Amending clause in Constitution goes against Malaysia Agreement 1963

I REFER to the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2024 which has now been deferred to the next session of Parliament. On the last day of the session on Wednesday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced that the Bill was open to be debated just minutes before the parliamentary session ended. This was a pointless charade.

In view of the many valid objections, it would have been better to have retracted the offending clauses or sent the Bill to a parliamentary select committee. Instead, the whole matter was left hanging in the air. This is unfair to everyone whose fates hang upon this Bill.