Pakatan Rakyat has admitted that it has "overlooked" the matter of including Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang as states that must receive full oil royalty from Petronas.
In their manifesto launched yesterday, only Sabah and Sarawak are mentioned as the states that will get an increase in royalty, from five percent currently to 20 percent.
"That is an error, it should read oil-producing states, not only Sabah and Sarawak," admitted PAS central working committee member Dzulkefly Ahmad (left), who sits on the Pakatan committee which had drafted the document.
"When it was printed, it did not come out (as it should have). This is regrettable. We were only informed yesterday (after the convention)."
He explained that Pakatan will correct the copy for future use.
Dzukefly said Pakatan will hold a press conference to explain the mix-up tomorrow at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya.
When contacted, PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli confirmed the "typo", adding that discussions had revolved around the Kuching Declaration which principally involves Sabah and Sarawak, but should also include all petroleum-producing states.
In their manifesto launched yesterday, only Sabah and Sarawak are mentioned as the states that will get an increase in royalty, from five percent currently to 20 percent.
"That is an error, it should read oil-producing states, not only Sabah and Sarawak," admitted PAS central working committee member Dzulkefly Ahmad (left), who sits on the Pakatan committee which had drafted the document."When it was printed, it did not come out (as it should have). This is regrettable. We were only informed yesterday (after the convention)."
He explained that Pakatan will correct the copy for future use.
Dzukefly said Pakatan will hold a press conference to explain the mix-up tomorrow at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya.
When contacted, PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli confirmed the "typo", adding that discussions had revolved around the Kuching Declaration which principally involves Sabah and Sarawak, but should also include all petroleum-producing states.
This was somehow not addressed in the final copy, he said.
"It was a slight mix-up in the matter of the presentation, but we always consider all the states," he said.
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"It was a slight mix-up in the matter of the presentation, but we always consider all the states," he said.
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