PM: No Local Council Elections due to disproportionate representation
Should Malaysia have local council elections?
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University and University Colleges Bill 1971 Amended
- MP Maszlee: All disciplinary actions against participation in political activities to be dropped immediately. No more culture of fear.
- Azmi: Right to repeal and not amend but disciplinary rules of each University have to be revised
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Pulau Kukup de-gazetted in March 2018. TMJ said that as a Sultanate land, the island will be protected. There are plans to preserve the island.
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Party Hopping
- MP Liew: Anti-party hopping law would go against the freedom of association enshrined under Article 10(1)(c) of the Federal Constitution.
- MP Ramkarpal: Amend Constitution to make party hopping illegal.
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Dewan Rakyat adjourned. Speaker lauded implementation of reform agenda.
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Azmi Sharom, The Star columns:
- Shiny moment to slimy movement
"The year started off like any other year – cynical but with the slightest sliver of hope. In the middle of the year, we had one of the most unexpected and significant things to have happened to us as a nation, and now at the end of the year, we are once again brought down to earth."
- Sedition Act should not be used again
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Constitutional Amendments
Amendment required to allow for redelineation exercise before the next general election.
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Parliamentary Reforms
Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin, The Star columns:
- The true voice of the people
"The Malaysian parliamentary democracy ought to be the legacy of vast and diverse experiences: Westminster traditions, international best practices and a local narrative of constitutionalism that spans the nascent ideas of rule of law expressed in the Terengganu Inscription Stone of 1326, the adat of Negri Sembilan that incorporated elections and decentralisation, and the Laws of Malacca that enabled free trade prosperity."
- Standing committees to stand up for democracy
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Tides and Turbulences Abroad
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Sri Lankan Supreme Court: President Sirisena’s move to dissolve Parliament and conduct new elections was unconstitutional.
Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as Prime Minister.
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High Court of Singapore: Gay Singaporean man allowed to adopt surrogate child as this is in the child's best interest.
Supreme Court of the United States: Application to immediately enforce a new policy of denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the Mexican border denied.
Federal Judge in Texas: Obamacare is unconstitutional.
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Constitutional Court of Turkey: A university student's right to education and freedom of religion was violated due to the headscarf ban imposed in the country at the time.
Constitutional Court of South Africa heard arguments regarding the constitutionality of the use of corporal punishment at home.
Swiss voters rejected a right-wing proposal to put the Swiss constitution above international law.
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Court of Justice of the European Union: The United Kingdom would be free to unilaterally revoke its Brexit notification under Article 50 of the TEU in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.
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Ole Pedersen, Environmental Law and Constitutional and Public Law in Jorge Vinuales and Emma Lees, eds., Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law (Oxford University Press, 2019) - Discussing the relationship between environmental law and public law. |
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The workshop will be held from 5 - 7 December 2019 in Melbourne. Interested scholars must submit their paper proposals, a list of bibliographical references and CV to Ms. Kathryn Taylor (k.taylor@unimelb.edu.au) by 15 February 2019.
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