KUALA LUMPUR: The Sulu dispute must be handled carefully by the federal government and with none political interference, says Deputy Minister within the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.
To this finish, she urged all lawmakers to offer full assist to the federal government, which was now taking actions to problem the arbitration that not too long ago awarded the defunct Sulu sultanate’s descendants RM62.59bil over Sabah.
Mas Ermieyati stated the federal government was dedicated to defending the sovereignty of the nation, particularly Sabah, and would not stay silent on the problem.
“We will act to problem all actions taken wherever and at any time aside from not recognising the choice taken by the arbitrator.
“The authorities needs to deal with this problem carefully, so I urge all of you to grasp this example in order that we will implement the actions which were deliberate with none political interference,” Mas Ermieyati instructed the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (March 17).
This was after the problem of the arbitration award was raised by a number of Opposition MPs, who claimed that the federal government had not accomplished something concrete to dismiss the claims by the descendants of the defunct Sulu sultanate.
Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (Warisan-Kota Belud) pressured that motion ought to be taken towards these making such claims and that Malaysia must ask the Philippines to drop the declare over Sabah.
She was additionally disillusioned that the matter of the award was not allowed to be debated below an emergency movement and requested what was the assure that the problem would be resolved.
“The Philippines had overtly mentioned pursuing its declare over Sabah throughout the senatorial debates held in that nation.
“I’m puzzled why right here, we’re so afraid to debate this matter. If we are saying that we do not recognise the claims, then we must always inform the Philippines to drop it.
“Summon the consultant of the Philippines and inform them to drop the claims,” she stated.
Mas assured that the federal government had taken applicable actions to resolve the problem.
She stated the federal government had already obtained a courtroom order in Spain to declare the preliminary RM62.59bil arbitration award issued by Spanish arbitrator Dr Gonzalo Stampa to the heirs of the Sulu sultan as null and void.
This was as a result of the ultimate award issued by Stampa was invalid and made unilaterally and unlawfully, as his appointment was revoked by the Madrid High Court on June 29, 2021.
However, Mas stated that Stampa had continued to pursue related motion in Paris the place the courtroom in France had issued an Exchequer Order with out information of the choice towards Stampa in Spain.
Thus, the Malaysian authorities filed a prison criticism towards Stampa with the Attorney General in Spain on Dec 14 final yr, as a protest towards the arbitrator for not complying with the Madrid courtroom order and an insult to Malaysia’s sovereignty.
“The authorities is totally dedicated to making sure that justice is upheld,” stated Mas.
