Politik, Legislatif, Dasar dan Tadbir Urus

The MACC was established under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act 2009 with an intention to enhance the organisation’s effectiveness in combating corruption and power abuse in this country. However, during its initial inception, the MACC was put under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Department (PMD) where the independence of MACC was questioned due to the fact that the commission reports directly to the prime minister instead of the parliament. In aftermath of the 14th general elections, immediately after the new federal government was sworn in, the leadership of the new government immediately took measures to place the MACC under the direct jurisdiction of the parliament and have the then chief commissioner replaced. While the new government was not able to convert MACC into a full-fledged constitutional body with complete independence as it does not have the two thirds majority in the parliament to add this provision in the Federal Constitution, the government should look ...

In the most recent month, many of us were unaware of the differences between the parliamentary select committees and the shadow cabinet, the one established by the opposition front bench of the Barisan Nasional (BN). One may question why do we really need the parliamentary select committees, when the BN already has the shadow cabinet in place to provide checks on the current Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. The reality here is there are vast difference between having parliamentary select committees and the shadow cabinet. In UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, parliamentary select committees exist concurrently with shadow cabinets of the opposition front bench, while in US, there is no shadow cabinet, but with the existence of powerful congressional and senate committees has indeed provide the most effective check and balance against the government’s activities. The parliamentary select committees are committees set up within the parliamentary framework consist of members of par...