It is up to the Pardons Board to recommend and for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to choose between full pardons and other acts of clemency.

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has declared that all provisions of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) that restrict the freedom of staff and students will be amended or repealed.

The political risks of any attempted reform of the law and practice relating to government employment are many. But inaction is not an option.

Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram left large footprints in many fields of law, including in the area of fundamental rights contained in the Federal Constitution.

AT the first meeting of the first session of the 15th Parliament on Dec 19, 2022, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won a resounding vote of confidence from the members of the Dewan Rakyat.

IT was International Human Rights Day on Dec 10.

The new PM will have to face the statesman’s challenge of providing leadership, but there is hope for the future if we are prepared to learn from the past.

At the conclusion of a general election, several critical issues of Constitutional law come to the forefront.

Voting is a civic responsibility but not a legal duty. One hopes, however, that all voters will go out to vote because not voting is giving up your voice.

The task of reforming is so massive that no one institution can handle it single-handedly.

On a matter as political as the timing of a general election, is our constitutional monarch conventionally bound by the advice of the prime minister?

IN the last few days, there have been many high-profile convictions for serious offences. These raise many riveting issues of constitutional law that require thoughtful consideration.