Opposition MP insists royal consent needed for Rome Statute

Kepala Batas MP Reezal Merican Naina Merican today insisted that Putrajaya should have sought consent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong before acceding to the Rome Statute.

"In the Federal Constitution... it states that the Agong and the Conference of Rulers should be consulted first, because the Rome Statute involves issues of the rights and liabilities of the Agong, the country's leader," he told reporters in a press conference outside the Dewan Rakyat...