Women leaders in government today should pressure Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob into amending the Federal Constitution and granting Malaysian mothers equal rights to provide citizenship to their overseas-born children with foreign fathers.

Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto said this was contrary to Wanita BN’s pledge that the matter – now pending a final decision by the Federal Court – has been included as part of the coalition’s manifesto for the upcoming 15th general elections.

“There’s a difference between us in the opposition a…