Govt committed to separating powers of executive, legislature and judiciary

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to separating the powers between the executive, legislature and judiciary to ensure the integrity of the legal institution, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic).

At a luncheon with law society presidents in the Parliament building on Tuesday (Oct 24), she said the government needs all three branches to hold true to their functions and roles to ensure the laws do not only exist on paper but are actively upheld, respected and justly interpreted in the real world.