Sarawak to pursue constitutional amendment
KUCHING: Sarawak will pursue the amendment to Article 160(2) of the Federal Constitution on the interpretation of the phrase ‘Federation’ which should refer to the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the law should be amended since the interpretation of the phrase ‘Federation’ refers to the federation established […]
An aggravating agreement
All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements. — Stephen Covey, American author Why does MA63 appear like a person sitting in a canoe with the oars being paddled by others? How long will it continue to be an enduring endless experiment exposed exponentially to excruciating experience? And litigating its potency is a […]
Sticking to agreement
BY NUR ASHIKIN LOUIS, TANIA LAM & NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY KUCHING: The payment of the State Sales Tax (SST) is a sign of agreement between Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and the Sarawak government based on the long-term goal of sustainability of the petroleum industry in Sarawak and Malaysia as a whole. Petronas chairman Tan Sri […]
Lawyer condemns seditious remark
MIRI: A senior lawyer here, Datuk Lawrence Lai has condemned the baseless seditious statement by Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Nik Salleh, in alleging that the Christian Bible was “distorted or changed (dipesong ataupun diubah)” when debating amendments to increase penalty for drink driving in Parliament on Wednesday. “I strongly condemn the baseless seditious […]
A tale of woe and good tidings
Great political questions stir the deepest nature of one-half the nation, but they pass far above and over the heads of the other half. – Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist, advocate for native Americans, orator, and attorney Three years ago on January 11, 2017, fate struck a cruel blow when chief minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem, recuperating […]
Case is actually Sarawakians versus Petronas
KUCHING: Although the Sarawak vs Petronas case is under the name of the state government, in principle it is between Sarawakians and Petronas, said Abdullah Saidol who is Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Corporate Affairs and Sarawak Public Communications Unit). Saidol observed that the case is interesting to many Sarawakians because directly or […]
