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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should be legally supervised by Parliament and given its own prosecution powers, says Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim.
Elections provide the space for the people to elect their government. A government coalition of the people’s choosing and which is responsible to the people represents the main pillar of democracy. It is the common understanding that a government chosen by the people will strive to fulfil its trust, manage public resources and utilise the nation’s wealth by giving priority to the interests and well-being of the people
THE Federal Constitution combines the great offices of the Attorney General (AG) and Public Prosecutor (PP). This was a serious misjudgment by the Reid Commission that drafted our Constitution in 1957, and its inimical effect on the rule of law has elicited learned proposals for reform from the Bar Council, Transparency International, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), and the Institutional Reform Committee.