Putrajaya may come to agree with the Malaysian Bar's stand on the 1MDB imbligio one day after there has been a change in the government leadership, said former Malaysian Bar president Ragunath Kesavan.

Ragunath based his stand on the government having paid RM5 million as ex-gratia to former Lord President Salleh Abas, who was removed from office in the 1998 judiciary crisis, and Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria's proposal to relieve the attorney-general from heading the judicial division of the Magistrate’s and Sessions Courts.

"For the moment, the government may not agree with us on our position on 1MDB.

"But, with the government leadership changing, it may come back to us in 10 years and say, 'Yes, the position you have taken is the right position and this is the thing that should be done'," he said, optimistically.