GPS says constitutional amendment bid didn’t go far enough
Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof speaks during a press conference in Parliament April 4, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“Firstly, our hope is that the amendment should not have been hastily drafted, and should have been made after the special steering Cabinet committee, of which Sarawak and Sabah are part of it, had agreed to whatever was being discussed. “After that, the report and recommendations should have been brought back to Parliament for support,” he said.
“That was why we agreed in principle to support the Bill presented by the Pakatan Harapan federal government. Our only hope was that they inserted our views,” he said. “This is the wish of the state government, after having discussions with the Sarawak State Assembly Consultative Committee.
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