PM:-All should know strong moral sense to re- E!h&me&r of Commerce and _ .- move the immunity because , a d K.P. Waran the country believed in the A large 16HOR BARU, Wed. - The basic principle that eve men, incluppmg the Of foreign news- proposed move to abolish CI;~~ sublect to the rXe Press, was present to cover the nnmunit granted to the the meeting. Rulers woulgnot mean that Even in Islam, there is no Dr Mahathir drew several there is less respect for the mention that certainpeople references to historical facts monarchy- were above the law, r Ma- when explaining the situa- Mahathir Mohamad said. hathir said. He said the tion. . country wants the system of He said the immunity for E-time Minister said it constitutional monarchy, the Rulerswas incorporated was important for eve one but that this must be benefi- into the Constitution be- to know and understan% the cial to the people. cause everyone was con% rationale behind the inten- Dr Mahathir said this dent in the belief that the tion because it was not when he addressed a gather- ku$rs would not break the aimed at turning the people ing of Johor Umno division- against the institution of al and branch leaders at He said Umno had never constitutional monarchy. Saujana, the official resi- intended to abolish the sys- Instead, the proposed dence of Menteri Besar Tan tem of constitutional mon- move is intended to ensure Sri Muhyiddin Yassin here. archy,.only the cloak of in- fairness for everyone and Dr MaBathir, as Umno vincibility brought about by eliminate the possibility of president, had earlier ~;;r.mnity granted to the abuse of power on the peo- chaired a closed-door meet- ple through various nre- ing of the Johor Umno liai- He said some quarters sponsible acts or behaviour. son committee which lasted had suggested that smce the Explaining the rationale over an hour at Sat&a. He issue concerned only Johor, behind the move, Dr Ma- is also here to attend a din- any proposed move on the hathir said there was a ner given by the Johor _~ ~~~ matter should only be con- rationale .behind move filed to the state. On this, ther in due tune, he said. changed”. Nevertheless, the to debate the amendments Dr Mahathir responded th Asked to comment on the Rulers can still be Heads of to the Federal Constitution this should not be so, an“d Sultan of Johor’s reaction to State even when the immu- to withdraw the immunity ;kbaesit should cover all the proposed move, Dr Ma- nity is removed. enjoyed by Rulers. hathir said the Ruler has He likened recent inci- He said Law Minister Da- Later at a Press confer- not rejected it, merely say dents, especially the “hock- tuk Syed Hamid Albar ence. Dr Mahathir said he ;z;;;t he would study It ey incident” to the straw would serve notice immedi- was confident of getting the that broke the camel’s back. ately to Dewan Rakyat support and endorsement of He said the reaction could The people’s sentiments re- Speaker Tan Sri Mohamed be described as “positive” garding this was one of re- Eahir Ismail to hold the s the Rulers for the proposed ??- move, citing that there were . because the Sultan has not. sentment, he added. cial meeting and to table t e already statements in the rejected it. Asked how comprehen- amendments. Press from certain Rulers The fact that he wanted to sive the proposed change The Stan ’ Orders re- expressing their support on study it further was only would be, and whether it quire that a l-Yl.928- y notice *be the matter. natural Dr Mahathir said. would include matters per- #Fzgto call for the special Asked when support from l Muhyiddin met the Sul- taining to rules affecting as- the Rulers on the pro osed tan earlier today to explain cension to a particular Rul- Responding to uestions, move would be sougR t - to him the developments er’s throne_, the _ Prime Dr Mahathir said tRe nature before or after next month’s surrounding the proposed Minister said this has not of the amendments was not special sitting of Parliament move. been decided yet. discussed b the Cabinet, - Dr Mahathir said this has Asked why the Govern- Earlier, when speaking to and added tgat no decision not been decided. ment had decided to pursue reporters at the RMAF air- was taken as to whether any He said some people pre- * the proposed move only port in Sungei Besi, Kuala other legislation would be ferred that this should be now, the Prime Minister Lumpur, Dr Mahathir said amended during the special done before the sitting said things were different the Cabinet today decided to parliamentary meeting. while others thought that it now. make a re uest for a special would be better after Parlia- He said the people seemed meeting o7 the Dewan Ra- Cl MORE REPORTS ment has sat. In any case to accept the immunity but kyat_on Jan_ 18 and l?, and this will be considered furb remarked that “times have the Dewan Negara on Jan au , INPAGES