Dear Editor,
Recently, I’m following the Budget 2011, presented by our respective PM. But to be honest, I am a little bit disappointed with contains of the budget. Anyhow, that is not the topic I want to share with all. I just want to redress all about 20 point of agreements.
Sabah has been absorb too much of damages already, we have to act something or we could ended up being slave in our own country.
We used to be the richest country of all in past. We used to be a proud Sabahan. We used to have proud able things such as Yayasan Sabah, offshore oil, the power of pro and semi pro worker (read this article Sabah Dad Proud Of New Aussie Minister), Kinabalu the highest peak in south East Asia and the list goes on.
Youth Sabahans nowadays tend to go to Semenanjung Malaysia or Australia and even Singapore to search for a better future. We should implement the love towards Sabah into all the Sabahans living in Malaysia. So that they can go back to Sabah and work here, live here and die here. Like the first verse of the song,
“Sabah tanah airku,
negeri kita yang tercinta,
Pemuda-pemudi marilah semua,
Bangunlah bersatu semua”
By those who already forgot, I would like to redress my self and the others back to the 20 points of agreements which is has been forgotten already by Sabahans. This is a compulsory to every Sabahans to remember.
I took this from Wikipedia.
The 20 points
Point 1: Religion
While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in North Borneo and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to North Borneo
Point 2: Language
a. Malay should be the national language of the Federation
b. English should continue to be used for a period of 10 years after Malaysia Day
c. English should be an official language of North Borneo for all purposes, State or Federal, without limitation of time.
Point 3: Constitution
Whilst accepting that the present Constitution of the Federation of Malaya should form the basis of the Constitution of Malaysia, the Constitution of Malaysia should be a completely new document drafted and agreed in the light of a free association of states and should not be a series of amendments to a Constitution drafted and agreed by different states in totally different circumstances. A new Constitution for North Borneo (Sabah) was of course essential.
Point 4: Head of Federation
The Head of State in North Borneo should not be eligible for election as Head of the Federation.
Point 5: Name of Federation ’Malaysia’ but not ‘Melayu Raya’
Point 6: Immigration
Control over immigration into any part of Malaysia from outside should rest with the Central Government but entry into North Borneo should also require the approval of the State Government. The Federal Government should not be able to veto the entry of persons into North Borneo for State Government purposes except on strictly security grounds. North Borneo should have unfettered control over the movements of persons other than those in Federal Government employ from other parts of Malaysia into North Borneo.
(I like this one, if not; this land will be like Labuan).
Point 7: Right of Secession
There should be no right to secede from the Federation
Point 8: Borneanisation
Borneanisation of the public service should proceed as quickly as possible
Point 9: British Officers
Every effort should be made to encourage British Officers to remain in the public service until their places can be taken by suitably qualified people from North Borneo.
(Read the BORNEONIZATION NOT IN PRACTICE?)
Point 10: Citizenship
The recommendation in Paragraph 148 (k) of the Report of the Cobbold Commission should govern the citizenship rights in the Federation of North Borneo subject to the following amendments:
a) sub-paragraph (i) should not contain the proviso as to five years residence
b) in order to tie up with our law, sub-paragraph (ii)(a) should read ‘7 out of 10 years’ instead of ‘8 out of 10 years’
c) sub-paragraph (iii) should not contain any restriction tied to the citizenship of parents – a person born in North Borneo after Malaysia must be federal citizen
(I love this one, I wish there is no leader like the one using IC project ever exist).
Point 11: Tariffs and Finance
North Borneo should retain control of its own finance, development and tariff, and should have the right to work up its own taxation and to raise loans on its own credit.
Point 12: Special position of indigenous races
In principle the indigenous races of North Borneo should enjoy special rights analogous to those enjoyed by Malays in Malaya, but the present Malaya formula in this regard is not necessarily applicable in North Borneo
Point 13: State Government
a) the Chief Minister should be elected by unofficial members of Legislative Council
b) There should be a proper Ministerial system in North Borneo
Point 14: Transitional period
This should be seven years and during such period legislative power must be left with the State of North Borneo by the Constitution and not be merely delegated to the State Government by the Federal Government
Point 15: Education
The existing educational system of North Borneo should be maintained and for this reason it should be under state control.
Point 16: Constitutional safeguards
No amendment modification or withdrawal of any special safeguard granted to North Borneo should be made by the Central Government without the positive concurrence of the Government of the State of North Borneo.
The power of amending the Constitution of the State of North Borneo should belong exclusively to the people in the (Note: The United Party, The Democratic Party and the Pasok Momogun Party considered that a three-fourth majority would be required in order to effect any amendment to the Federal and State Constitutions whereas the UNKO and USNO considered a two-thirds majority would be sufficient.)
Point 17: Representation in Federal Parliament
This should take account not only of the population of North Borneo but also of its size and potentialities and in any case should not be less than that of Singapore
Point 18: Name of Head of State
Yang di-Pertua Negara
Point 19: Name of State
Sabah
Point 20: Land, Forests, Local Government, etc.
The provisions in the Constitution of the Federation in respect of the powers of the National Land Council should not apply in North Borneo. Likewise, the National Council for Local Government should not apply in North Borneo.
Now tell me, is there any point from above that we can see the profit even after 48 years of Independent? Well, according to the agreement, each of us now should be so damn rich/comfortable/less PATI-PADI/organized and renowned within Asia. But sadly, there is a mole inside the ground that need to be killed otherwise we will step into one of the hole and eventually cost us something to pay.
Sabahan Gibbering.
ERWAN FADLY SUDIMAN
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