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Wanita BN backing for automatic citizenship via mothers

PETALING JAYA: Wanita Barisan Nasional has called for a constitutional amendment to provide automatic citizenship for overseas-born children of Malaysian women.

Wanita BN leader Noraini Ahmad said the movement appealed to the government to amend the Federal Constitution so that the meaning of the word “father” in the citizenship clause be extended to include “mother” or be changed to the word “parents”.

Malaysian women have protested against a recent appeal court ruling that overturned a High Court decision that the citizenship clause should be read to mean that children could derive citizenship from either parent. However the appeal court said the word “father” in the clause could not be extended to include the mother.

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