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The king will select a name only from a list provided by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, says law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said.

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00:00And the name of SKP-KP is not going to come from the Secretary or the Minister of the Cabinet.
00:06But the most important thing in this position is the Parliament.
00:12The Parliament is very important.
00:14Because many people say that they want to make it happen to the end of the year.
00:22They want to make it happen to the end of the year for seven years without a promotion or a
00:27promotion to ensure the freedom of the institution.
00:31Next, the responsibility for the government to open the year report that will be sent to the Parliament to increase
00:37the resolution and accountability of the institution.
00:40The government's code for the government's code is especially for the government's code, which can be one of the reasons
00:46to make it happen from the election.
00:49The Prime Minister and his Cabinet will have no role in appointing the public prosecutor under a revamped bill aimed
00:57at separating the roles of the Attorney General and public prosecutor.
01:02Law and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Saeed said the Constitution Amendment Bill 2026 will propose that the appointment be
01:11made by the young Dipartuan Agong.
01:14She said the King will choose from a list provided by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.
01:21Azalina said the list will be presented to Parliament to allow MPs to scrutinise and share their views on the
01:27candidates under consideration.
01:30The Minister said a special select committee will be set up to evaluate the nominees and gather the views of
01:37MPs.
01:37Azalina said the committee has recommended that the public prosecutor serve a fixed seven-year term without the prospect of
01:46renewal or reappointment.
01:48The recommendations followed seven meetings held with stakeholders, including NGOs, academics, legal experts and professional bodies.
01:57Tanusha Manogaran, FMT.
01:59Tanusha Manogaran, FMT.
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