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M'SIA NEVER SAY IT WON'T SET UP JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi Wednesday rejected claims by the opposition that the Malaysian government
was reluctant to set up the Judicial Appointments Commission and implement other
reforms in the judiciary.
He said the government was in fact preparing a Bill for the setting up of
the commission, which would be tabled in the Lower House of Parliament at the
current parliament session.
"We hope that the opposition will support the move and not try to
defeat the
initiatives," he said in reply to Wee Choo Keong, to an opposition member of
parliament (MP).
Wee had asked Abdullah why the government was reluctant to set up the
Judicial Appointments Commission and implement other reforms in the judiciary as
promised by the prime minister during the Bar Council dinner in April.
Abdullah said a lot more needed to be done to reform the country's
judiciary
apart from setting up the commission.
"It is an ongoing process and we will spare no effort in the quest for
continuous improvement," he said.
Abdullah said among the aspects currently being looked into was instituting
a more transparent and efficient case management to speed up the disposal of
cases.
He said efforts were also underway to resolve issues arising from the
computerisation of the court's recording and transcription system.
"Resolution through mediation is an approach which we can implement. This
will pave the way for cases to be resolved through mediation instead of
litigation. This, in turn, will minimise the number of cases brought to court,"
he said.
Abdullah said that the judiciary had also implemented its own
restructuring to overcome the shortage of judges.
Abdullah said a comprehensive study was also underway to enhance the roles
of the legal aid bureau to improve access to legal aid among the people.
He said the process to merge the Rules of the High Court 1980 and
Subordinate Court Rules 1980 to be used in both courts had been initiated to
speed up hearing of cases.
There was also an ongoing operation to dispose of civil cases brought to
the
court before the year 2000 and it had so far shown satisfactory results, he
said.
"Between 2003 and December 2007, some 96 per cent of pre-2000 civil cases
had been disposed of. About 99 per cent of pre-2000 criminal cases had also been
disposed of during the period," he said.
He said decision had been made to give priority to the disposal of pre-2004
criminal cases.
"This resulted in the disposal of 44,342 cases or 94 per cent of the 47,315
cases between July 2005 and December 2007," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Badawi Wednesday rejected claims by the opposition that the Malaysian government
was reluctant to set up the Judicial Appointments Commission and implement other
reforms in the judiciary.
He said the government was in fact preparing a Bill for the setting up of
the commission, which would be tabled in the Lower House of Parliament at the
current parliament session.
"We hope that the opposition will support the move and not try to
defeat the
initiatives," he said in reply to Wee Choo Keong, to an opposition member of
parliament (MP).
Wee had asked Abdullah why the government was reluctant to set up the
Judicial Appointments Commission and implement other reforms in the judiciary as
promised by the prime minister during the Bar Council dinner in April.
Abdullah said a lot more needed to be done to reform the country's
judiciary
apart from setting up the commission.
"It is an ongoing process and we will spare no effort in the quest for
continuous improvement," he said.
Abdullah said among the aspects currently being looked into was instituting
a more transparent and efficient case management to speed up the disposal of
cases.
He said efforts were also underway to resolve issues arising from the
computerisation of the court's recording and transcription system.
"Resolution through mediation is an approach which we can implement. This
will pave the way for cases to be resolved through mediation instead of
litigation. This, in turn, will minimise the number of cases brought to court,"
he said.
Abdullah said that the judiciary had also implemented its own
restructuring to overcome the shortage of judges.
Abdullah said a comprehensive study was also underway to enhance the roles
of the legal aid bureau to improve access to legal aid among the people.
He said the process to merge the Rules of the High Court 1980 and
Subordinate Court Rules 1980 to be used in both courts had been initiated to
speed up hearing of cases.
There was also an ongoing operation to dispose of civil cases brought to
the
court before the year 2000 and it had so far shown satisfactory results, he
said.
"Between 2003 and December 2007, some 96 per cent of pre-2000 civil cases
had been disposed of. About 99 per cent of pre-2000 criminal cases had also been
disposed of during the period," he said.
He said decision had been made to give priority to the disposal of pre-2004
criminal cases.
"This resulted in the disposal of 44,342 cases or 94 per cent of the 47,315
cases between July 2005 and December 2007," he said.
-- BERNAMA
