Royal request on bill
NZPA-Reuter Kuala Lumpur Malaysia’s controversial constitution amendment bill, originally designed to strip the country’s hereditary rulers of their power to delay legislation, has received assent from the deputy King. But the deputy King, Tuanku Jaafar, gave his assent to the bill in exchange for a promise from the Government that controversial provisions would be altered by Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said yesterday. Malaysia’s nine hereditary Malay sultans, who among themselves choose a King every five years, were opposed to the bill as they felt some of its provisions would take away their privileges.
Datuk Musa said one of the changes would involve a provision transferring the power to declare a state of emergency from the King to the Prime Minister.
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Press, 17 December 1983, Page 11
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