0000A Bernama news report dated June 27 quoted Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad as saying that the move by the government to amend Article 121 (1) of the Federal Constitution, restoring power to the judiciary, which was taken away in 1988, was an "interesting development". I agree.
He further added that, "It shows that an amendment made in anger as a reaction to a decision of the court can last (only) for one generation." He also remarked that just as water tends to find "its own level", the country is now finding its way back "to the original provision".
Whilst it is not my intention to question what the learned Chief Justice said last week, I am still wondering "whose anger" led to the amendment of Article 121(1) two decades ago?
0Politicians should take the lead and be seen encouraging such dialogue in the process of educating the citizenry, says former UN special rapporteur Param Cumaraswamy.
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BN may start out as the underdog in the by-election, but it plans to give the opposition icon the fight of his political life once campaigning officially begins on Saturday.
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The MIC president says he regards the move to transfer the errant teacher to a smart school as a form of appreciation rather than punishment.
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In this second of a five-part series,
Malaysiakini
recaps former Malaysian Bar president Param Cumaraswamy's hard-hitting final speech and the lawyer recollects his meeting with then chief justice Hamid Omar.
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Perhaps the most significant by-product of the protestors' actions was to galvanise the moderate Muslim voices against such actions.
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‘If she is to be charged under the ISA, what about ... the highly seditious statements made by some politicians and the rowdy mob at the Bar Council forum?'
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