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PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Friday informed the Cabinet about the Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail’s decree expressing disapproval of using the name of the Conference of Rulers to support the Mufti (Federal Territory) Bill, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said. 

Fahmi, who is also the spokesperson for the Unity Government, said that the Prime Minister would look into the decree before referring it to the Conference of Rulers meeting next week.

“All of this (the decree and views) will serve as guidelines for us to ensure that the bill achieves its original purpose and intent,” he said.

Fahmi was responding to a news portal report that Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin had decreed against using the name of the Conference of Rulers to support the bill, which was tabled for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, on July 2. 

The decree was reportedly made through Perlis Mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, who then posted it on Facebook.