Sabah and Sarawak are tied to the same umbilical cord called MA63, so the capitulation by Sarawak in their ‘fight’ with Petronas complicates matters. FMTNews BackDoorGovernment Oil Petronas MA63
The “amicable” settlement between Sarawak and Petronas over the petroleum sales tax took many by surprise. There has been a hue and cry by political parties and NGOs over the Sarawak government’s capitulation.State assistant law minister denied this, saying it was “completely untrue and misleading”. She did not explain which part was untrue or misleading.
By agreeing to the brokered terms, it now seems Abang Johari has abrogated on the fight for economic equity under MA63. He had said Sarawak would exploit its natural resources of oil and gas as provided for constitutionally under the State List in the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution. As such there was no need for Sarawak to pass a resolution in the assembly demanding the state’s rights under the Federal Constitution, the Inter-Governmental Committee report and Malaysia Act.
Ongkili said the previous government tried to amend Article 1 of the Federal Constitution but failed, and his task was to get it done within six months. One political analyst then said if he could not resolve the MA63 issue when he was with the BN government, he was unlikely to achieve anything under the current scenario.
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