The status of Sarawak and Sabah as regions in Malaysia has not yet been gazetted, with the matter to be discussed during the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) meeting between the federal government and Sarawak, scheduled on Jan 19.
Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Openg said the change in the status of the two states as regions was still at the proposal stage.
“The matter has not been gazetted. It is still a proposal. Indeed, since the beginning, we (Sabah and Sarawak) should have the status as regions, but the situation has changed...
“That is why we amended the Federal Constitution,” he told reporters at the Kuching Car Free Day Programme in Sarawak today.
Johari (above) said Sabah and Sarawak’s status as regions would be discussed at the coming MA63 meeting.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to be in Sarawak on Jan 18 and 19 for a two-day working visit.
Last Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also the Umno president, in his policy speech at the party’s general assembly, said Sabah and Sarawak have been accorded the status of regions and are no longer regarded as states within Malaysia, but did not say when this came into effect.
- Bernama
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