 In return for the granting of citizenship to the non-Bumiputra, the Bumiputra were guaranteed special rights (or, some insist, Malay supremacy — "ketuanan Melayu").The amendments thus effectively "entrenched" the social contract, making the contract alterable only with the agreement of the Conference of Rulers.Some have subsequently described the Conference of Rulers as a symbol of "Malay dominance".