At the Sarawak State Assembly sitting today, Christopher Gira ak Sambang (GPS-Tamin) said the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly should be called Dewan Parliament Sarawak and Members of the State Assembly be called Members of Sarawak Parliament.
He said since Sarawak is one of the regions in Malaysia, future’s amendments to the Sarawak Constitution should reflect the name-change.
On the current amendment to the constitution, he said he believes that will strengthen the position of Sarawak in Malaysia.
“Sarawak shall bargain more autonomy such bigger allocation federal budget, education and health,” he said during the debate on the Sarawak Constitution (Amendment) Bill.
Pujut State Assemblyman Adam Yii said the Opposition to the amendment by Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Padungan) and Baru Bian (PSB- Ba’Kelalan) is to be expected.
“If we can recall that the masquerade of the two Constitution amendment attempts during PH government time which were entirely superficial.
“But when the 18 GPS members of Parliament abstained, they were demonized by PH as traitors to Sarawak.
“If PH constitution amendment were to succeed, we would not even be in the position to have this debate today as there would be no standing to do so.
“Thankfully, the constitution amendment as proposed and pushed by GPS was successful and that's why we are now in the position to review the federal constitution and examine where it is not in line with the fact that Sarawak is one of the three regions that formed federation of Malaysia.
“We should therefore propose to amend both Sarawak and federal constitution wherever and whenever needed to the rightful relation between Sarawak and federation of Malaysia,” Yii said.
He cautioned that the road to fully restore the rightful status of Sarawak within the federation of Malaysia will be long and challenging.
“The many tangible results that Sarawak GPS government under the wise leadership of Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari is for all to see.
“And the present proposed constitution amendment is one of the many many more restorations and or rectification we will have to tackle,” he said.
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