Tengku Maimun acknowledged that the JAC was far from ideal in her speech at a convention for the court next quarter.  ,
Additionally, she cautioned against any unauthorized interference in the appointment of judges and said any illegal procedure “would render those appointments ( of judges ) unconstitutional or in violation of written law.”
” For this reason, no man, whether it be the leader of the Malaysian Bar, any argue or lawyer, any political party, the Attorney General, or any other man for that matter, has any firm recommending names to the PM for interview”, she said at the opening of the legitimate year on Jan 8.
Nine former Indonesian Bar presidents responded to her speech on January 23 by claiming that the current administration is insufficiently valued and respected in comparison to its previous three governments.
Government-elected members are even calling for the JAC Act to be revised.  ,
Ramkarpal Singh, a Member of Parliament from the Democratic Action Party, which is a partnership companion in Anwar’s state, said there was a need to reform the selection process of judges. Additionally, he wants to see the clause that allows the prime minister to dismiss recommendations made by the JAC removed.
According to Ramkarpal, a former assistant law minister,” the JAC visits process needs immediate reform to ensure that the view of executive effect is eliminated.”
MALAYSIA’S Courts AT CROSSROADS, SOME SAY
Doctors and retired magistrates noted that Malaysia’s court is at a juncture.
” Any decision to appoint someone who is young and who was parachuted in would give a negative message to the organization and the shareholders. It would be “dialing back to the dark times,” a retired lawyer who spoke on the condition of anonymity said.
The so-called “dark ages” relate to the conflict between former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and the courts in 1988, when Mahathir fired Salleh Abas and dismissed two different Federal Court magistrates who held court sessions to support their nephew judge.
After he claimed Mahathir was meddling in the judiciary by developing amendments to limit its powers, the late Salleh was fired.  ,
At the time, the judiciary was widely considered to be relatively independent.