DISEMBER 2020
Four Basic State Rights Non-Negotiable: CM Reiterates
KUCHING: Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Johari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg today reiterated that the four matters accorded to the State as its fundamental rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and the Federal Constitution are non-negotiable.
He said this in his address during the first Meeting of the Special Council on MA63 via video conference that was chaired by Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
“In the ongoing negotiations between the Federal and the State Governments, I wish to emphasise on the Sarawak Government’s unwavering stance on four non-negotiable matters.
“These four non-negotiable matters are:-
(a)State’s immigration rights;
(b)State’s rights to Taxation powers like the imposition of State Sales Tax, port dues, and other state laws;
(c)Protection of State rights within the Continental Shelves; and
(d)State’s sovereignty over its seabed and subsoils,” he pointed out.
Therefore, these matters should not be open for negotiations, he said.
Also present at the meeting were State Secretary, Datuk Amar Jaul Samion, Assistant Minister of Law, State-Federal Relationship, Datuk Hajah Sharifah Hasidah Bt. Sayeed Aman Ghazali and Acting State Attorney-general, Saferi bin Ali and Legal Officer Evy Liana Atang.
Sumber dari : Sarawakku