Yong Teck Lee holding a copy of the book ‘The Birth of Malaysia’, written by former Sarawak minister Amar James Wong Kim Min.
To complete the lecture, the former chief minister said he would also invite Keningau MP Jeffrey Kitingan, who is well-known for championing Sabah rights and “The 20 Points” since the 1980s, to lecture the two Sabah MPs. “The proposed amendment to Article 1 of the Federal Constitution seeks to lump Sabah and Sarawak in one sub-section . That is all.
“Sabahan and Sarawakian ministers should be the first to protest when the amendments are submitted to the Cabinet for endorsement,” said Sarawak United People’s Party youth chief Michael Tiang. “This is not what we had been promised. This is not what we had been demanding for. This is not what we want as an equal partner of the Federation of Malaysia,” he said.
He said the PH government knew all along that the proposed amendment would receive a lot of objections and later politicise it.
It is just a proposal & it is debatable on 2nd reading. Needs 2/3 majority support from the parliamentarian to finalize the amendment, thus have the chance to postpone it (not cancelling it). Support the amendment but need further holistic & in-depth study.
No worries. The PH government will do a U-Turn on this over the next week or so. The current government is an expert at U-turning. I am sure some of the current ministers would be able to join a circus or freak show as contortionists when they are no longer in government.
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