LETTER | It is about equal partnership and the future of the Federation as a whole.
| The Malaysia Agreement 1963 should not be seen from the Sabah and Sarawak ‘angle’ alone but from the perspective of the Malaysian federalism. People in Peninsular Malaysia think that MA63 is about fighting for the rights of Sabah and Sarawak alone when in fact it is about strengthening the spirit of the Malaysian federalism.
Our founding fathers did not define “equal partnership” clearly nor was it extensively discussed in the committees tasked to propose the constitutional safeguards for Sabah and Sarawak. In 1976, Sabah’s and Sarawak’s status is said to be relegated or downgraded to mere “states” like the other “ordinary” states in Peninsular Malaysia.
But before this can be done, the state and federal governments must identify which jurisdictions must be returned to the state or remained under federal control.
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