Anifah wants Sabah, Sarawak legislative assemblies to approve proposed constitutional amendments


Datuk Seri Anifah Aman. -Bernama filepic

KOTA KINABALU: Former foreign minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman (pic) wants the Sabah and Sarawak legislative assemblies to discuss and approve the proposed constitutional amendments tabled in Parliament on Thursday (April 4).

He said the amendments to Article 1(2) should not be done hastily and should have all stakeholders discussing it and agreeing to the changes aimed at restoring the two Borneo states as equal partners in the Malaysian federation under the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

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