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

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