PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today assured the people that the government will run the country according to the rule of law and not what he described as the draconian laws of the previous administration.
The prime minister said the rakyat (people) will feel secure when the government rules the country according to the law.
“The draconian laws resulted in the people feeling very insecure because they could be arrested and detained without the need to be heard in a court of law. Although they (the previous administration) got rid of that law, they replaced it with another bad law.
“But the new government will repeal the laws and introduce new laws. Malaysia needs to have good laws and not the draconian laws,” he said when delivering his keynote address and opening LAWASIA’s inaugural Constitutional and Rule of Law Conference, here.
Also present were Attorney-General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas and Bar Council president Datuk Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor.
-BERNAMA
