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'Pandikar has no mandate, no need to teach S'wakians about MA63'
Published:  Dec 1, 2017 5:07 PM
Updated: Dec 2, 2017 9:03 AM

Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia does not need to teach Sarawakians about the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) or challenge Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg to a debate about it.

Sarawak BN Youth chief Fadillah Yusof said Pandikar is not the one sanctioned by the prime minister to resolve the MA63 issue.

"As a Sabahan, Pandikar has the right to express his personal opinions, but there is no need for him to judge or teach Sarawakians, let alone challenge the Sarawak chief minister to debate about MA63.

"What more, he is not the individual sanctioned or mandated by the prime minister to resolve this matter," Fadillah (photo) said in a statement today.

Pandikar had previously said that he was "pro-Malaysia" and rubbished claims by Borneo nationalists that East and West Malaysia were meant to be equal territories when the federation was formed. 

Abang Johari later said he begged to differ with Pandikar's apparent dismissal of the significance of the MA63 documents.

Pandikar then said he disagreed with the chief minister and would be willing to debate him on the matter. 

Fadillah, who is also works minister, said that Abang Johari's fight for Sarawak's special rights and the MA63 is based on the needs and well-being of Sarawakians.

"It is also based on research, the fundamentals of the constitution, Malaysian legislature and upon the spirit of Malaysia's formation via MA63," he said.

Sarawak BN Youth and all of Sarawak shares the same view as Abang Johari, he added.

"(We) will always fully support his efforts in negotiating for the return of Sarawak's special rights as enshrined in Malaysia's formation through MA63," he said.

As Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had set up a high-level task force to discuss Sarawak's special rights and MA63, Fadillah is confident that Abang Johari and Najib will be able to jointly solve the issue.

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