The Constitution, the law and the PM


Leader and his successor: When Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (right) died in office, the then Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn, was appointed Prime Minister. — Filepic

“LET me get a copy of the Constitution, ” said Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi on Monday before my interview with the Constitutional law expert.

I was at the Emeritus Professor’s office at Universiti Malaya’s law faculty in Kuala Lumpur to ask him about who – Constitutionally – is eligible to replace the Prime Minister if the post becomes suddenly vacant.

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