Kota Kinabalu: “Pindaan yang dicadangkan kepada ARtikel 1(2) Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang dibaca buat kali pertama di Parlimen pada 4 April hanya sekadar penyusunan semula dan bermain kata-kata sahaja dan tidak membawa apa=apa perubahan dan tidak membuat apa-apa untuk menjadikan Sabah … Continue reading Cadangan Pindaan Artikel 1(2) Tidak Membawa Apa-apa Perubahan – Dr. Jeffrey

KUCHING, April 4: Sarawakians should have been allowed to hold a referendum on the restoration of Sarawak’s status and rights April 4, 2019 Lucas Chin before the Bill to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution was tabled in Parliament. … Continue reading Amending constitution: Let Sarawakians have their say rst, suggests S4S

KUCHING: Puncak Borneo MP Willie Mongin says he is displeased with the words used in the proposed amendment to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution, which was read for the first time this morning. He believed that the wording could … Continue reading Article 1 (2) amendment: It should be ‘Negara’ Sabah & Sarawak, says Puncak Borneo MP

Sidang Dewan Rakyat hari ini kecoh apabila beberapa ahli parlimen dari Sabah dan Sarawak mendesak usul untuk meminda Perlembagaan Persekutuan bagi ‘menaik taraf’ status Sabah dan Sarawak sebagai rakan sama rata, ditangguhkan. Tindakan itu, kata mereka, terlalu tergesa-gesa dan idak … Continue reading Dewan Bangun BANTAH Pembentangan Pindaan Perlembagaan Sabah & Sarawak

KOTA KINABALU: De facto law minister Liew Vui Keong today underlined the importance of amending Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution to restore Sabah and Sarawak’s status as equal partners before any further amendments are made. Liew said this was … Continue reading Minister: Amending constitution to shed ‘state’ status for Sabah, S’wak first step in equality plan

KUCHING, March 31 — Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Chong Chieng Jen today asked Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to support the government’s upcoming Bill to amend the Constitution and restore equality to the peninsula’s two Borneo partners. He said MPs … Continue reading Pakatan urges PBB, SUPP MPs to back upcoming Bill to return equality to Sarawak

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah opposition leader Jeffrey Kitingan has set out several proposals on restoring the status of Sabah and Sarawak and urged the federal government to defer the amendment of Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution for more consultations with … Continue reading Kitingan: Change national flag, set up three heads of states

KUCHING, March 28: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs should support the Bill March 28, 2019 Violet Yong to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution — to restore Sarawak’s status as an equal partner in the Malaysian federation — when … Continue reading Pending rep hopes all GPS MPs will support Bill to restore Sarawak’s status

KUCHING: The bill to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution to restore Sabah and Sarawak’s status as equal partners is expected to be tabled in Parliament on April 8 and 9, says Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen. “An … Continue reading DAP man confirms tabling of bill to restore rights of Sabah, Sarawak next week

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has rejected an argument from PAS that referring to Sabah or Sarawak without using the appellative “state” or “negeri” is a violation of the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63). Speaking to FMT, PBS youth chief … Continue reading PAS man doesn’t know what ‘state’ means in MA63, says PBS

KUCHING: An analyst has suggested that the government emulate the devolution system in the UK by forming a “kingdom” of Malaysia, consisting of the peninsula, Sarawak and Sabah. Universiti Malaya’s Awang Azman Awang Pawi said Sarawakians expect relations between the … Continue reading A ‘United Kingdom’ of Malaysia? Analyst tells how to make Sabah, Sarawak equal partners

KUCHING, March 20: Amendment to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution to restore the status of Sabah and Sarawak as equal partners to Peninsular Malaysia must also include Article 160(2) to redefine the term ‘the federation’. Bandar Kuching MP Dr … Continue reading Equal status: Amend Article 160(2) of Federal Constitution too

IN July 1976, Parliament voted to relegate the status of Sabah and Sarawak from equal partner to one of the 13 states in Malaysia. Forty-three years later, a Bill will be tabled in Parliament to restore the Bornean states’ equal … Continue reading In Less Than A Year, Pakatan Does What BN Lapdogs Have Failed To Do In Decades

KUCHING: The Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) wants Sarawak to reclaim from Putrajaya full autonomy over the state’s security and defence. Its chairman Datuk Lau Pang Heng said Sarawak had full autonomy over security and defence matters prior to the formation … Continue reading Patriots’ version of autonomy

KOTA KINABALU: PBS president Maximus Ongkili says “it is too early to shout for joy” over the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution to pave the way to restore equal partner status to Sabah and Sarawak. While he welcomed the … Continue reading Don’t celebrate yet, says Ongkili on proposal for equal status for Sabah, Sarawak

KUCHING, March 11: State Reform Party (Star) president Lina Soo considers Petronas’ operations in Sarawak illegal as two bills passed in Parliament — the Petroleum Development Act of 1974 and the Sea Territorial Act 2012 — that allowed it to … Continue reading State govt urged to declare 2 Acts as null and void in next DUN sitting

KUCHING: All Sarawak members of parliament (MPs) must exercise due diligence in studying the proposed amendment to Article 1 of Federal Constitution, says State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) president Lina Soo. She cautioned that every MP from Sarawak must be … Continue reading ‘Tread carefully over proposed change to Federal Constitution’

KOTA KINABALU: An opposition leader has questioned whether a proposed constitutional amendment will effectively restore the Borneo states’ stature as equal partners with Peninsular Malaysia as provided for in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Keningau MP and Solidariti Tanah Airku … Continue reading Amendment won’t make Borneo states equal to Malaya

KUCHING, March 9: The calling for negotiations concerning the breaches of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) that now March 9, 2019 Voon Lee Shan leads to the proposed amendment to the federal constitution has trapped Sabah and Sarawak to dance … Continue reading Sabah, Sarawak dancing to the wrong tune on MA63

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah and Sarawak’s quest for rights enshrined in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) will be the the focus when Dewan Rakyat convenes again on Monday. This followed the Cabinet’s decision to amend Article 1 (2) of the Constitution … Continue reading Spotlight on MA63

KUCHING, Nov 6: Sarawak must fight beyond the implementation of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) if it wanted its lost rights and power as equal partners in the Federation of Malaysia to be fully restored. Sarawak Pakatan Harapan chairman Chong … Continue reading Don’t stop at MA63, go beyond that

KIMANIS: Perjuangan menuntut hak-hak Sabah dalam Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) bukan perjuangan peribadi semata-mata tetapi untuk kepentingan dan masa depan rakyat Sabah keseluruhannya. Ahli Parlimen Kimanis, Datuk Seri Panglima Anifah Aman berkata semua pihak terutama pemimpin politik tidak kira apapun ideologi … Continue reading Semua perlu bersatu bagi menuntut MA63

Sabah Sarawak Rights – Australia New Zealand (SSRANZ) president Robert Pei says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s interpretation of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) is consistent with and affirms the right to freely exit a voluntarily created union as … Continue reading Even Dr M acknowledges Sarawak has the right to secede

KUCHING, Oct 9: Restoring the status of Sarawak and Sabah as equal partners with Peninsular Malaysia must be done in good faith and can fully benefit both states, said Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, … Continue reading Restore the status of Sarawak, Sabah

KUCHING: The proposal paper for the setting up of the Special Cabinet Committee on Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) to review and propose measures to rectify the status of MA63 based on current legislation will be presented to the federal Cabinet … Continue reading Special Committee on MA63’s proposal to be presented to Cabinet