Sabah, Sarawak CMs did not give approval for amendment to law, says Abang Johari

He says the Cabinet Committee on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 never discussed the actual wording of the amendment at its meetings.

BINTANGOR: No approval was given by the Sabah and Sarawak chief ministers pertaining to the amendment of Article 1 of the Federal Constitution in its current form, said Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg.

“Let me state, although we approved the intention to amend Article 1 in principle, no approval was given in respect of the amendment in its current form. He stressed that he had highlighted at the first steering committee meeting that the discussions and decisions should be within the parameters of the Federal Constitution and MA63.

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