IN the interest of media freedom, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin recently stepped up to the plate in Parliament by calling for the abolishment of the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA). Khairy advocated the setting up of a national media council and for the media to be allowed to self-regulate without government interference. The […]
Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC)
Saifuddin Abdullah (Temerloh)
By Koh Lay Chin
TEMERLOH Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Saifuddin Abdullah; constituency: Temerloh […]
Perception vs fact in the judiciary
By Ding Jo-Ann“FOR any decision, the losing party will say it’s unfair, the winning party will say it’s fair,” says Chief Justice Tun Zaki Azmi. He says as people tend to root for the underdog, decisions favouring the government tend to be viewed as a result of government bias. In the second and final part of an […]
JAC will lead to problems in appointing top judges
PUTRAJAYA, 11 Dec 2008: The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), the Bill of which was tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, will lead to problems where the appointments of the Chief Justice and president of the Appeals Court are concerned. Newly-retired Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad said problems would arise as among […]
