Zainnal Ajamain says Putrajaya will not give up revenues derived from East Malaysia.
PETALING JAYA: Political activist Zainnal Ajamain has dismissed Sarawak’s hope of autonomy over health and education as a dream that would not be realised.He told FMT he could not see Putrajaya decentralising its authority over health or education because it would mean surrendering to the two states revenues accounting for a huge portion of federal revenue.
“The constitution says that as long as medicine and health are in the concurrent list, then the expenses are borne by Sabah. In November, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said Putrajaya had wanted to give Sabah this 40% but did not have enough funds to do so. “It cannot give to Sabah revenue owed to it without giving around the same amount to Sarawak to run its own health and education systems. All this means a lot of money, easily billions.”
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