190 the rule of law, which came under censure by the Media and public opinion at home and abroad. In respect of Malaysia, Mr. Islam submitted that during Mahathir’s tenure as Prime Minister in 1982, several constitutional amendments were made in order to severely Malaysia’s weaken the judiciary. institutional Mahathir was strength a of dominant political figure, winning five consecutive general elections and fending off a series of rivals for the leadership of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party elections in 1987 and matters then came to a head when Mahathir Mohamad, who believed in the supremacy of the Executive and Legislative branches, became Prime Minister. This crisis was very well known as judicial or constitutional crisis. In an unexpected decision in February 1988, the High Court organisation ruled and that UMNO Mahathir judiciary’s increasing constitutional amendments being was an upset independence to articles 121 illegal with the passed and 145 through Parliament to remove the general power of the