“RAHMAN DAHLAN’S remarks
that Sabah and Sarawak joined the Federation as the 12th and 13th States of
Malaysia is a typical UMNO stand that not only reflect his lack of
understanding of history on the formation of Malaysia but confirms my opinion
that many of our Sabah leaders are mere stooges and proxies of Kuala Lumpur
leaders. These Sabah leaders, no longer have the heart and desires to fight for
the special rights and position of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia,” said Datuk
Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in response to Dahlan’s statement
published in the Daily Express and Borneo Post yesterday.
One cannot simply pick up a
paragraph in the proclamation which mention Sabah and Sarawak along with the
States in Malaya that this makes the two independent States as simply additions
to the existing States of Malaya.
If this was the case, then
why bother to call it Malaysia? Why not simply add Sabah and Sarawak as States
of Malaya? Or why did the British bother to give independence and nationhood to
Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah (North Borneo) before forming Malaysia?
In fact, Tun Fuad was even
quoted rejecting Malaysia should Sabah and Sarawak be made the 12th/13th States
saying:-
“If
We Had Been Asked To Join Malaysia At The Time Malaya Achieved Independence And
Britain Made It Possible For Us, The Story Would Have Been A Different One. Now
That 'Merdeka' Has Been Malaya’s For Some Years. And We Are Still Struggling
Towards It, Malaya’s Proposal That We Join The 12th, 13th And 14th States
Savours Of Imperialism, Of A Drive To Turn Us Into Malayan Colonies To Join
Malaya, While We Are Still Colonies The Implication Is To Hand (Ourselves) Over
To Your Control.”
Even Tunku Abdul Rahman was
quoted in giving the assurance that:-
“The
Important Aspect, Of The Malaysia Ideal As I See It, Is That It Will Enable The
Borneo Territories To Transform Their Present Colonial Status To
Self-Government For Themselves And Absolute Independence In Malaysia
Simultaneously.”
Rahman should also understand
that Malaysia’s Constitution is supposed to be a completely new Constitution
and that Sabah and Sarawak promulgated their own Constitution and national
anthem which give clear indications that it is a nation among a group of
nations in a new Federation called Malaysia.
Who are the other nations? Namely,
Malaya, Singapore and Sarawak. These nation States along with Britain signed
the Malaysia Agreement, 1963 to form the Federation of Malaysia based agreed
terms and conditions and they had nothing to do with the subservient unitary
States of Malaya.
The fact that the then
proposed Federation was not to be a unitary State but to be a new sovereign
state within a family of nations was clearly set out in the Inter-Governmental
Committee (IGC) Report which states:-
FEDERATION NOT UNITARY
All delegations acknowledge
the desirability that all component States should retain their identity and
autonomy, the possibility of Malaysia being formed as a unitary State was never
considered.
FEDERATION DEFINED
“An association of several
Sovereign States with a central organ vested with powers directly over the citizens of the member State and in certain defined
circumstances over the member States
themselves. There would be a Central Government
and also State Governments, but
from the view point of international
law, the collection of States forming
the Federation would be recognized as one Sovereign State within a family of
nations.”
Rahman should therefore,
find it in his heart to defend the position of Sabah as a partner of four
entities in forming the Federation with its autonomy and special rights, which
include him as beneficiary rather than run down our struggles to restore these
rights.
We, in UBF and STAR, are
prepared to give MP Rahman and other Sabah UMNO/BN leaders a full account of
how Sabah had been played out and down-graded from 1 of 4 equal partners to 1
of 13 states.
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