MAY 5 — We are on the second day of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) and I, like many other Malaysians, are rather confused. I must admit, and rather embarrassingly so, that my confusion mainly stems from my lack of insight into our Federal Constitution. When the CMCO was first...
Tuesday, 05 May 2020 05:19 PM MYT
Now that certain state governments are choosing to directly ignore the federal governments law, is this not in direct violation of the Constitution? It may have simply been a case that the state governments felt that the announcement by the PM was merely an advisory as the announcement was made before the regulation was gazetted. For the purpose of timelines, the announcement was made on the morning of May 1, 2020 while the regulation was only gazetted on May 3, 2020.
As a layman and concerned citizen, I am rather troubled. Are the states really allowed to go against Federal law? Which article of the State or Federal Constitution is being referred to when choosing to ignore the CMCO regulation? What exactly are you basing your decisions upon? It is not enough to say that you held a meeting and reached consensus.
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