Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar on 18th September urged the government to abort its plans to appeal the recent High Court decision allowing citizenship rights to children born overseas, regardless of whether the Malaysian parent is the father or mother. He said all children born to Malaysian parents abroad must be accorded the right to citizenship in this country. “Are Malaysian mothers less Malaysian than Malaysian fathers?” he asked in a statement today. Source: FreeMalaysiaToday

On 16th September, a group of 13 MPs from both the government and opposition banded together to seek Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s intervention over a move to appeal the High Court ruling that struck out discriminatory treatment of Malaysian mothers with overseas-born children. Source: Malaysiakini

On the same day, several ministers from Bersatu also agreed to propose to the Cabinet that the attorney-general be advised to withdraw the government’s appeal against the High Court decision. Source: MalaysiaNow

YB Rina Harun, the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development also reiterated her commitment towards championing the voices of Malaysian women, especially in their citizenship rights. She said this in an Instagram post following a meeting she had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, YB Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah and Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, YB Datuk Hajah Zuraida Kamaruddin.

On 17th September, YB Rina Harun led a discussion on equal citizenship rights during a cabinet meeting.