Bar Council: Constitution doesn't bar non-Malays from three branches of govt

PETALING JAYA: There is nothing in the Federal Constitution that bars a non-Malay, non-Muslim or non-bumiputra from holding any official position in the three branches of the government – the executive, legislative or judiciary, says the Malaysian Bar.

Its president George Varughese said the Bar is appalled that former Umno minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz criticised on the appointment of a non-bumiputra as the Attorney General, the Chief Justice and Finance Minister.