All support Sultan's Call except Nazri

Some says it's fabulous, some others says it's excellent, and yet some others said this is exactly what we need. The only exception is the de facto law minister Nazri who disagreed with the Sultan of Perak's call for reform of the judiciary.

V.C. George said: "I've been screaming for reforms for years... the only person in the country, as far as I can see, who doesn't agree is the Minister in the PM's Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz."

K.C. Vohrah said the Sultan's speech was excellent and was exactly what we need.

Shad Saleem Faruqi said the law is only as good as the people who administer them. According to Shad Saleem, "We don't train, choose and develop the right personnel. The selection system is such that the right people are not being promoted."

Shad further called for an overhaul of the personnel manning institutions who are not doing justice to the law, and who are keeping the constitution at the periphery rather than bringing it to the heart of the legal system.

Koh Tsu Koon said Gerakan was extremely concerned about the recent incidents which had adversely affected public perception of the judiciary, which Nazri disclaimed.

According to Shad, the Constitution is supposed to be the highest law in the country but in reality it was just a notion. "A great deal of legislation passed by parliament and state assemblies disregard constitutional limits. Laws were enacted to empower a minister to use their discretion to impose any conditions the minister deems fit and that the power were granted in absoluteness, a total disregard to the Constitution.

"In a country with a supreme constitution, how can anyone have absolute discretion?" asked Shad Saleem.

"Freedom of speech can only be restricted only on grounds of order, security, morality but here you can put a stamp on the menu and you say "Sulit Terhad" and it becomes that.

It has nothing to do with national security or public order or friendly relations with other states. Whatever Parliament passes in its wisdom (or farcical), that is law.

According to Shad, "the constitution is only notional as it does not constrain the parliament nor the executives as they are given unlimited power" ...to do what they deem fit, as long as they fit what they deem (emphasis added).