This reform has been debated for decades and represents one of the most significant constitutional reforms to the justice system since Merdeka.
For far too long, one individual has been expected to perform two fundamentally different constitutional functions.
As AG, the officeholder serves as the principal legal adviser to the government. As PP, the same individual is expected to exercise independent prosecutorial discretion, including deciding whether criminal proceedings should be instituted against members of the very government they advise.
The decision to separate these roles is therefore both necessary and...