A man can only wed one woman under the country’s civil marriage law, even though some may claim to have married more than one, said state Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah.
Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (Arau-PN) is to submit a motion to the Dewan Rakyat speaker demanding a Pakatan Harapan lawmaker apologise for saying on social media that “polygamy is a PAS teaching”.
Perikatan Nasional (PN) lawmakers are “unthinking and disrespectful” of women with their persistent views on the need for polygamy, Wanita DAP head Teo Nie Ching said.
Single women are not a “problem” that needs fixing, a DAP lawmaker said in response to a PAS MP’s suggestion that polygamy is the solution for some 4.8 million women in Malaysia who are unmarried.
