10-24-2020, 04:54 PM
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Lawyers group says emergency declaration to suspend Parliament can be challenged in court
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — A prominent group of lawyers consisting of former Malaysian Bar presidents said today it would be an unlawful design and a justiciable matter if the predominant objective of the suggested emergency declaration by the federal government was to suspend Parliament and to gain emergency powers.
In a statement, the group of law experts said this can be seen from the United Kingdom Supreme Court’s landmark constitutional law case of R (Miller) vs the Prime Minister (2019) on the limits of the royal prerogative power to prorogue the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
“Our Constitution, to be able to continue to protect the citizens, is always a living document in need of purposive construction by the courts.
“If it shall come to that, we are confident that the Judiciary will rise to the occasion,” they said.
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