Zaid Ibrahim Needs Six Months To Restore Public Confidence In Judiciary - Bernama

KOTA BAHARU, March 22 (Bernama) -- Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim said Saturday he needed six months to restore public confidence in the judiary.

"Six months may be good enough for me to clean up the judiciary and redeem its image, which was tarnished by certain quarters," he told a press conference at his residence here Saturday.

Mohd Zaid said he would ensure that the judiciary became more transparent.

"We have to take a closer look at the judiciary. This needs a thorough discussion and the judges' assistance.

"The people want to see changes in the way we appoint judges and promote them. They also want cases to be heard faster," he said.

Expressing his view that the government had made a mistake in sacking former Lord President Tun Mohd Salleh Abbas in 1988, he said the interference had brought disrepute to the judiciary, which was hardly restored until today.

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