Potential crisis defused overnight

SO many precedents have been set since May 9 and the imminent appointment of Tommy Thomas as the next Attorney General is the latest ground-breaker.

The constitutional law expert has been the newsmaker during the past few days and, for a while, it looked like a long drawn-out standoff between the royals and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was in the making over the choice of the new AG.