COMMENT | Be humane to abandoned children

COMMENT | Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail recently announced that the cabinet has given its “full green light” to the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution related to citizenship.

But many political and legal observers are of the view that the government’s plan to amend the Federal Constitution regarding citizenship law might be counterproductive. Such an amendment might expose itself to internal resistance at the Dewan Rakyat.

It is common knowledge now that some vocal government MPs have vowed to fight the proposal, particularly the part where Putrajaya wants to block foundlings from getting automatic citizenship.

To be fair to the government, there is already a positive amendment which aims to give Malaysian mothers equal rights to confer automatic citizenship on children born overseas.