Susan Loone's take on Judicial Appointment Council

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It’s more like JAC under PM’s armpits - it stinks! « *SUSAN LOONE’s Blog*

"So what’s the point of having a Judicial Appointment Council if it’s going to be under the armpit of the Prime Minister?

Not under his thumb, Ms. Beh Lih Yi (Malaysiakini), because anything which pretends to be independent of the powers that be but is not, stinks. So armpit, it is!

What kind of Council are we talking about if the PM “can revoke the appointment of anyone in the nine-member JAC at any time without having to give a reason” ?

I find the JAC’s functions No. 6 and 7, really ironical:

6. Members are obliged to disclose their relationship with any candidate under consideration in the selection of judges. The bill defines ‘relationships’ as those of a spouse, former spouse, sibling, uncle, aunt, cousin, sibling to spouse or former spouse and their uncle, aunt and cousin.

7. Members are also required to disclose their connection with any candidate, including their nominee, partner, former partner, spouse of a partner or former partner, a person practising in a firm linked to members and a trustee of a trust under which members or their family are a beneficiary.

What about CJ Zaki Azmi? He will be one of the persons sitting in this so called JAP or JAC.

Isn’t he just too closely connected to the ruling party by being their ex-lawyer?

Hmm…some may just say - it’s all in the past. But the past has a way of catching up with you in ways you’ll never expect."