COMMENT | Committee formation reflects govt's inability to make wise decisions

COMMENT | Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced the formation of three committees. One to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the death of firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim.

One for the allegations made by former attorney-general Tommy Thomas in his book about judicial abuse (appointment of judges, excessive executive interference in the judiciary and selective political prosecution).

Committee three is to look for a “Tort of Misfeasance” against those who are found to have been negligent for not pursuing a judicial review of the Pulau Batu Puteh case.

Unfortunately, the formation of the three committees reflects the government's pathetic inability to make wise decisions on important issues in the country. As they say, if you don't want to make decisions, form a committee...