Safeguarding judicial independence

BERSIH 2.0 and the Bar Council organised a webinar last Monday on judicial independence. An incisive and well-researched report was presented and discussed by the panelists.

Among the sub-topics on which animated discussion took place was the creation by law in 2009 of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), which is tasked with the job of recommending candidates to the prime minister.