Mencabar Kuasa Pendakwaan Peguam Negara Di Malaysia Melalui Semakan Kehakiman [To Challenge The Prosecutorial Power Of Attorney-General In Malaysia Through Judicial Review]
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37231/mjis.2023.7.1.221Abstract
Akhir-akhir ini terdapat trend yang menggesa untuk mengkaji semula kuasa pendakwaan Peguam Negara. Beberapa permintaan telah dimulakan melalui usul menteri di parlimen yang menekankan keperluan untuk memisahkan Peguam Negara dan Pendakwaan bagi menjamin keyakinan orang ramai terhadap institusi itu. Dalam erti kata lain, mereka berhasrat untuk menghapuskan kuasa pendakwaan daripada Peguam Negara. Namun begitu ada satu lagi cara untuk mencabar kuasa pendakwaan Peguam Negara iaitu dengan memfailkan prosiding semakan kehakiman di mahkamah bagi menyemak keputusan pendakwaan Peguam Negara untuk memulakan, menjalankan atau memberhentikan apa-apa prosiding bagi sesuatu kesalahan. Tujuan makalah ini adalah untuk mengkaji kemungkinan kuasa Peguam Negara di bawah Perkara 145(3) Perlembagaan Persekutuan (Perlembagaan) boleh dicabar melalui semakan kehakiman. Kaedah penyelidikan ini menggunakan kaedah analisis kandungan terhadap dokumen dan literatur yang berkaitan. Penemuan kajian berdasarkan keputusan terkini Mahkamah Persekutuan menyatakan kuasa Peguam Negara adalah tidak mutlak dan boleh dicabar melalui semakan kehakiman. Dapatan kajian ini boleh membantu kerajaan ke arah mempertingkatkan tadbir urus kuasa pendakwaan, sekali gus mengelakkan pihak pendakwa daripada dikaitkan dengan unsur negatif seperti berat sebelah, kurang ketelusan dan akauntabiliti serta pilih kasih.
There has been an increasing tendency of late, to bid for a review of the Attorney General’s prosecutorial powers. The calls for review were instigated through motions filed by the ministres in parliament that accentuate the requirement to detach the Attorney General from the Prosecution in order to assure public’s confidence in the institution. In other words, they mean to take away the prosecution powers from the Attorney General. Nevertheless, another approach which can be taken, is by filing a judicial review proceedings in court to review the decision of the Attorney General to commence, conduct or end any prosecution. The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibility that the power of the Attorney General under Article 145(3) of Federal Constitution can be challenged through judicial review. This research adopted content analysis of related legal documents and literature. The finding of the study is based on the latest decisions of the Federal Court which hold that the power of Attorney General is not absolute and may be subject to challenge through a proceeding of judicial review. It is hoped that the finding of the research is able to discover prospective opportunity to augment the governance of the prosecution decisions, thus avert the prosecutor from being linked with adverse rudiments of partiality, lack of transparency and accountability as well as favouritism.
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