sabah and sarawak 20/18 points

8/2/2019 Sabah and Sarawak 20/18 Points

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Sabah 20 points / Sarawak 18 points agreement

Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony

For further information in regards to the related article, kindly refer to Wikipedia.

Dayakbaru:

The 20 point agreement / 18 point agreement is between made between TWO countries (

Malaya and Sabah / Malaya and Sarawak).

Such being the case, no changes can be made on the agreement without the consent of the other. In

the case, they seemed to be effort by the Federal Government to put aside this agreement or even

ignore this agreement as it gets their way of integrating Sabah and sarawak according to West

malaysia UMNO point of views and political agenda.

Sabah and sarawak must NEVER give up on this agreement as it provides us with more autonomy.

The founding fathers has the foresight to see the greed of West Malaysian and sadly for Sabah since

UMNO has come in and rule Sabah it has lost most of its autonomy. sarawak should continue to fight

to uphold the 18 points agreement. While working with PKR those leaders from sarawak MUST insist

that Pakatan Rakyat respect and enforce the 18 point agreement when they do come into power.

Monitor and review the implementation of the agreement

The government of Sarawak may like to consider setting a monitoring and reviewing committee to

consolidate the implementation status and audit the programme that has been set to comply with the

agreement. That will help Sarawak Malaysian to understand how much has been done in respect to

the 18 point agreement.

Probably it would be good initiative to trace this document back in the UK to find more detail on the

intent, spirit, process and even minutes of discussion leading to the signing of these agreement.

A memorandum for House of Lord in UK

Where is the Cobbold commission report now probably in UK too. Malaya would never want to show

it because the result is 33% want Malaysia, 33% do not want Malaysia and 33% undecided. How they

concluded that Sabah and Sarawak should join Malaysia based on the statistics only Allah know.

The British has some explaining to do to both Sarawak and sabah. Maybe a memorandum should be

sent to the House of Lord to ask for explanation on the matter.


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What is the agreement all about?

The 20-point agreement, or the 20-point memorandum, is an agreement made between the

state of Sabah (then North Borneo) with what would be the federal government of Malaysia

prior to the formation of Malaysia in September 16, 1963. A similar agreement was made

between the state of Sarawak and the federal government but with certain differences in their

18-point agreement

The agreement.

Point 1: Religion

While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no

State religion in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah), and the provisions relating to Islam in the present

Constitution of Malaya should not apply to 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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) 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 newConstitution for Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) was of course essential.

Point 4: Head of Federation

The Head of State in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should not be eligible for election as Head of the

Federation.

Point 5: Name of Federation

Malaysiabut not Melayu Raya

Point 6: ImmigrationControl over immigration into any part of Malaysia from outside should rest with the Central

Government but entry into Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should also require the approval of the

State Government. The Federal Government should not be able to veto the entry of persons into

Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) for State Government purposes except on strictly security grounds.

Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should have unfettered control over the movements of persons other than

those in Federal Government employ from other parts of Malaysia Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).

Point 7: Right of Secession

There should be no right to secede from the Federation


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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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).

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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) 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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) after Malaysia must be federal citizen.

Point 11: Tariffs and Finance

Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) 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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should enjoy special rights

analogous to those enjoyed by Malays in Malaya, but the present Malays formula in this regard is

not necessarily applicable in Borneo(Sarawak & Sabah).

Point 13: State Government

* a) the Prime Minister should be elected by unofficial members of Legislative Council

* b) There should be a proper Ministerial system in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).

Point 14: Transitional period

This should be seven years and during such period legislative power must be left with the State of

Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) by the Constitution and not be merely delegated to the State Government

by the Federal Government.

Point 15: Education

The existing educational system of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) 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 Borneo

(Sarawak & Sabah) should be made by the Central Government without the positive concurrence of

the Government of the State of North Borneo.


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The power of amending the Constitution of the State of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) shouldbelong

exclusively to the people in the state. (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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) but also of its

seize 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

Sarawak or 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 Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah). Likewise, the National Council for Local

Government should not apply in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).

*Merger

In 1961, when the Malayan government began discussing a possible merger with neighbouring

Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei, problems of ethnic power relations arose again. The

Malaysia proposal sans Sabah and Sarawak went back more than a decade; earlier negotiations

had proved fruitless. The Singaporeans themselves were not anxious to be ruled by what theyconsidered a Malay government. By 1961, however, Singapore had grown receptive to the idea of

joining Malaysia, largely because of the prevailing idea at the time that industrial Singapore could not

survive without access to Malayan markets.

Singapore Chinese population is a threat to Malaya

The Malayan government was not keen on having the Chinese Singaporean population push the

Malays into a minority position in the new Malaysia. Many Malays felt that upsetting the Malay-

dominated nature of the armed forces and police might place them in a dangerous situation. It was

also argued that the inferior economic position of the Malays would be emphasised by the entry of

even more rich Chinese, setting the stage for major discontent.

Malaya get Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia to make use of their native population

numbers

The Malayans decided to resolve this by merging with Sabah and Sarawak; both British colonies had

large native populations whom the government considered Malay. Under Article 160 of the

Constitution, most of them were not Malay; the natives were mainly animists or Christians instead of

Muslims as required. To resolve this issue, the government expanded its informal definition of Malay

to include these people.


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*The natives of Sarawak and Sabah are to be considered Malays by the malayan union to

solve their problems.. the ibans, the kenyahs, the bidayus, and etcs My question is is this true

today or we from Sabah and sarawak being con / cheated by UMNO Malaya?

Change WE Must

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