GPS confident Pakatan govt will table revised constitutional amendment bid
Gabungan Parti Sarawak parliamentary chief whip Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof today said GPS trusts in the sincerity of the federal government. — Bernama pic
“We have waited so many decades for this Bill. Surely we can wait three more months until the next Parliament sitting for a revised Bill to be tabled,” the Petrajaya Member of Parliament said. He said GPS is aware that many are disappointed that the Bill to restore the original wording of Article 1 of the Federal Constitution did not get through after failing to get the two-thirds majority support in Parliament.“However, when it comes to restoring Sabah and Sarawak’s rights and protecting our joint interests to its fullest, there shall be no compromise.
He admitted that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg did give his agreement to the amendment, but only in principle. Fadillah pointed out that the Federal Constitution was drafted more than half a century ago, and that things have changed since then and “you cannot expect it to be a perfect document without loopholes.”
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