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PBDSB: Don’t expect too much of Dr M’s equal status promise !

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KUCHING: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) president Cobbold John reminded Sarawakians not to be too eager with what Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had said on returning equal status to Sarawak by the Pakatan federal government, a press statement said Monday.

He said what Dr Mahathir had told Sarawakians and Sabahans in Kota Kinabalu Sunday was merely a repeat of what his  predecessor Datuk Najib Tun Razak had often said each time he visited to Sarawak or Sabah.

Therefore, he said, there is no need for us to expect too much from Dr Mahathir’s assurance otherwise we will all be disappointed.

“That is why I urge all of us not to be too optimistic with what the prime minister had told us, but at the same time, we must continue to remind the federal government to return our rights as equal status to Malaya.

“When we formed Malaysia in 1963, we were on the same level with Malaya and Sabah when our forefathers signed the Malaysia Agreement, but because the federal government under Najib’s father, Tun Razak Hussein, amended Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution in 1976, the status of Sarawak and Sabah was downgraded to be among the  states in Malaysia.

“What we, Sarawakians as well as Sabahans, want is for the federal government to revert Article 1(2) of the Constitution to its original position,” Cobbold said.

He said this can be done by tabling an amendment to the Federal Constitution in the coming sitting of the Dewan Rakyat.

He said with the support from UMNO MPs, he is confident that the required two-thirds majority will be met to amend the constitution, the statement concluded.

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