LANGKAWI: Judges will be indebted to the Bar Council if lawyers are involved in the appointment, transfer and promotion of judges via a proposed commission, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday.
The Prime Minister said the Bench would not be independent, adding: “Lawyers will become more powerful in the appointment of judges, and if judges are afraid of lawyers because they can determine whether judges are promoted or who can become judges, their judgments will no longer be correct.”
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