KUCHING: Sarawak Speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar says that if he was the Dewan Rakyat Speaker, he would have rejected the Private Member’s Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act because it clearly violates the Federal Constitution.
He was responding to questions by the press whether he would do so if he was the Parliament Speaker.
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