JOHOR BARU: The Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar has urged the state government to review the Johor Real Property and Housing Board Bill as it could contravene earlier state enactments.
"I do not agree with the Johor Real Property and Housing Board Bill which was passed in the previous the state assembly sitting. This is because it was amended through pressure from outsiders who were narrow minded (cetek akal) and do not understand the power of the ruler in Johor's state constitution," he said in the opening of the state legislative assembly today.
The bill, which was passed at the state legislative assembly June 14 last year, has not been endorsed by the ruler. Ten amendments had been made before the bill was tabled.
"If I approve the bill, then it would not be in line with a few other enactments which was used without problem, such as the Johor Corporation Enactment 1968.
"I urge members of the state assembly to review the bill and amend so that it is line with other enactments which have been enforced in Johor," said Sultan Ibrahim.