KUCHING: The suggestion by Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan for a brand new Malaysia Agreement should not even be talked about, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
The Sarawak Premier mentioned the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) agreed upon by the nation’s forefathers was basic to the institution of the nation.
“What Tok Mat (Mohamad) proposed should not even be introduced up. What we would like is the implementation of the situations enshrined in MA63 and the outcomes of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) report,” he mentioned.
Speaking to the media after the presentation of sacrificial meat along side Hari Raya Haji in Gedong, round 90km from right here on Sunday (July 10), he mentioned that a lot of the situations in MA63 have been eroded and negotiations are being carried out between the Federal Government, Sabah and Sarawak to revive the situations.
“If it is a new settlement, it means you invalidate the outdated settlement. If you invalidate the outdated settlement, then the formation of Malaysia would be questioned,” he mentioned.
Mohamad had prompt that Sabah Barisan suggest a New Malaysia Agreement as a extra concrete approach ahead to realising the rights and calls for of the state in MA63 throughout his speech on the Sabah Barisan conference on July 2.
Abang Johari additionally mentioned the present MA63 negotiations with the Federal Government additionally concerned particular allocations to Sarawak as enshrined in Article 112D of the Federal Constitution.
According to him, Sarawak needs the particular allocation to be distributed in line with a method with the perfect proportion of income generated by the state to be returned to Sarawak.
He mentioned negotiations for a Sarawak authorities consultant within the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) as stipulated within the IGC report was additionally growth based mostly on the most recent suggestions he acquired.
“Now they (LHDN) have requested a reputation to signify Sarawak. This means we all know how a lot our income is. We can know what’s the correct quantity that you just (Federal Government) can provide to us,” he mentioned.
He added that the Sarawak authorities did not intend to strain the Federal Government and desires MA63 negotiations to supply a win-win scenario for all sides.
“If the monetary scenario of the federal (authorities) is not too good, we will not strain them as effectively. But based mostly on the method (prompt by Sarawak), it is easy(to achieve a consensus),” he added. – Bernama
