PETALING JAYA: A former Sabah chief minister has doubled down on his call for new SOPs requested by the state to be addressed, saying the success in overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic depended on federalism and cooperation with Putrajaya.
Salleh Said Keruak said while the movement control order and SOPs were federal laws, they also fell under Sabah’s jurisdiction.
This, the Usukan assemblyman said, was stipulated in the third List of the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution.
Salleh said this was why Sabah had its own public health ordinance.
“It is our hope that we can quickly synchronise the SOPs as our objectives (with that of the federal government) are the same,” he said in a Facebook post.
Yesterday, Salleh had asked why there was no news yet on the new SOPs requested by Sabah, in the wake of the announcement that five peninsular states would be moving into Phase 2 of the national recovery plan (NRP).
The lack of updates, he said, had led to “confusion and restlessness”, which should not have happened.
On Monday, Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor announced that several social and economic activities would be allowed in the state, including dining-in at restaurants.
However confusion was sparked after senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob reminded all states to abide by the regulations fixed by the National Security Council (MKN) while the country remained under lockdown.
Sabah local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said the state had submitted a new set of SOPs for Phase 1 of the NRP to the federal government, but these had yet to be approved. - FMT
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