KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — The Senate today passed the Bill to amend the Federal Constitution in line with the provisions in the Malaysia Agreement with a more than two-thirds majority.
Senate president Tan Sri Rais Yatim said the bloc voting was done as Article 159 of the Federal Constitution stated that such a Bill shall not be passed unless it has been supported on the second and third readings by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the Senate.On December 14, the Bill was passed at the Dewan Rakyat, also with a more than two-thirds majority.
“I am truly grateful to all quarters. We are all here as part of the history to include provisions in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 into the Constitution, recognise the Agreement itself and for Sabah and Sarawak to realise the provisions in the Malaysia Agreement.
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