Sabah Law Society to hold EGM
Published on: Thursday, August 03, 2017
PETALING JAYA: The Sabah Law Society will mirror its peninsular counterpart, the Malaysian Bar, in holding an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on the government's decision to retain two top judges in their administrative posts.Its president Brenndon Keith Soh said the EGM would be held soon."We will let you know in due course the date of our intended EGM.
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"We will need to provide 14 days' notice to our members," he told FMT. Keith said he would also attend the Bar EGM in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.Advocates Association of Sarawak president Ranbir Singh Sangha and committee member Leslie Linton will represent lawyers from the state as observers at the EGM. "We will be there to observe how and what the EGM decides," Ranbir told FMT.He said lawyers in the states may also call for a special meeting to discuss the issue. Ranbir said the association has four branches in Bintulu, Miri, Sibu and Kuching, and that each entity has to hold its own EGM."Then the association will have to hold a biennial delegates' conference to take a stand on the appointments of the judges," he said.
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In a joint statement last week, the society and association urged Chief Justice Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin to reconsider remaining in office after their mandatory retirement age to avoid the likelihood of an erosion of public confidence in the judiciary.Two motions, including one by the Bar Council, will be debated at the Bar EGM although the council had earlier taken the stand that the appointments of Raus and Zulkefli were "blatantly unconstitutional".
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