By : QUEVILLE TO
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah State
Reform Party (STAR) leader Jeffrey Kitingan’s advice to Anwar Ibrahim is this:
Go read your history on the formation of Malaysia and the agreements made.
The maverick politician said
that the Pakatan Rakyat coalition leader’s statement on autonomy for Sabah was
misplaced and incorrect.
“It also shows that he
doesn’t know what he was talking about or deliberately ignores the agreement,
the promises and the assurances made by the Founding Fathers of Malaysia,” said
Jeffrey in response to Anwar’s statement on Sabah autonomy.
He contended that the issue
of autonomy for Sabah and Sarawak is “not a matter of federal policy as
indicated by Anwar but a special condition agreed at the time of the formation
of Malaysia and is spelt out in the 20-Points, the Inter-Governmental Committee
(IGC) Report as well as under Article 8 of the Malaysia Agreement”.
“What Anwar said is totally
wrong with regard to Sabah and Sarawak and reflects his old Ketuanan Melayu
mentality and attitude towards the East Malaysian States,’ he said.
Anwar only interested in
Putrajaya
Jeffrey said the federal
government and Malayan political parties cannot decide or determine autonomy
for Sabah and Sarawak as this was a condition for the formation of Malaysia.
Autonomy for Sabah and
Sarawak, he said, had already been determined and decided by the Malaysia
Agreement, the 20-Points and the IGC Report.
“What is required is
compliance and implementation. What we in Sabah want to hear from Anwar is
whether under his government, he is willing to sit down and review the Malaysia
Agreement and to comply with the promises and assurances agreed to prior to
Sept 16, 1963, including a new constitution of Malaysia?
“If not, then Anwar is not
interested in reform but only in Putrajaya,” said Jeffrey.
Reform for Sabah, including
good governance, could only be beneficial for Sabah under Sabah’s own
leadership who would not repeat the mistakes of the past including being fooled
by Malayan political propaganda, he added. (FMT)
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