Salleh was part of the original committees which deliberated on the Rukun Negara’s objectives.an afternoon in September 2020 in the pouring rain, I made a special trip to interview Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas at his Kuala Lumpur home in Wangsa Maju.
Salleh remembers that when the riots broke out on May 13, 1969 the country was thrown into a state of political chaos and civil disarray. As solicitor-general at the time Salleh was co-opted into several committees tasked with bringing the country back to order and restoring the rakyat’s confidence in its development.
Fifty years on when was asked about the Rukun Negara, Salleh focused immediately on its purpose and why it was felt necessary at the time to prevent the occurrence of serious interracial alterations. With regard to Rule of Law and Supremacy of the Constitution, Salleh pointed out that Malaysia has a well-established legal and justice system reaffirmed by a sound Federal Constitution to regulate the lives of the people in achieving a peaceful, stable and prosperous society. He was confident that the rakyat would maintain their courtesy and morality as they are guided by strong cultural and religious mores, in their adat and adab.
Generally, people must accept that living in a society comes with the commitment to abide by the country’s laws and conventions, the community’s customs and traditions.
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