The NS Constitution and the clause built to silence the courts: can it? [5/NS]
Can a 1982 ouster clause still keep the courts out? Eighty years of common-law authority, laid before the bench.
Read MoreCan a 1982 ouster clause still keep the courts out? Eighty years of common-law authority, laid before the bench.
Read MoreFor decades, one person in Putrajaya has worn two hats. He advises the government on how to stay in power. He decides who will be prosecuted and who will quietly walk away. Does the new “AG–PP split” Bill truly cut that cord, or simply dresses old political control in the language of 'reform'? Do you know what I think?
Read MoreCan a King’s mercy bypass constitutional procedure? In a landmark ruling, Justice Alice Loke says, “No”. She affirms that even royal prerogatives must give way to Constitutional 'due process'.
Read MoreTrue patriotism does not require public humiliation. It requires proportionality, empathy, and respect for the law. And for the people living within its borders.
Read MoreNo: only Parliament wields the power to amend the Constitution:(Article 159). Yet deeper currents flow beneath: MA63 protects East Malaysian rights. Any constitutional amendment requires their consent. And it is an international Treaty lodged with the UN. And timeless wisdom echoes: "Why fix what isn't broken?"
Read MoreIs Malaysia still a land where everyone stands equal before the law? Or have powerful hands quietly reshaped our justice system to favour the few?
Read MoreCan a judge speak truth about justice without facing negative consequences? Chief Justice Tengku Maimun’s Malta Speech exposed the deepest fractures. It revealed a constitutional cross-road by asking this question: "Will Malaysians choose constitutional rule, or arbitrary power?" What is your answer? It matters.
Read MoreWithin marble chambers where the scales of justice have trembled through tempest and calm, where in silent corridors, darkness once consumed light, where the sacred spirit of law endured its darkest winter— here lives a story of its struggle and its resurrection. The robe, once rent by a political blade, was rewoven with threads of courage; how the flame, once dimmed to dying ember, burns bright once more: luminous, defiant, and eternal.
Read MoreA blogger once wrote that the monarch could appoint his gardener as prime minister. Was he right? This minor question begets larger ones.
Read MoreJawapannya adalah Tidak. Inilah sebabnya. Perdebatan mengenai isu undang-undang yang terperinci akan dibincangkan secara berasingan. Artikel ini hanya bertujuan untuk memberi penjelasan umum mengenai sistem Parlimen kita.
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