Govt weighs making AG, Public Prosecutor answerable to Parliament

Govt weighs making AG, Public Prosecutor answerable to Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is studying the feasibility of making the Attorney-General and the Public Prosecutor answerable to Parliament as it prepares to separate the two roles.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said a thorough study was required to assess the legal implications, institutional structure, and administration of such a proposal.

“Regarding the accountability of the Attorney-General and the Public Prosecutor to Parliament, the matter is a policy issue that requires in-depth consideration and a comprehensive study of its legal implications, institutional structure and governance.

“As such, it is one of the elements currently being examined by the Special Technical Task Force,” she said in a written parliamentary reply last night.

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Azalina was responding to former deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Ramkarpal Singh.

She also said that the constitutional amendment to separate the two roles is on track to be tabled in the first sitting of the year.

Putrajaya will table the constitutional amendment bill before tabling an omnibus bill to amend 19 related laws, including the remuneration of the Attorney-General and the Public Prosecutor.