Saturday, August 30, 2008

PERLEMBAGAAN TANAH MELAYU

When Tanah Melayu was on its way to gain independence, they needed an official rule or 'perlembagaan' that will satisfy all races. For that particular purpose, Suruhanjaya Reid was formed. So what exactly did Lord William Reid (President of Surahanjaya Reid) and his people do? Well there were four important things they had worked on...

1) Merangka perlembagaan bagi Tanah Melayu yang akan merdeka
2) Membentuk dan menentukan kuasa kerajaan pusat dan negeri
3) Menjamin kedudukan khas raja-raja Melayu
4) Mewujudkan satu rupa bangsa Tanah Melayu


However Suruhanjaya Reid had to do some changes with the contents so that everyone will agree with it... Perlembagaan Tanah Melayu was completely accepted by the British Parliament in June 1957. Some of the contents that were stated in Perlembagaan Tanah Melayu :-
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1) Yang di-Pertuan Agong sebagai ketua negara
2) Perdana Menteri sebagai ketua pentadbiran
3) Agama Islam adalah agama rasmi Tanah Malayu
4) Bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan

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