The Cabinet Ministers’ Memorandum on Sabah and Sarawak’s demands, particularly concerning the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), will be tabled early next month (January), said Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali.
He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in the Cabinet meeting on Dec 4, had given Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof and himself a period of one month to receive comments and feedback on the matter from all parties concerned. He added that the process to get feedback from the Sabah and Sarawak governments, as well as other ministries and government agencies are ongoing before preparing the memorandum and submitting it to the Cabinet.
Armizan, who is also Papar Member of Parliament , said the main comments and responses so far have been on financial and economic matters, as well as the return of 40 per cent of the revenue collected by the Federal Government in Sabah to the State.He said the implementation of Sabah and Sarawak’s demands required the cooperation of all ministries as they were matters under the purview of the respective ministries, including the economy, legislation, agriculture and human resources.
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