Lawyers divided over use of SDs to appoint prime minister

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In 2010, in a unanimous ruling, the Federal Court ruled that SDs from elected representatives could be relied upon, instead of taking a vote in the legislature.PETALING JAYA: The use of statutory declarations (SDs) to convince the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to appoint a new prime minister is legal and constitutional, lawyer Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin said.He said the unanimous 2010 Federal Court ruling had acknowledged that SDs from elected representatives could be relied upon instead of taking a vote of no confidence against the head of government (prime minister, chief minister and menteri besar) in the legislature.“The Perak case is still good law and precedent unless it is revisited and set aside by another Federal Court bench,” he told FMT.Firoz Hussein said this in response to former law minister Zaid Ibrahim’s view that the King should not rely on the Perak case where SD…