Congratulations to the Appointment

Congratulations to the appointment of Datuk Abdul Hamid bin Haji Mohamad (far left) and Datuk Alauddin bin Dato' Mohd Sheriff (left) for their appointment as President of the Court of Appeal and Chief Judge of Malaya respectively.

The appointments are apt after a long wait as to who will be appointed to fill in the vacant left by the late Tan Sri Abdul Malek Ahmad who pass away on May 31st and Tan Sri Siti Norma Yaakob who retired on January 5th. The long awaited appointment created a disagreement within the legal fraternity, parliament and the government.

As such the appointments for the two important posts is seen important to so as to increase public confidence towards the Judiciary. Both men are good judges and have given good and sound decision especially recently when Datuk Abdul Hamid's decision recently on the need for Parliamentary intervention to legislate issues relating to the jurisdictional problems between Syariah and the civil jurisdiction.

I hope the two good men will spearhead the judiciary to higher heights and greater independence so as to guard the constitution.

Congratulations.