KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has clarified issues related to judicial appointments during a meeting with Barisan Nasional MPs, BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

According to Free Malaysia Today, Zahid said the matter was among the issues raised during the one-hour meeting on Friday.

"The king would take into account the personality and background of the prospective appointee when deciding on the matter and we should respect the decision," he told reporters after opening the Selayang Umno divisional meeting in Sungai Buloh.

Zahid said BN held the view that the appointment of the chief justice should not be politicised.

He also said BN believed that any royal commission of inquiry into j...