A senior Gabungan Parti Sarawak leader has disputed former Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Harun’s take on East Malaysia holding 35% of the seats in the lower house.
Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said Azhar had not gone into deeper research on the historical agreements and conventions leading to Malaysia’s formation, Dayak Daily reported.
“You put 10 lawyers in one room, you will have 10 different opinions.
“I am also a lawyer, but my research must be corroborated with those from professors and law lecturers who have studied why Malaysia was formed and the safeguards that were agreed upon,” Karim was quoted as saying.
On Sept 24, Azhar said he had reviewed the Malaysia Agreement 1963, the Federal Constitution, the Malaysia Act 1963 as well as the report…