22-04-2025
The real issue behind the CJ debate
COMMENT | Yesterday, former Federal Court judge Suriyadi Halim Omar added his voice to the growing list of elite defenders of Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat following her speech in Malta.
His words were kind, his tone reassuring, and his praise for her integrity sincere.
But with due respect, we must ask: when did this debate become about character, rather than the Constitution?