the former leaders of the legal professional body that represents all lawyers in Peninsular Malaysia voiced their concern over the government’s decision to seek the declaration of an Emergency via a Proclamation by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. ....

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