KUALA LUMPUR: Leaders from Sabah and Sarawak have been urged to not abuse their discretionary immigration powers by barring Members of Parliament from coming into.
Opposition chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) mentioned that he revered the rights of the states to handle the entry of foreigners.
He claimed, nevertheless, that the powers have been getting used to cease the sure lawmakers from coming into the Borneo States.
He mentioned this whereas debating the Bill to amend the Federal Constitution on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) in parliament on Tuesday (Dec 14).
Anwar additionally reminded Sabah and Sarawak leaders to know the aspirations of Independence, and highlighted that Federal lawmakers had additionally defended them to revive their rights.
The Port Dickson MP additionally identified that the largest challenges confronted by Sabah and Sarawak was the dearth of Federal funding, however since Independence there had many leaders that had managed to generate huge wealth.
“At the same time, this has caused the people to remain poor. This is not the aspiration of the formation of Malaysia,” he additional added.
“The formation of Malaysia is to guarantee the prosperity and the benefit of all rakyat,” he mentioned.
