Don’t rush into amending Federal Constitution on Sarawak rights, party chief tells MPs | Malay Mail

Sarawak Reform Party president Lina Soo said any constitutional amendment should not be a change that contravenes the Malaysia Agreement 1963 . ― Picture by Sulok Tawie

“To change the word ‘State’ into any other word such as ‘Wilayah’ or ‘Territory’ would be questionable as the Borneo States as used in MA63 means a Nation-State and country as in the general usage of the word in English,” she said. “All federal laws which compromise the rights of Sarawak under MA63 must be expunged from the Federal Constitution or added with a proviso to state that the federal law shall not apply to Sarawak,” she said.

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