Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the Attorney-General would conduct the briefing. A pre-council meeting and the Rulers conference had been scheduled for Nov 23-24.

He said a proposed constitutional amendment to clarify the citizenship law would require the Rulers approval and possibly that of the governors of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as parliamentary approval by a two-third majority.

The proposal for a constitutional amendment comes in the wake of a High Court ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian women who married foreigners are entitled by operation of law to be citizens of Malaysia.

The government has filed an appeal against the decision. An application to stay the court ruling pending appeal was dismissed today.

Wan Junaidi’s statement was in answer to Ramkarpal Singh (PH-Bukit Gelugor) about the case and the proposed constitutional amendment.

The minister promised to find time to table the proposed amendment in Parliament next year. “I want to implement, or at least table it, before or during the July session,” he said, Malaysiakini reported.

However, he also pointed out that several other constitutional amendments are already in the pipeline between now and July 2022, including a law to stop party-hopping by elected representatives, and a limit on the prime minister’s term of office.