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KOTA KINABAU: Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, whose leadership has come under scathing attack for its reluctance to push for an increment in oil royalty, is now saying that he “welcomes and appreciates” efforts to get the federal government to agree.
He said his government is open to hearing views from all parties who brought up the issue of oil royalty in a responsible manner. He said there is no question that Sabah Barisan Nasional was not supportive of such efforts.
“We welcome and appreciate efforts of any parties who are honest and sincere in their struggles as long as it is for the benefit of the state and its people,” said Musa.
“One of our roles in the Sabah BN is to uphold, protect and fight for the rights and interest of the state, for the benefit of the people.
“The oil royalty is not new, and clearly it is in line with the rights and interests of the state and the people,” he said pointing out that BN even stated this in its election manifesto for the 2013 general election.
Musa, who heads both Sabah Umno and Sabah BN, also stressed that his government is in continuous effort to have an increase oil royalty and that the efforts are carried through various acceptable strategies and approaches.
However Musa said that in term of commitment to development agenda, people need to understand that apart from funds that are channeled in the form of royalty, the Federal Government also has allocated large funds for Sabah through various other means under the federal development budget.
Musa, who is also state finance minister, said in order to get messages through to the relevant parties, forums and channels have also been created by the government and BN leadership based on the spirit of power-sharing, inclusiveness and consensus.
Opposition Parti Kerjasama Rakyat Sabah (Pakar) has described Musa as being “irresponsible” in handling the oil royalty, not being sensitive enough to state rights and not knowing that the oil and territorial waters belong to Sabah.
‘All oil ours’
Pakar secretary-general, Zainnal Ajamain, argued there was no need for the state to beg, demand or request for what it “100% owns.
“The State governments in Sabah and Sarawak should be sensitive about their state rights. They should know that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s lifting the Emergency Proclamation on the 23rd November 2011 means all laws created by the Emergency (Essential Powers) Act 1979 ceased to have any effect now,” he said.
Zainnal alleged the Continental Shelf Act 1966, the Petroleum Mining Act 1966 and the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance no.7 1969 ceased to have any effect from May 24, 2012, six months after the proclamation was made and as such neither Petronas nor Putrajaya have any authority over the territorial waters, sea and seabed.
His argument carried by FMT today had readers discussing this new insight which was not available before.
Meanwhile, Upko acting president, Madius Tangau, in response to calls for a motion to be tabled to review the oil royalty, said it is not BN’s way of getting things done for Sabah.
Madius, MP for Tuaran, and who had been vocal on Sabah issues in Parliament before, this time said such dares by opposition parties to table motion over oil royalty is nothing but an opposition tactic.
“A 20% increase (or rather increase from 5% to 20%) in oil royalty and gas is actually one of the things Upko has raised in our submission to the BN headquarters before the 13th general election. So it is already a struggle for us and we will continue to pursue within the BN perimeter,” he said.
Earlier, the youth leaders of the three Kadazandusun parties in Sabah BN – PBS, PBRS and Upko – had issued a joint statement supporting Sarawak Chief Minister, Adenan Satem’s call for a increase on the quantum of oil royalty from 5% to 20% for Sabah and Sarawak.
They also wanted the Federal leadership to look into “Borneonising” all federal agencies in Sabah which is one of the conditions for then North Borneo in 1963 to agree to forming a new Federation called Malaysia, together with already existing Malaya Federation, Singapore and Sarawak.
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He said his government is open to hearing views from all parties who brought up the issue of oil royalty in a responsible manner. He said there is no question that Sabah Barisan Nasional was not supportive of such efforts.
“We welcome and appreciate efforts of any parties who are honest and sincere in their struggles as long as it is for the benefit of the state and its people,” said Musa.
“One of our roles in the Sabah BN is to uphold, protect and fight for the rights and interest of the state, for the benefit of the people.
“The oil royalty is not new, and clearly it is in line with the rights and interests of the state and the people,” he said pointing out that BN even stated this in its election manifesto for the 2013 general election.
Musa, who heads both Sabah Umno and Sabah BN, also stressed that his government is in continuous effort to have an increase oil royalty and that the efforts are carried through various acceptable strategies and approaches.
However Musa said that in term of commitment to development agenda, people need to understand that apart from funds that are channeled in the form of royalty, the Federal Government also has allocated large funds for Sabah through various other means under the federal development budget.
Musa, who is also state finance minister, said in order to get messages through to the relevant parties, forums and channels have also been created by the government and BN leadership based on the spirit of power-sharing, inclusiveness and consensus.
Opposition Parti Kerjasama Rakyat Sabah (Pakar) has described Musa as being “irresponsible” in handling the oil royalty, not being sensitive enough to state rights and not knowing that the oil and territorial waters belong to Sabah.
‘All oil ours’
Pakar secretary-general, Zainnal Ajamain, argued there was no need for the state to beg, demand or request for what it “100% owns.
“The State governments in Sabah and Sarawak should be sensitive about their state rights. They should know that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s lifting the Emergency Proclamation on the 23rd November 2011 means all laws created by the Emergency (Essential Powers) Act 1979 ceased to have any effect now,” he said.
Zainnal alleged the Continental Shelf Act 1966, the Petroleum Mining Act 1966 and the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance no.7 1969 ceased to have any effect from May 24, 2012, six months after the proclamation was made and as such neither Petronas nor Putrajaya have any authority over the territorial waters, sea and seabed.
His argument carried by FMT today had readers discussing this new insight which was not available before.
Meanwhile, Upko acting president, Madius Tangau, in response to calls for a motion to be tabled to review the oil royalty, said it is not BN’s way of getting things done for Sabah.
Madius, MP for Tuaran, and who had been vocal on Sabah issues in Parliament before, this time said such dares by opposition parties to table motion over oil royalty is nothing but an opposition tactic.
“A 20% increase (or rather increase from 5% to 20%) in oil royalty and gas is actually one of the things Upko has raised in our submission to the BN headquarters before the 13th general election. So it is already a struggle for us and we will continue to pursue within the BN perimeter,” he said.
Earlier, the youth leaders of the three Kadazandusun parties in Sabah BN – PBS, PBRS and Upko – had issued a joint statement supporting Sarawak Chief Minister, Adenan Satem’s call for a increase on the quantum of oil royalty from 5% to 20% for Sabah and Sarawak.
They also wanted the Federal leadership to look into “Borneonising” all federal agencies in Sabah which is one of the conditions for then North Borneo in 1963 to agree to forming a new Federation called Malaysia, together with already existing Malaya Federation, Singapore and Sarawak.
FMT Borneo Plus
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