The prime minister’s decision to appoint Federal Court judge Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh to the nine-member Judicial Appointments Commission is within his discretion and cannot be challenged, Chief Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said.
The top judge said the JAC Act gives the prime minister the prerogative to appoint the fifth member from the apex court, without consulting the commission.
“I cannot question, and nobody can question because that is his power. So we accept it as it is.
“So, he (Terrirudin) is now one of the nine members of the commission. He attended the last meeting, and we have to move on,” he told reporters in an interview marking his 100 days in office as head of the judiciary.
Terrirudin’s appointment, effective last month, marks a departure from the longstanding practice of assigning that slot…