New Hopes for a Clean Judiciary
The Judicial Commission Bill will be deliberated next week. But how effective will efforts to clean up the judiciary be?
June 1, 2004
LAST April, the Director-General of Laws and Regulations, Abdul Gani Abdullah, received news that a presidential mandate had been issued appointing the Department of Justice to assist the House of Representatives (DPR) in deliberating the Judicial Commission Bill. In mid-May, the Department of Justice held meetings with the DPR to formulate a joint plan for deliberation. They agreed that the bill should be completed as soon as possible. Deliberat
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