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Connecting with the Constitution
THOUGH 66 years old, our nation has not yet developed a shared constitutional culture. The Constitution has not yet become the chart and compass and the sail and anchor of our nation’s legal endeavours.
Guidelines pose legal issues
ON Saturday, The Star reported that the Higher Education Ministry has drawn up guidelines for entertainment activities including concerts at higher educational institutions. However, due to some backlash, the ministry is graciously reviewing these guidelines (“Relook at concerts in universities”; online at bit.ly/star_relook).
Power over national finance
Parliament is not powerless to deal with outsiders, MPs or ministers who obstruct it in its role as the grand inquest of the nation.
State polls: Some constitutional issues
STATE electoral results have no bearing on the formation or continuation of the Federal Government.
Maintaining racial, religious harmony
MINISTER for Law and Institutional Reform Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has proposed a new “State and Nation Act” to control provocations against race, religion and royalty (the 3Rs).
A mosaic, not a melting pot
THE allegation is spreading that it is against the grain of the Constitution to describe Malaysia as a multiethnic, multireligious and multilinguistic nation. Proponents of this view rely on the fact that nowhere in the text of our document of destiny is there any explicit usage of words like multiracial or multicultural Malaysia.
Searching questions about royal pardon
Mercy is not the subject of legal rights. It begins where legal rights end.
The aims of tertiary education
Education is the great equaliser of the human condition. It can, and should be, but do Malaysian universities offer this step up in life to all?
Law reform chances and hurdles
Content and consequences should be equally measured when seeking reforms.
The power of pardon
It is up to the Pardons Board to recommend and for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to choose between full pardons and other acts of clemency.
Reforms needed to university laws
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has declared that all provisions of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) that restrict the freedom of staff and students will be amended or repealed.
Meeting the pension obligation
The political risks of any attempted reform of the law and practice relating to government employment are many. But inaction is not an option.
