Don't take citizenship rights from kids of parents with PR status, says Muhyiddin

The Star

Amendments to the citizenship laws should not take away the rights of children born in the country to parents who are permanent residents, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.  The Pagoh MP and former prime minister said taking away the existing right to citizenship from these children would have a huge impact on their lives.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3dkz4ubw   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The citizens of the country are the highest honor of the country, and it cannot be given

00:06in its own way. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set strict conditions

00:13to qualify an individual as a citizen of Malaysia.

00:18At the same time, the foundation of the citizens of the country must also take into account the

00:24human rights for every individual, especially women and children.

00:54I also agree with the move that gives the rights of the citizens of the country

01:11by force of law to children in this category only for one generation only.

01:20And for me, this is an important control mechanism to ensure the violation of the

01:27rights of the citizens of the country given by the move of this institution cannot be misused.

01:36I believe that we as Malaysians who are loyal to the country do not want a generation of Malaysian

01:45citizens to exercise their rights as citizens of the country, including the right to vote in

01:52the election, but for the rest of their lives live abroad and do not give their loyalty to Malaysia.

02:01I also want to touch on the move of the second part, the second agenda,

02:05the violation of the constitution, which stipulates that only children born in the constitution

02:12and at least one of their parents, a citizen of the country at the time of his birth,

02:18are eligible to become citizens of the country by force of law.

02:24With the move that is proposed, children whose parents at the time of their birth

02:29were permanent citizens are no longer eligible to become citizens of the country by force of law.

02:38And I think this move needs to be re-examined by the Minister.

03:08I am the Minister of Home Affairs. We have introduced a special SOP

03:14to speed up the process of application under Article 15A. And I think this is important

03:23because it involves children. And if there is a violation in the application process,

03:29then there is no opportunity to appeal to citizens of the country because they are over the age.

03:38Therefore, in my opinion, for a 21-year-old in this institution, it is quite reasonable to remain,

03:47unless the KDN can provide a guarantee that all applications under Article 15A

03:57are processed in a fast track manner with permission to avoid eligible applications

04:02that have missed the opportunity to appeal due to the decrease in the age limit.

04:09I understand that this move aims to re-examine the laws of the citizens of the country.

04:20However, there are still some gaps, especially in the welfare of children and women

04:27who still need to be improved.

04:30I have recently met with many non-governmental bodies

04:36who expressed concern

04:39if this move is carried out without taking into account the interests of children, especially women.

04:48I think if it is necessary, then it may need to be referred to a special authority

04:56first,

04:59before it can be passed

05:02so that the things that I have raised can be re-examined and improved.

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