COMMENT | In commenting on the recent issue on the royal addendum involving former premier Najib Abdul Razak’s case, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said his party did not find the decree unusual.

Perhaps he was right. Since our Federal Constitution recognises the principle of a royal pardon, the existence of any royal pardon is not unusual.

However, the issue of royal pardon in Najib’s case is not only confined to the issue of the decision to grant him a royal pardon. On the other hand, it also entails the issue of the decision-making process in reaching such a decision.

The decision might be right, but the decision-making process might be allegedly flawed. A just decision deals with substantive justice. A fair decision-making process entails procedural justice. These twin justices are vital.

Under such circumstances, was it wrong for people to raise these valid questions...