Parliament is sitting, but it cannot vote. There is a Minister of Health, but the nation is sick. There is a Senior Minister for the Economy (among other things), but the economy is none of his business. There is a Prime Minister, but he does not answer questions. He is not even in the building….
1. There is currently a contentious debate on whether the YDPA can summon Parliament using his own discretion, instead of adhering to the constitutional monarchy convention of acting on the advice of the PM/Cabinet. 2. The Attorney General has recently issued a statement that, in such a matter, the YDPA must still act on the…
Dato’ Seri Takiyuddin, the Minister in charge of Parliament & Law, today said that the decision to end of extend the Emergency does not lie solely in the hands of the YDPA. And that “the onus is on the Cabinet to continue advising His Highness, as the head of state, in making decisions on the…
I refer to Datuk Azhar Harun (known to us as “Art”)’s latest article titled “Danger of quoting the constitution selectively for political purposes”. It is a long opinion peppered with legal technicalities. But the message is actually quite simple: “The Executive has the power to suspend Parliament under the Constitution, so I cannot and should…
Three years have passed since the controversial re-appointments of Tun Raus Sharif and Tan Sri Zulkefli Makinudin were thrust into public scrutiny. In 2017, the then Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal were appointed as additional judges in the Federal Court despite reaching the compulsory age of retirement encapsulated within Article 125(1)…