Loke: PM will announce appointment of CJ after consent from Malay Rulers

The Star

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will announce the appointment of the new Chief Justice of Malaya once the Conference of Rulers gives its consent, said Transport Minister and DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke.  Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday (July 15), Loke, who is the DAP secretary-general, was responding to questions about the party’s stance following a closed-door meeting between Anwar and Pakatan Harapan MPs on the matter.  He said the party’s main concern was the current vacancies in the judiciary's top ranks and noted that the Conference of Rulers is scheduled to meet from July 15 to 17.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mrx6enpc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Hwang B, can we ask about the closed door briefing yesterday? What was the stand of the issue after that meeting?

00:11No, I think we have got the entire picture from the Prime Minister.

00:16Of course, I mean, in cabinet, he has mentioned and briefed the cabinet from time to time.

00:23But yesterday, it was to give the overall picture to our backbenchers so that they are also in the know of what's going on.

00:32And the Prime Minister is making it very clear that a decision will be made soon.

00:36Because this in terms of the filling up with the vacancies, I think the biggest concern right now is that

00:41there are vacancies in the top tier of the judiciary, especially on the Chief Justice.

00:49The Prime Minister will make it very clear that he will present it to the Conference of Reuters,

00:54which is going to meet tomorrow.

00:56And we hope that once the Conference of Reuters gives consent, then the decision will be announced.

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