Of law and justice
Justice that love gives is a surrender; justice that law gives is a punishment. – Mohandas K Gandhi, lawyer, and Indian freedom fighter “Law and justice are two distant cousins who are not on speaking terms,” said the character of Marlon Brando in the 1989 movie ‘A Dry White Season’, showcasing apartheid in South Africa. […]
Government of laws
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. – Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist Stalwarts and statesmen over the last few hundred years have written and spoken boldly of being a government of laws and not of men. Rings noble and true, […]
What’s it like working under MCO?
KUCHING: The implementation of the movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19 has led many people including lawmakers to change their ways of working. Like most of his colleagues, who prioritise going to the ground to be with the people, Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis had to be proactive […]
Be better administrators, lawmakers told
KUCHING: Malaysian lawmakers are told to learn from their mistakes and be better administrators for Malaysia. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing said this in response to the news of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s appointment as the new prime minister. “With Muhyiddin as the eighth prime minister, the political ‘roller coaster ride’ […]
Statutory stutter
Law is reason free of passion. – Aristotle, Greek philosopher It is apparent that the Malaysian judicial system is passionate about the rule by law as pronounced, commandeered and commanded by the ever-encroaching executive. The doctrine of the separation of powers, which supposedly is a check and balance between the three organs of government has […]
