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Kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) tidak memerlukan kemenangan dua per tiga daripada kerusi Parlimen untuk meningkatkan keupayaan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) kerana cadangan sedemikian tidak seharusnya dibandingkan dengan Pakatan Rakyat (PR), kata pemimpinnya.

Kepimpinan pembangkang berkata kepada The Malaysian Insider bahawa setiap langkah yang diambil bagi mempertingkatkan kadar efisiensi dan akauntabiliti badan pencegahan rasuah berkenaan amat dialu-alukan, dan bersedia untuk berdevat berkenaan perkara itu ketika sidang Dewan Rakyat akan datang di Parlimen. 

Presiden Majlis Peguam, Lim Chee Wee(kiri) menambah, tiada sebab mengapa

ahli parlimen tidak akan mengundi terhadap pindaan terhadap Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang amat dialu-alukan itu sekiranya dilaksanakan demi kepentingan rakyat.

Mereka semua memberikan maklum balas terhadap kenyataan Datuk Seri Najib Razak, semalam yang berjanji akan memberikan kebebasan kepada SPRM untuk melantik dan memecat keanggotaan pegawai mereka sekiranya BN menguasai dua per tiga majoriti kerusi Parlimen dalam pilihan raya akan datang.

Liew Chin Tong

Setiausaha Antarabangsa DAP,  Liew Chin Tong menyelar kenyataan perdana menteri itu dan berkata perlu ada perbincangan teliti dengan pembangkang berhubung perkara itu.

“Ini adalah kerja sia-sia, secara prinsipnya kami bersetuju untuk memperkukuhkan SPRM, demi kebaikan orang ramai. Tapi tidak timbul persoalan berkenaan keperluan majoriti dua per tiga dewan.

“Prinsipnya kami bersetuju, dan berasakan adanya keperluan meletakkan SPRM di bawah bidang kuasa Parlimen, dan bukannya di bawah seliaan Pejabat Perdana Mendteri,” katanya kepada  The Malaysian Insider .

Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera itu berkata dalam setiap undang-undang demokrasi matang, perbincangan yang teliti setiap pihak perlu diambil kira.

Menurut beliau, Najib memandai-mandai merasakan pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan bersetuju denan cadangan panel penasihat.

“Pembangkang sangat gembira untuk bekerjasama,” tambahnya.

Dr Mujahid

Ahli jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa menegaskan, pindaan terdahulu terhadap fungsi dan “mengukuhkan” SPRM, dan masalah sebenarnya adalah memastikan badan anti rasuah ini bebas daripada “campurtangan politik”.

“Tidak perlu dua pertiga. Isunya bukan sebab kekuatan, tapi lebih kepada autonomi SPRM untuk menjalankan tugas,” katanya kepada  The Malaysian Insider .

“Pakatan Rakyat telah bersetuju untuk melaksanakan perubahan terhadap SPRM, berdasarkan cadangan kepada panel penasihat,” tambah pemimpin PAS ini.

Nurul Izzah

Naib Presiden PKR, Nurul Izzah Anwar berkata kepada  The Malaysian Insider , kenyataan Najib itu seolah-olah menunjukkan SPRM tidak mempunyai keupayaan untuk mengawal rasuah di negara ini.

“Orang ramai patut menolak pemimpin sedemikian. Sejarah membuktikan apabila mereka menang dengan majoriti yang besar, mereka tidak akan teragak-agak untuk menyalahgunakan kuasa,” katanya.

Lim menegaskan kedua-dua BN dan PR menunjukkan “kematangan” dengan dwi-partisan Jawatakuasa Khas Pilihan Parlimen (PSC) dalam pembaharuan pilihan raya.

“Oleh itu tiada sebab kenapa perkara ini tidak boleh disamakan dengan keperluan dan kelebihan pindaan Perlembagaan,” katanya kepada  The Malaysian Insider .

Peguam itu bagaimanapun mempersoalkan Najib yang menyebut berkenaan Ketua SPRM setaraf dengan Peguam Negara dan Ketua Audit Negara, dan menyatakan masing-masinh mempunyai had berbeza dalam penafsiran mereka.

“Persoalan yang timbul daripada kenyataan perdana menteri adalah kesamaan taraf Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM dan Peguam Negara dan Ketua Audit Negara.

“Bekas itu mempunyai budi bicara tak terkekang, menjadikan beliau berkemungkinan lelaki paling berkuasa du Malaysia. Seperti diterangkan dalam Akta Audit 1957,” jelas presiden Majlis Peguam.

MACC revamp doesn’t need two-thirds parliamentary majority

The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) does not need to win two-thirds control of Parliament to improve the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as such plans would not necessarily be opposed by Pakatan Rakyat (PR), say its lawmakers. 

Opposition lawmakers told The Malaysian Insider that any steps to improve the efficiency and accountability of the anti-graft body should be welcomed, and that they will be open to debating the matter in Parliament at its next sitting.

Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said there should be no reason why MPs “across the floor” would not vote in favour of amendments to the Federal Constitution if it was done in the interest of the nation.

They were responding to Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who pledged yesterday to give more freedom to the MACC in the appointment of its officers if BN wins two-thirds control of Parliament in the next general election.

Liew said there was no question of needing a two-thirds majority.

DAP international secretary Liew Chin Tong rubbished the prime minister’s remarks, saying that there should be a proper level of consultation with opposition lawmakers on the matter. 

“This is nonsense. In principle we agree on empowering the MACC for the betterment of the public. There is no question on needing a two-thirds majority.

“In principle we agree, and think that the MACC should be placed under the jurisdiction of Parliament, and not the Prime Minister’s Office,” he told The Malaysian Insider.

The Bukit Bendera MP said that in any mature democracy where laws are made, proper consultation on all levels needs to take place.

He said Najib was presumptuous to think PR lawmakers would not agree to some of the recommendations of the advisory panel.

“The opposition is happy to be consulted,” he added.

PAS central committee member Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa stressed that past amendments to the purpose and function of the MACC had already “empowered” the commission, and that the real problem was ensuring the anti-graft body was free from “political interference.”

“You don’t need two thirds. Issue is not about strengthening, but more of allowing autonomy to MACC to carry out its duties,” he told The Malaysian Insider.

“Pakatan Rakyat has agreed to reform measures for the MACC, based on proposals by the advisory panel,” the PAS leader added.

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar told The Malaysian Insider that Najib’s remarks were an admission that the MACC did not have enough clout to tackle corruption in the country.

Mujahid said the issue was more of giving the MACC the autonomy to carry out its duties.

“The people should reject this kind political motivation from a leader. History has shown that when BN rules with a bigger majority, they are not afraid to abuse their powers,” she said. 

The Bar Council’s Lim pointed out that both BN and PR MPs had demonstrated “some amount of maturity” with regards to the bipartisan Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on electoral reforms.

“Thus there is no reason why this cannot equally be the case with necessary and advantageous amendments to the Federal Constitution,” he said.

The lawyer however questioned Najib’s mention of a proposal to elevate the status of the MACC chief commissioner to a standing equal to the Attorney-General or Auditor-General, stating that both had different limits to their jurisdiction.

“A question which arises from the PM’s statement is the meaning of equal standing of the chief commissioner of MACC to the Honourable Attorney-General and Auditor-General.

“The former has unfettered discretion to prosecute, making him probably the most powerful man in Malaysia. Whilst the latter’s powers, duties are prescribed the Audit Act 1957,” said the Bar Council president.

source:malaysian insider

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