DAP's Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh has lauded de facto law minister Azalina Othman's stance on the Malaysian Bar's independence and urged Putrajaya to heed her view.

He said this in reference to Azalina's statement in Parliament last week that the government should not intervene in the affairs of the Bar.

Azalina, who is also a lawyer, was commenting on the proposed amendments to the Legal Profession Act (LPA) 1976 which seeks to install two government representatives in the Bar Council.

"I welcome Azalina’s said stand and urge the government to abandon its said proposal as the same certainly does not inspire confidence when the minister who is supposed to table it in the event it comes up for debate herself does not believe in it," said Ramkarpal in a statement today.