DAP says will support amendment to allow Malaysian mothers obtain automatic citizenship for children born overseas

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PETALING JAYA: DAP has given its commitment to support a constitutional amendment that would enable automatic citizenship for children born overseas to Malaysian women.

DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang said that its 42 parliamentarians would support an amendment of Article 14 of the Constitution to replace the word"father" with"at least one parent", in order to grant Malaysian women the same rights as Malaysian men.

For a mother, however, the application for citizenship for a child born outside Malaysia is via Article 15 – that is by registration. This affects mothers married to non-Malaysians. "Children of Malaysian women who are born overseas should have the right to citizenship by the operation of law on an equal basis with the children of Malaysian men.

"Many Malaysians living overseas were married overseas. They met their spouses while working and they wanted to return home. As Malaysia continues to lose its precious talent due to this bureaucratic process, it needs to be changed," Lim said in a statement on Friday .

 

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Hahaha so DAP now quiet down from Zakir Naik and Dong Zong's topic? Trying to cool things down with mothers welfare.. A wolf wearing sheep skin. That's what you are.

great move!

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