S’wak’s O&G rights: Anwar should use absolute powers under PDA to correct imbalances as OMO 1958 still valid, MP tells Parliament

 

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S’wak’s O&G rights: Anwar should use absolute powers under PDA to correct imbalances as OMO 1958 still valid, MP tells Parliament

To keep away the predators from the forest, we need guns and fences.  To demand the political pirates’ hands off our natural resources, we need to enforce laws and sue them in court.

Does anybody think that Anwar would use his absolute powers in terms of control and direction under PDA to correct imbalances in regard to Sarawak’s on oil and gas (O&G) rights? 

Justice is the hallmark of PKR.  Does he care to uphold this principle for the good of himself, the party and the Federation to do this correction?

That Sarawak’s pre-Malaysia Oil Mining Ordinance (OMO) 1958 is still valid and applicable is beyond any doubt.

Whether Anwar cares to use his absolute powers under PDA to correct imbalances is not within our control.

What matters most is the Sarawak GPS government having the absolute power to sue Petronas in courts for refusing to comply to the laws in Sarawak as no federal laws can supercede the clauses as stated in MA63 (List 2 – State List 2(c) Vs List 1 – Federal List 8(j)).  

List 2 – State List

2(c) Permits and licenses for prospecting for mines, mining leases   

       and certifications;

List 1 – Federal List

8(j) Subject to items (2)(c) in the State List: Development of mineral resources, mines, mining, minerals and mineral ores; oils and oilfields; purchase, sale, import and export of minerals and mineral ores; petroleum products; regulations of labour and safety in mines and oilfields;

It is no doubt that O&G activities in Sarawak are state rights and Petronas,@ Malaya, well, should face the reality to comply to the Sarawak laws or get out as PDA can never override MA63.

PDA 1974 was implemented while the EO 1969 was still in force, validating it in Sarawak without being formally adopted.

Most Sarawakians and Sabahans know that  the repeal of the EO 1969 in 2011 led to the auto annulment of the PDA 1974 in SS.

Let the court presides the legal basis of Sarawak constitutional authority in regard to gas distribution.  It is pointless to ask colonial-minded federal pirates for fairness and justice.  Be more mature, MP!

These colonialists have never believed in the win-win situation for mutual prosperity.

No Sarawakians can tolerate the imbalance gas distribution in Malaysia with “94% of the total 4.5 billion standard cubic feet per day of natural gas production in Sarawak is exported abroad by Petronas while only six billion standard cubic feet is used for the energy, industrial, and domestic sectors in Sarawak”.

The amount produces is 4.5 billion X 365 days = 1,642.5 billion standard cubic feet a year.  But Sarawak only gets 6 billion standard cubic feet per year.

According to Willie Malaya produces the two billion standard cubic feet per day of natural gas which is entirely for domestic use.

Based on Sections 6 (1) and (3) of PDA 1974, requiring businesses engaged in gas marketing and distribution to obtain approval from the Prime Minister, but it is not applicable to Sarawak.

An Exemption Order (Amendment) Notification in 2019 confirms that the law governing gas distribution in Sarawak is the DGO, not the PDA.    (19/3/25)