Was Sabah and Sarawak’s consent sought on citizenship amendments, asks Shafie

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Semporna MP Shafie Apdal cites Article 161E(2) of the Federal Constitution and warns against bypassing the law.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/16/was-sabah-and-sarawaks-consent-sought-on-citizenship-amendments-shafie-asks/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ShafieApdal #Sabah #Sarawak

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00:00No amendment shall be made to the constitutions without the concurrence of the Yang di-Pertuan

00:08Negeri of Sabah or Sarawak, or each of the states of Sabah and Sarawak concerned, and

00:14it is an obligation.

00:16Semporna MP Shafiee Abdal has questioned whether consent has been obtained from Sabah and Sarawak

00:22leaders for the proposed constitutional amendments on citizenship.

00:27Shafiee said this consent is required under Article 161e sub 2 of the federal constitution.

00:34In Malaysia, the supreme is the constitution, bukannya kabinet, bukannya eksekutif yang ada.

00:43On July 19th, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the Conference of Rulers had consented

00:49to the constitutional amendments to the citizenship law.

00:53However, the amendments have faced criticism from various groups who said the removal of

00:58automatic citizenship for children born to Malaysian permanent residents would worsen

01:02matters for stateless people.

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