Sarawak’s executive branch should decide on whether to remove the word ‘state’ from the Sarawak state legislative assembly or not, said speaker Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar.

He said he believes that in tandem with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), which recognises Sarawak as a region and not one of the federation’s 13 states, the word “state” should be dropped.

“Since we are a region, it is only logical that the word ‘negeri’...