Don’t blame GPS for defeat of Sarawak status amendment Bill, says SUPP president
Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian said Pakatan Harapan should not shift the blame on GPS for its failure to secure the two-thirds majority in Parliament for the amendment Bill last night. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
Dr Sim, who is also the state Minister of Local Government and Housing, said Sarawak PH should have confronted Putrajaya for its refusal to mention MA63 in the constitution so to acknowledge Sarawak’s equal status with Malaya. He had said the Bill sought to restore the status of Sarawak and Sabah to their original position at the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
“The GPS stand is not to oppose the Bill but to demand for a complete package of amendments to include Article 1 and Article 160 so to restore Sarawak’s equal partner status in form and in substance,” he said, explaining that it was to right the wrong made in the past. He said there is no need to rush the Bill just to amend Article 1 because there are other issues raised by the state government in the steering committee that needed to be resolved first.
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