KOTA KINABALU: Article 6(7) of the Sabah Constitution was “poorly drafted and ill-considered”, says Tengku Datuk Fuad Tengku Ahmad.
The legal advisor to the state government said as such, it was timely and proper that the clause was repealed by a two-thirds majority at the Sabah assembly last week.
Fuad added that Article 6 only contemplates a two-party system where one party wins more seats than the other. “These inherent weaknesses in the language of Article 6 were detailed by Justice Yew Jen Kee in the previous case of Tan Sri Musa Aman v Tun Juhar Mahiruddin & Ords, which was subsequently upheld in the Court of Appeal,” Fuad added.
He added that the amendment would give the governor more leeway in deciding who to pick as chief minister.
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