The Malaysian Constitution

In a democractic parliament, rules were set and governed regardless of any country in the world. Malaysia itself is also governed by a a set of rules. The rules assigned to a country is called the constituition. Also called the bill of rights, the constituition of rights is a body of basic principles a state is to be governed with. The Malayan Union first drafted the constitution in 1946 but it was opposed by the indigenous Malay community so it was cancelled. The current Malaysian Constitution was drafted instead on the basis of a report from the Reid Commission before the independence of the nation. The Reid Commission was formed because of the urge of the then Malaya to claim independence and was lead by Lord Reid with many experts from commonwealth nations to assist him. The reason why the Malaysian Constitution exists is to ensure political stability, preventing abuse of power, to ensure equality to the people of the country, maintaining the fundamental rights of freedom as a democractic country, and to maintain special rights for the indigenous communities. 
 The supremacy of the constitution is derived from the third principle of Rukun Negara. It is the only source of law that is permanently supreme and it overrides the power of the Yang di Pertuan Agong, the parliament and any court. The Malaysian Constitution covers all the legislative, executive and judiciary aspects and has special provision to apply in a country with a diversity of races and religions. The Malaysian Constitution also defines how a government actually operates and how its power and authority are limited. In Malaysia, there is only one federal constitution and thirteen state constitutions, one each for each state in Malaysia. The main features of the Malaysian Constitution is a federation, a constitutional monarchy, practice of parliamentary democracy, religious freedom but with Islam as the national religion, supremacy of the constitution and the rule of the law, doctrine of the