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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Oil royalties: Why is Musa quiet?


A special committee set up by the federal government to determine cash payments from petroleum revenue to the oil-producing states omitted to mention Sabah, claims the DAP.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman’s reluctance to push the envelope on oil royalties and demand more of its wealth back from the federal government is puzzling Sabahans in and the opposition here.
Sabah receives a “ridiculous” 5% royalty and despite its natural wealth, is today the poorest state in Malaysia and relies on federal government handouts.
It has also been pointed out that the small allocation of development funds from the Barisan Nasional-led federal government does not commensurate with the size of the state.
Reminding Musa of the lopsidedness of federal funding, state DAP chief Jimmy Wong said that a special committee set up recently by the federal government to determine cash payments from petroleum revenue to the states in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia had omitted to mention Sabah.
“Sabah was left out despite being one of the biggest oil producers in the country with an estimated contribution of more than RM19 billion a year.
“Why were we left out out of the list? Musa must explain this omission,” said Wong.
He also took Musa to task for alleging yesterday that Pakatan Rakyat (of which DAP is a partner) was using oil royalties as a ploy to fish for votes.
Wong said that Pakatan’s pledge to increase Sabah’s oil royalty payments from 5% to 20% is a promise which is logical.
He said Pakatan’s pledge is to emphasise the state autonomy and is separate from the funds channelled to the state by the federal government.
Wong said that Musa was ignoring the fact that oil and gas extracted in the state belongs to Sabah by saying that it did not matter how the federal government delivered the money to the state as long as it got the money.

Musa’s flawed mindset
Accusing Musa of having a flawed mindest, Wong said that DAP was trying to restore to Sabah what belongs to the state.
He said that with a larger portion of the oil and gas bounty, the state government would be able to invest in the state’s infrastructure “in accordance with the demands of people in Sabah”.
“This is the main concept of Pakatan… an emphasis on decentralisation that would allow the state government the right to allocate funding according to its vision and needs and not rely on federal government policy, which is politically biased.
Wong said that a Pakatan-led government would restore Sabah’s rights and would even bring the issue to the court for a legal remedy.
He said that unlike BN, a Pakatan government was capable of putting the state’s interest first and bring about real development.

27 comments:

  1. Isu royalti janganlah diolitikkan. biar akta Petroleum dikaji semula untuk memastikan ia masih relevan buat masa ni atau sebaliknya.

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    1. Hopefully the oil royalties issue can be resolved for the benefit of Sabahans.

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    2. Najib will discuss with Nik Aziz regarding Kelantan's oil royalty.

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    3. harap yang terbaik dilakukan tentang royalti minyak.

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    4. Musa tidak pernah diam pun demi kepentingan rakyat. Rasanya Musa tahu apa yang terbaik dan tidak. Bukan macam pembangkang yang mahukan royalti 20%-70%...Tapi bolehkah begitu?

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    5. Personally I think Sabah has gained a lot in every sector.

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    6. Since when Musa is quiet over this matter? He's concerned about this.

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    7. The opposition is making up so much stories.

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  2. kadar royalti 20% yang dibangkitkan oleh pembangkang hanya untuk mengaburi mata rakyat bagi meraih undi untuk pilihanraya nanti. jangan mudah tertipu.

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    1. Of course. The oppositions are giving us false hope.

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    2. Simply said that they are desperate for smth else.

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    3. Dompok said it is possible to ask for 10%.

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  3. Musa Aman did made a statement that the oppositions promise to increase the oil royalties from 5% to 20% is illogical.

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    1. Oppositions, let the brain does the talking please.

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    2. jgn mudah terpedaya dgn janji2 pembangkang.

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    3. Yeah, I was so surprised about that as well.

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    4. Of course. Anwar didn't hold anything right now though he is so damn rich.

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  4. However, it would be good if Sabah's oil royalty is increased.

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    1. tak pun biarlah Sabah mendapt byk manfaat dari hasil minyak kita.

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    2. Sabah has gained a lot and I'm sure with more allocations to come, we will be having major changes in anything.

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    3. No one likes it to be decreased somehow. But this matter really need to be looked into.

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  5. Datuk Musa akan terus mencuba yang terbaik untuk membantu penduduk Sabah. Setiap masalah ada jalan penyelesaian. Mengenai Royalti ini pula kita harap penduduk Sabah ada hak mereka untuk ini.

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    1. He will try his best to give the best for us.

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  6. Musa is a great leader with a great vision. Why doubt him?

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