PARLIAMENT | The cabinet is set to receive the final report on a proposal to separate the roles of the attorney-general and the solicitor-general, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Takiyuddin Hassan.
The de facto law minister said the proposal which involved an amendment to Article 145 of the Federal Constitution is currently being finalised by the Attorney-General's Chambers and is set to be presented by the year end.
"The initiative to separate the roles of the solicitor-general from the attorney-general is a strategy under the 11th Malaysia Plan mid-term review and the National Anti-Corruption Plan.
"This initiative has been continued under policies of the current government," he said in response to Khalid Samad (Harapan-Shah Alam) at the Dewan Rakyat today.
Takiyuddin reminded Khalid that the initiative was introduced as part of Pakatan Harapan's institutional reform promise but it was not fulfilled during their time in power.
He cited then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's response in the Dewan Rakyat that Harapan did not have a two-thirds parliamentary majority needed to pass a constitutional amendment including on Article 145.
“But something good like this doesn’t need the government to hold a two-thirds majority," said Takiyuddin, citing Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's success to secure bipartisan support in lowering the voting age to 18.
Khalid in response reassured that Harapan will support any move to amend the constitution in order to separate roles of the attorney-general and the solicitor-general. - Mkini
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