Putrajaya seeks to amend Sabah, Sarawak status in Federal Constitution
Petra Jaya MP Fadillah Yusof and representatives from Sabah and Sarawak addressing the proposal to amend the Federal Constitution. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, April 4, 2019
SABAH and Sarawak will be distinct territories in a proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution tabled today, but the opposition called it meaningless. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Liew Vui Keong read the motion to table a bill to amend Article 1 of the Federal Constitution that lists Sabah and Sarawak as among 13 states in the federation.
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