THE Parliamentary Caucus on Reform and Governance will bring forward to the Cabinet on the formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on allegations of judicial misconduct, says its chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
He said the caucus had met with several representatives of civil society groups on the reform agenda, including the challenges faced by the judiciary.
“We will submit all our proposals for the consideration of the Cabinet.
“The caucus has unanimously agreed on it,” he said after chairing the meeting at Parliament House.
Anwar said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had agreed on the matter earlier.
The Cabinet approved the setting up of an RCI in February in the wake of an affidavit by Court of Appeal judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer outlining alleged misconduct by several unidentified judges.
Anwar said the caucus also discussed the issue of asset declaration and political funding.
“The function of the caucus is to look at all of the updates and what we’ve promised, to check what has been implemented,” he added.
Anwar also said the caucus members had also discussed environmental issues, logging, deforestation, housing and orang asli land.
Dr Mahathir announced on Feb 21 that the government would set up an RCI into the alleged judicial misconduct.
It was earlier reported that on Feb 14, Hamid had filed a 65-page affidavit in court to declare that the Chief Justice had failed to defend the integrity of the judiciary in two cases.
Hamid claimed that the scam was carried out by nominees of politicians getting into contracts with the government.
On another matter, Anwar said all parties should not make a big issue out of the return of the ashes of late Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) leader Chin Peng.
“The matter has been investigated by the police and I take the stance that it is better to understand the history, the violence, the fights, the sensitivity and the feelings of the armed forces and the police.
“But we also know that we have reached a peace agreement (with the CPM).
“So, I do not think that we should delve too much into the issue of ashes, enough already,” said Anwar.
He said the caucus had met with several representatives of civil society groups on the reform agenda, including the challenges faced by the judiciary.
“We will submit all our proposals for the consideration of the Cabinet.
“The caucus has unanimously agreed on it,” he said after chairing the meeting at Parliament House.
Anwar said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had agreed on the matter earlier.
The Cabinet approved the setting up of an RCI in February in the wake of an affidavit by Court of Appeal judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer outlining alleged misconduct by several unidentified judges.
Anwar said the caucus also discussed the issue of asset declaration and political funding.
“The function of the caucus is to look at all of the updates and what we’ve promised, to check what has been implemented,” he added.
Anwar also said the caucus members had also discussed environmental issues, logging, deforestation, housing and orang asli land.
Dr Mahathir announced on Feb 21 that the government would set up an RCI into the alleged judicial misconduct.
It was earlier reported that on Feb 14, Hamid had filed a 65-page affidavit in court to declare that the Chief Justice had failed to defend the integrity of the judiciary in two cases.
Hamid claimed that the scam was carried out by nominees of politicians getting into contracts with the government.
On another matter, Anwar said all parties should not make a big issue out of the return of the ashes of late Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) leader Chin Peng.
“The matter has been investigated by the police and I take the stance that it is better to understand the history, the violence, the fights, the sensitivity and the feelings of the armed forces and the police.
“But we also know that we have reached a peace agreement (with the CPM).
“So, I do not think that we should delve too much into the issue of ashes, enough already,” said Anwar.
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