Minister Ongkili vows equal status for Sabah, Sarawak within six months
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020 06:17 PM MYTSabah and Sarawak Affairs minister Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili said his first order of business will be restoring equal status to Sabah and Sarawak within the Malaysian Federation. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“My priority will first be to restore equal status to Sabah and Sarawak. We want to amend Article 1 of the Constitution that would give Sabah and Sarawak back its original status within Malaysia. We hope to achieve this within six months,” he said. He said the proposed amendment did not get constitutional support because there was no mention at all of MA63 in the Federal Constitution and only mentions the Malaya Agreement 1957 in Article 160.
Ongkili said his other priority would be financial provisions that will give Sabah back 40 per cent of its total revenue, an issue that would essentially mean billions of ringgit if backdated since the 1970s.To this end, he said there would be a working committee on it, that would be in problem-solving mode.“We have had enough of studies. We want problem solving and solutions now. I don’t want my ministry to be akin to a public complaints bureau.
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