PETALING JAYA: Former federal minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he chose not to support a constitutional amendment on the status of Sabah and Sarawak tabled by the Pakatan Harapan government yesterday because it was a “political ploy”. The Santubong … Continue reading Sarawak MP tells why constitutional amendment bill failed

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs are urged to put the interest of Sarawak above their political interest and support the amendment Bill to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution. Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who made this … Continue reading Put Sarawak’s interest above political interest

MIRI: Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak slammed Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs for abstaining from voting and supporting the Bill to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution to restore the equal status of Sarawak and Sabah. According to PH Sarawak … Continue reading Opportunity to restore S’wak, Sabah’s status ‘dashed to the ground’ by GPS, says Ling

KUCHING: The failure of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government to acquire a two-thirds majority to pass the Constitution Bill (Amendment 2019) is “a landmark history for Sarawakians and Sabahans”, claimed State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) president Lina Soo. According to … Continue reading Soo: PH govt’s constitutional amendment Bill defeat expected

SEREMBAN: PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has blamed Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs for the failure to obtain a two-thirds majority for the Federal Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Dewan Rakyat last night. Anwar, who is also Port Dickson … Continue reading Anwar blames Umno, BN MPs for defeat of constitutional amendment bill

KUALA LUMPUR: State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) president Lina Soo has called upon Pakatan Harapan (PH) politicians to stop the drama over the Bill to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution. Soo claimed that the havoc created between all … Continue reading Stop the drama over Article 1(2) amendment Bill

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen described the outcome of the voting on the Constitution Bill (Amendment 2019) as “shocking”. The Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs lamented that Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) leaders … Continue reading Outcome of vote ‘shocking, unacceptable’

KUCHING: The Sarawak government will support the amendment to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution on the specified basis that it reflects the ‘original intent’ of the negotiating parties, according to a source. The Borneo Post has learnt that towards this … Continue reading Source: Sarawak to back Article 1(2) amendment if ‘original intent’ reflected

KUALA LUMPUR: The Bill to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution is expected to be altered in terms of wording before the second reading by the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Parliament tomorrow, said Minister in the … Continue reading Liew: Article 1(2) amendment Bill’s wording to be altered to follow that of 1963 version

Federal-state relations have not always been smooth and is still the same to this day, but last Thursday’s tabling of a proposed amendment to Article 1 (2) of the Constitution in the Parliament regarding the status of Sarawak (and Sabah) … Continue reading Federal-state relations – the temperature is rising

KUCHING: The Cobbold Commission Report 1962 is considered misleading and a fraud by many legal experts. Wikipedia describes the Cobbold Commission as a Commission of Enquiry set up to determine whether the people of North Borneo (now Sabah) and Sarawak … Continue reading Activist claims Cobbold Commission Report 1962 misleading and a fraud

KUCHING: Some 200 people participated in a 30 minutes flash mob organised by Sarawak Association for Peoples’ Aspiration (SAPA) and Sarawak for Sarawakians (S4S) at Padang Merdeka this morning. The event, which stated at around 9am, saw participants shouted several … Continue reading 200 join flash mob to protest against Article 1 (2) amendment Bill

LETTER | The Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) should not be seen from the Sabah and Sarawak ‘angle’ alone but from the perspective of the Malaysian federalism. Only when MA63 is seen in its totality that will we be able to effectively … Continue reading MA63 not just for East M’sians

No approval was given by the Sabah and Sarawak chief ministers pertaining to the amendment of Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution in its current form, said Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg. He said the Cabinet Committee on the … Continue reading Abang Johari: Sabah, S’wak CMs did not give approval for amendment of Article 1(2)

KUCHING, April 5: Sabah and Sarawak should cut the Gordian Knot on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and Invoke its Article 8 to embark on the road to selfdetermination in line with UN Resolution 1541. Human Rights advocate Daniel John … Continue reading Putrajaya ‘sitting pretty’ on MA63, Sabah and Sarawak should opt for self determination – NGOs

KUCHING, April 5: Sarawak for Sarawakians (S4S) has called on Sarawakians to unite and demand `Sarexit’ following an unfavourable Bill to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution to make Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsula as equal partners. Its spokesperson, KC … Continue reading Shocked by Bill to amend constitution, S4S now promoting `Sarexit’

KOTA KINABALU: The proposed amendment to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution is merely a re-grouping and play of words, says Sabah opposition leader Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (pic). He said the proposed amendment changes nothing and does nothing to … Continue reading Jeffrey Kitingan: Article 1(2) amendment just a play of words

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Amending Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution as proposed in Parliament today will not change the status of Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, said Sarawak Legal Counsel Datuk Seri JC Fong. He said in a The … Continue reading Redefine ‘Federation’ for Sarawak, Sabah to achieve equal status, says lawyer