BERSIH chairman, Thomas Fann, said Azalina’s statement was not in line with her stance last year.
He claimed that the Prime Minister’s Legal Adviser had previously defended the separation of powers and rejected executive interference in the judiciary.
Edisi Siasat is not sure whether Thomas has a problem understanding Bahasa Melayu which is the national language or not.
What Azalina meant by saying ‘takkan tukar peguam pun tak boleh’ is referring to the rejection of DS Najib’s application to use the services of QC, Jonathan Laidlaw.
Most interesting when we know that all this time Thomas did not know that the institution of the Attorney General’s chambers is different from the institution of the judiciary.
Actually the Pengerang member of parliament was mocking what Pakatan Harapan had done when they were in power.
Former Attorney General, Tommy Thomas himself admitted that his appointment was a political appointment.
So Azalina’s statement, usually the Attorney General will be appointed to be a ‘servant’ of the ruling Prime Minister, done by PH and continued by PN.
Will the current government whose Prime Minister is from Barisan Nasional change the existing Attorney General.
We know that Idrus Harun’s contract should have ended.
Idrus Harun was appointed as Attorney General to replace Tommy Thomas in the era of Perikatan Nasional led by Muhyiddin Yasin.
Not sure in what capacity he was appointed by Muhyiddin or could it also be a political appointment like Tommy Thomas?
There is a theory that says so since various pending cases involving PPBM leaders have still not been taken any action.
This attitude illustrates as if Idrus Harun has a belief that he obeys to only one person.
If this is true, we wonder why Ismail Sabri did not change him with someone who is really free?
