I am not a teacher of the law, but I have been a student of the federal constitution and the subject of good governance since the day I first set foot in the Parliament in 1968.

In Form 6, we studied a subject called ‘British Government’ and read ‘Modern Organisations’ by Amitai Etzioni.  

In UM, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was very fortunate to have two very good law lecturers - the late professors Ahmad Ibrahim and Nik Abdul Rashid. Since graduation, I have worked almost 30 years in public service, but have also observed the federal constitution being abused in many and different ways.