Equal status looks feasible


Reports by TARRENCE TAN, STEPHANIE LEE and SHARON LING

PETALING JAYA: The second attempt to amend the Federal Constitution to return Sabah and Sarawak to a position of equal status with Peninsular Malaysia is likely to gain bipartisan support from MPs across the political divide.

MPs from among the backbenchers as well as the Opposition in the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak have noted their agreement for the Bill, which was last defeated in Parliament in 2019 after it failed to get two-thirds support.

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