Saturday, June 16, 2007

History revised

The Federation of Malaya became an independent nation on Aug 31, 1957.

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, the first prime minister, proclaimed:

"...The time has now arrived when the people of the ersekutuan Tanah Melayu will assume the status of a free, independent and sovereign nation among the nations of the world and ... a onstitution for the government of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu has been established as the supreme law thereof and
provision is made to safeguard the rights and prerogatives of their highnesses the rulers and the rights and liberties of the people and to provide for the peaceful and orderly advancement of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu as a constitutional monarchy based on parliamentary democracy...."

Read:

CONSTITUTIONAL LANDMARKS IN MALAYSIA: THE FIRST 50 YEARS (1957-2007)Alliance, the force behind Merdeka

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