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Malaysian Bar welcomes Rulers call to strip PM of power to appoint panel members who nominate judges.😆

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/...dges/42911😁

As chairman of the 260th meeting of the Conference of Rulers. Yesterday, Tuanku Muhriz proposed the removal of the prime minister’s role in appointing members of the JAC, a panel which nominates prospective new judges.

He had stressed on the importance of keeping enforcement agencies and the judiciary independent and free from external influence.

Especially to Newly Malaysia PM and on the Old Fox, Old man...🐏 /  Dr M.

The Malaysian Bar said it had submitted more than 60 working papers to “initiate progress in working towards a matured and truly democratic nation”, among them a paper advocating the review of the Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2009.

The body also advocated a more inclusive JAC, one that reflect the country's diversity. “Means inclusion of  wide spectrum of Malaysia’s rich multicultural and multireligious population, to reflection good balance of the genders and professional practice areas,” 

Noted JAC has nine members, four of whom are the most senior judges in Malaysia, while the remaining five are appointed by prime minister. The Malaysian Bar had warned that selection of eminent persons leaves open the possibility that former members of the executive anwhich could lead to political interference.d public service, members of Parliament and other politicians may sit on the JAC, 

“The Malaysian Bar reiterates yet again that the powers of the PM in the judicial selection and appointment process under the JAC Act be removed, so as to ensure independence of the JAC to run its own affairs, and that a Parliamentary Select Committee on key matters be possibly involved to provide check and balance.

“These reforms would be necessary to uphold the independence of the Judiciary,” Cheah said.