MA63 review must involve original signatories – Star
Abdul Hakim Bujang
Soo with a copy of the Malaysia Agreement.
President of State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) Lina Soo, maintains that MA63 is an international agreement prepared by the British with the British government as principal signatory, and any review can only be done with all the signatories back at the table.
“Where are the British and Singapore representatives?” Soo asked.
Soo was commenting on Putrajaya’s decision to set up three special committees to look into the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), as announced by Liew Vui Keong, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
The steering committee will be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, with the chief ministers from Sabah and Sarawak, the attorneys-general of both states and federal Attorney-General Tommy Thomas.
Soo highlighted that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir was in power as federal minister and prime minister for more than 30 years, which is more than half of the lifetime of the federation of Malaysia, and it was during his political tenure that many of the breaches of the Agreement had occurred.
She also questioned why only three Sarawakians were included in the 16-member steering committee that comprise of PH ministers like Lim Guan Eng, Mohamed Azmin Ali, Gobind Singh Deo, Saifuddin Abdullah and a few other MPs.
“Sarawak which contributes the bulk of oil and gas to Petronas and the federal coffers has only three members out of 16, in a Committee to review an international agreement where the lead signatory nations are absent in the first place,” she lamented.
The three members are Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Dr Abang Johari Tun Openg, Minister of Works Baru Bian and Sarawak Attorney-General Datuk Talat Mahmood Abdul Rashid.
She said without participation of British government, the committee looks like a bad joke, akin to agreeing to a bunch of monkeys to manage a banana farm.
“The Committee looks like a cover-up committee, to hoodwink and lure Sarawakians into accepting breaches of MA63 which have exploited Sarawakians for so long, and every passing day is great economic loss to Sarawak where federal laws which are unconstitutional to Sarawak have continually been used to plunder Sarawak oil and gas,” she said.
My comments:
I fully agree with Lina soo in her view about the 16-member committee to review MA63. Since MA63 is an international treaty, it is, no doubt, ridiculous to be once again done in that "chingchai" (so lightly) manner. Since many changes had been done to the treaty to fit to the desires and ambition of the evil-minded devil, Mahathir during the time of his tenure as PM, it is a really serious offence which should be settled in the United Nations Court of Justice with the presence of the original signatories.
Chief Minister Abang Johari of Sarawak and Salfie Apdal, Chief Minister of Sabah should reject this proposal which may end up in even further entanglement. Very few Sarawakians view this review positively but see it as a trap. We Sarawakians do not trust this evil-minded devil anymore.
This evil-minded devil always can turn everything skilfully to full advantage of himself, his family and his cronies. In the name of Malays, he plunders, exploits and robs Malays. In the name of Nasional Bhd, these public-funded companies have become his private companies to amass wealth for himself and his families as well as his cronies. In the name of Malaysia, the whole wide world bear witness how he denied the development of Sarawak and Sabah during his tenure as PM.
In Sarawak alone, we are told that the oil and gas valued at RM700 million or more are taken to enrich Peninsular Malaya DAILY and those moguls engaging in oil and gas businesses. The Mahathir family are heavily involved in these businesses. We Sarawakians nowadays always greet one another Good morning and reminding one another how much is plundered by Petronas and the Federal government.
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