KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has decided to join the Federal Government on the condition that the administration is known as the Perikatan Nasional-GPS government, says Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak has decided to join the Federal Government on the condition that the administration is known as the Perikatan Nasional-GPS government, says Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg ."We have discussed this with the Prime Minister and he has agreed to the PN plus GPS formula," he told reporters after chairing a PBB supreme council meeting here on Saturday .
The Chief Minister said GPS has decided to take up Cabinet posts in the new government on the premise that its representatives will pursue state rights.He said the state coalition's representatives would continue to fight for Sarawak's interests as this was GPS' priority. "They will voice the aspirations of Sarawakians in the Cabinet in terms of policy decisions, especially those related to Sarawak's interests," he said.
Abang Johari also said the GPS Cabinet members would pursue state rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and for Petronas to comply with state laws, including paying the 5% state sales tax on petroleum products.Asked how many Cabinet posts GPS was seeking, the Chief Minister said this was the prerogative of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin."What number , I leave it to him," he said.
Similarly, he said ministerial portfolios were up to Muhyiddin to decide, adding that GPS had experienced people including former ministers in its ranks.
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