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Saturday, October 8, 2011

‘M’sia should have been a federation of three nations’

K Pragalath

Civil society activist Haris Ibrahim says the original agreement in 1963 called for the setting up of the Federation of Malaysia as three separate nations.

PETALING JAYA: United Borneo Front (UBF) chief Jeffrey Kitingan wants two administrative systems to be implemented in Malaysia but civil rights activist Haris Ibrahim says this is not in the spirit of the 1963 Borneo Agenda.

Instead, Haris suggests that Malaysia should have been a federation of three nations.

The UBF is pushing for a “1-Country, 2-Systems” type of administration in Malaysia – one for Peninsular Malaysia and the other for Sabah and Sarawak.

Jeffrey said this was in line with its Borneo Agenda and aspiration to restore political autonomy to Sabah and Sarawak.

Speaking at its recent Borneo Tea Party gathering and Hari Raya open house held in Dataran Bengkoka, Pitas, Jeffrey said the vast distance between the two regions with the South China Sea between them emphasised their differences.

“The differences in indigenous people, culture, language and heritage should be taken into consideration in the administration of the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak in addition to the historical fact that Sabah and Sarawak together with Singapore and Malaya formed the Federation of Malaysia on Sept 16, 1963,” he said.

Responding to this today, Haris wrote in his blog: “The then federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak had agreed to come together and, without any loss or reduction in their respective status as independent sovereign nations, form the federation of Malaysia as equal nation-state partners within that new federation.”

He backed his view by quoting clause three of Sabah’s 20-Point Agreement, which reads: “Whilst accepting that the present Constitution of the Federation of Malaya should form the basis of the Constitution of Malaysia, the Constitution of Malaysia should be a completely new document drafted and agreed in the light of a free association of states and should not be a series of amendments to a Constitution drafted and agreed by different states in totally different circumstances.”

Haris argued that Jeffrey’s proposal did not honour the 18 and 20 points signed respectively by Sarawak and Sabah.

“Jeffrey’s proposal, most respectfully, does not come any where close to pressing for honouring of the agreement of 1963.

“It merely serves to entrench further what has been done thus far: the surreptitious subsuming of Sabah and Sarawak into the Federation of Malaya as the 12th and 13th states.”

Malaysia was formed with the participation of Sabah, Sarawak, Federation of Malaya and Singapore in 1963. Two years later, Singapore pulled out.

40 comments:

  1. Tahniah dan Syabas Mr Haris Ibrahim,ini adalah kenyataan sebenar dan fakta sejarah yang tidak patut kita lupakan.

    Sabah,Sarawak dan Tanah Melayu (Malaya) adalah tiga komponen yang membentuk Malaysia bukannya negeri negeri seperti Perlis,Kedah,Penang,Johor,Selangor,Kelantan,Terengganu,Perak dll seperti yang ada sekarang.

    Generasi mudah Sabah patut tahu dan sedar kita telah diselewengkan fakta oleh cerdikpandai dari Semenanjung Tanah Melayu seperti mana mereka menipu mengenai Bukit Kepung.

    Persatuan Polis ini agak buta sejarah dan terlalu cepat melenting bila disebut POLIS sebagai anjing upahan Penjajah British.

    Mat Salleh,Antenom,Sharif Osman,Mat Satur,Hj Ali Pandasan dan Rantian (Dusun Tempasuk/Sayap) adalah pejuang.Pembelot dan anjing penjajah adalah ARSHAD KB datuk kepada Salleh Keruak.Mereka inilah keturunan Penipu dan Pembelot.


    Kita sanjung sanjung Salleh sebagai HERO sedangkan sejarah jelas membuktikan ARSAD adalah dari Banjar Masin Kalimantan.Mula kerja dengan British Chartered Company sebagai Ordely Clerc.

    Dikuat bodek dan bunuh Haji Ali Pandasan.Golongan tua tahun Arsad.Hasbollah dan seterusnya Keruak Sintam baru Salleh Keruak.

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  2. Malaysia should be a federation of 3 nations, Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya are equal partners.

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  3. Sabah and Sarawak should be given back their autonomous power.

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  4. Dr Jeffrey is a true copywriter...He should be ashamed as if his struggle for 1 nation 2 system was his agenda.

    Everbody knows that he want to get attention and attraction for stealing people's idea.

    He is not the brainchild of the idea.

    This stupid PHD from Harvard only knows how to copy & paste.

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  5. pemimpin2 Sabah perlu memperjuangkn 20 perkara untuk menjaga hak2 & kebajikan rakyat.

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  6. tanpa Sabah dan Sarawak, Malaysia takkan wujud.

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  7. Sabah dan Sarawak harus mendapat apa yang sepatutnya mereka dapat.

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  8. The Million dollar question:

    Can all the decision & agreement made 40+ years ago amended today??

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  9. Kita mengeluh komplen etc..mereka yang di seberang mana mahu peduli. Kalau mereka peduli, tidak dilayan Sabah Sarawak begini. Dasar manipulator.

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  10. Kalau pemimpin2 Sabah satu hati, ada peluang lagi untuk tengok perubahan positif.

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  11. nasib Sabah (Sarawak) di tangan rakyat bila menjelang PRU akan datang nanti

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  12. biar suara majoriti Sabahan (bukan PATAI) yang menetukan samada untuk menentang atau menyokong kerajaan Malaysia

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  13. semoga pihak kerajaan negeri dapat memberi keterangan/ulasan mengenai kenyataan ini

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  14. semoga perjanjian 20 perkara dapat diperbincangkan semula antara kerajaan negeri dan pusat

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  15. mari kita tunggu dan lihat berapa ramai rakyat yang ingin mendapatkan Sabah (dan Sarawak) bebas dan membentuk sebuah negara baru.

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  16. Sabahans must stay united to support our local Sabah opposition party SAPP to regain back our Sabah autonomy.

    Let Sabah party to govern and manage our own state.

    SAY NO to party import from malaya.

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  17. Kita tidak dibolehkan keluar dari Malaysia [berdasarkan Perjanjian yang dimeteri bersama Tun Mustapha,Tun Fuad Stephen,GS Sundang Ghazali Safehi,Tun Razak Hussin dll koncoh koncoh Malaya.

    Kalau kita paksa,bukan tidak boleh tapi berapa banya yang pandai menembak dan berperang secara betul?

    Ada beberapa bekas Komando dan PBTM tapi masih tidak cukup.Satu lagi kalaupun kita mahu Mardeka sendiri segala hasil dalam negeri sudah mahu habis...

    PRU 13 nanti balaslah.Jangan UNDI BN UMNO penipu.


    Gonzales Lasak
    Ex 1 st MSSR (Green Beret}

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  18. Dear Gonzales,I think I really know who you are.I had been in touch with Xray personnels and they really support your idea.

    Let politicians manage the country politic..we are nothing but a cannon fodder.We had limited our use inthe elite unit.

    By Gonzales


    Bravo Jack
    Harimau Satu

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  19. Perjanjian 20 perkara seharus ditunaikan agar rakyat berkeyakinan dengan janji-janji yang dibuat oleh persekutuan. Kegagalan menunaikan janji akan mencabar kemenangan PRU 13 yang akan datang.

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  20. Memorandum 1 country 2 system seharus dikaji dengan teliti. Pelaksanaan seharus mendapat lebih banyak sokongan dari golongan awam dan parti komponen.

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  21. Hak & kepentingan orang Sabahan seharus diteruskan perjuangannya. Kerjasama dan sokongan semua golongan amat penting agar kerajaan persekutuan menunaikan perjanjian yang dibuat semasa pembentukan Malaysia.

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  22. "The differences in indigenous people, culture, language and heritage should be taken into consideration in the administration of the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak"

    Setiap bangsa danagama seharus diutamakan, keharmonian berbilang kaum harus dipelihara dan dihormati. Semoga perjuangan orang Sabahan tercapai.

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  23. 1 country 2 systems is not impossible, it's all needed well planning and structure. It's not easy to implement, needed all kind of support and understand between peninsular and borneo. Any mistakes could lead to harmful consequences.

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  24. THe people will know what to do when election day comes.

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  25. semoga hak dan kepentingan Sabah dan Sarawak dijaga dengan sepatutnya..

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  26. harap kepentingan semua rakyat akan sentiasa diambil berat dijaga dengan sebaiknya..

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  27. Perjuangan untuk 1 country, 2 systems memang satu perjuangan yang amat sukar untuk direalisasikan. Perancangan yang terperinci memang diperlukan.

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  28. Kerajaan negeri seharus mewakili semua rakyat Sabah menperjuangkan hak milik orang Sabahan. Sihingga kini, janji 20 perkara masih belum ditunaikan.

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  29. Saya berkeyakinan bahawa kerajaan persekutuan akan merealisasikan tunai yang dibuat terutama 20 perkara. Kami menanti berita baik dari kerajaan.

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  30. If all the Sabah people love Sabah and stay united. It is possible that we can achieve One Country Two System through our local opposition party SAPP because it was clearly stated in our Malaysia Agreement.

    Except those Sabahans @ traitors who joined party malaya UMNO and PR who has an ulterior motive which is for the sake of their own self-interest.

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  31. Apakah sebab kerajaan masih tidak berkeupayaan menunaikan janji 20 perkara? Kerajaan seharus memahami keperluan menunaikan janji yang dibuat semasa pembentukan Malaysia, keikhlasan kerajaan persekutuan terhadap rakyat Sabah harus dibuktikannya.

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  32. Good luck to UBF, Im sure UBF could do more on behalf of all Sabahan to strike the better life and rights for the people. We should give all kind of support so that 20 perkara can come as reality.

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  33. Memang bagus cadangan itu 1 negara 2 sistem. tapi buat masa sekarang biar perkara yang perlu saja diberikan autonomi kepada Sabah dan Sarawak.

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  34. is there any political parties especially from opposition side that agree with this system??

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  35. Pakatan will never going to agree with this kind of system because if they do, it will more or less going to hamper their chance to capture Putrajaya...

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  36. Semakin banyak hal diungkit, rasanya makin banyak jugalah masalah yang timbul.

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  37. Satu negara dua sistem, dari bunyinya saja pun sudah nampak complicated inikan lagi kalau dilaksanakan.

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  38. Memang benar, sukar untuk hidup dalam keharmonian yang sempurna. Namun jika asyik anggap diri sendiri yang betul dan orang lain pula salah... Susah jugalah.. huhu

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  39. Sekarang ni paling penting ialah persefahaman dan kerjasama. Jika semua pihak saling memahami maka setiap sengketa pasti lebih mudah diselesaikan.

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  40. Apapun, harap semuanya OK dan kita tunggu sajalah apa akan berlaku seterusnya.

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