Bukit Aman CID chief: Investigators to summon Kit Siang on Wednesday over non-Malay PM remarks
Citizen: The PM must not be a citizen by naturalization: Article 43(7).
Ethnicity: The race, religion, region and gender of the nominee are not mandated by the law.
This is in contrast with the Constitutions of the “nine Malay States” which are explicit that
unless the Ruler makes an exception, the Menteri Besar must be a Malay/Muslim. Despite the
absence of an ethnic requirement in Article 43, politics will probably dictate that the PMdesignate must be a Malay/mixed Malay. However, this is a mere tradition and not a law. A
constitutional convention cannot override the equality clause in Article 8(2). In some distant
future a Sabah or Sarawakian Bumiputera may be nominated by the majority party and it will
not be illegal to appoint him/her as the PM if he/she commands a majority in the Dewan
Rakyat. We must remember that Sabah and Sarawak together have 56/122 seats. Fifty-six is
50% of the magic number of 112 and a Sabah/Sarawak coalition can make or break a future
government.
TOO MUCH OF BRAIN WASHING THAT EVEN CID CHIEF DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
