It didn’t happen overnight: Harris

Kota Kinabalu: Preparations to amend the Federal Constitution in 1976 must have started during the early 1970s because there must have been consultations between the Usno state government at the time and the Federal Government. 

“Amending the Constitution is not a simple matter but may take several years.

 

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