KUCHING, July 23 — A political scientist today said he will not take seriously a proposal by Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan for a new Malaysia Agreement to...
KUCHING, July 23 — A political scientist today said he will not take seriously a proposal by Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan for a new Malaysia Agreement to replace the one inked in 1963, even if the politicians of Sabah and Sarawak reacted positively to it.
The summit was jointly organised by civil societies Sarawak People’s Congress and Dayak Interests Group. He said many politicians in Sabah and Sarawak challenged the proposal, adding that the only prominent political figure who supported it was Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, but the rest have all rejected it.
He said their understanding of the MA63 is very simple, which is basically that Sarawak and Sabah are unhappy and it is more of a symbolic thing. “For them, their attitude is that once you join Malaysia, you have to play by the rule of the game. But what they don’t realise is that when they talk about playing the rule of the game, they are talking about the rule of the game of the Malayan political establishment.
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