We, the undersigned want our rights as mentioned in the 18/20 points be given back to the people of Sabah and Sarawak. The last 48 years after being part of Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak have seen these rights being stripped.
We feel that the current partnership no longer benefits Sabah and Sarawak.
Call support from international concern
Background (Preamble): SIGN PETITION
The 20 point agreement / 18 point agreement is between made between TWO countries ( Malaya and Sabah / Malaya and Sarawak).
Such being the case, no changes can be made on the agreement without the consent of the other. In the case, they seemed to be effort by the Federal Government to put aside this agreement or even ignore this agreement as it gets their way of integrating Sabah and sarawak according to West malaysia UMNO point of views and political agenda.
Sabah and sarawak must NEVER give up on this agreement as it provides us with more autonomy. The founding fathers has the foresight to see the greed of West Malaysian and sadly for Sabah since UMNO has come in and rule Sabah it has lost most of its autonomy. sarawak should continue to fight to uphold the 18 points agreement. While working with PKR those leaders from sarawak MUST insist that Pakatan Rakyat respect and enforce the 18 point agreement when they do come into power.
Monitor and review the implementation of the agreement
The government of Sarawak may like to consider setting a monitoring and reviewing committee to consolidate the implementation status and audit the programme that has been set to comply with the agreement. That will help Sarawak Malaysian to understand how much has been done in respect to the 18 point agreement.
Probably it would be good initiative to trace this document back in the UK to find more detail on the intent, spirit, process and even minutes of discussion leading to the signing of these agreement.
A memorandum for House of Lord in UK
Where is the Cobbold commission report now – probably in UK too. Malaya would never want to show it because the result is 33% want Malaysia, 33% do not want Malaysia and 33% undecided. How they concluded that Sabah and Sarawak should join Malaysia based on the statistics only “Allah” know. The British has some explaining to do to both Sarawak and sabah. Maybe a memorandum should be sent to the House of Lord to ask for explanation on the matter.
What is the agreement all about?
The 20-point agreement, or the 20-point memorandum, is an agreement made between the state of Sabah (then North Borneo) with what would be the federal government of Malaysia prior to the formation of Malaysia in September 16, 1963. A similar agreement was made between the state of Sarawak and the federal government but with certain differences in their 18-point agreement.
The agreement
Point 1: Religion
While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah), and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to Borneo.
Point 2: Language
* a. Malay should be the national language of the Federation
* b. English should continue to be used for a period of 10 years after Malaysia Day
* c. English should be an official language of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) for all purposes, State or Federal, without limitation of time.
Point 3: Constitution
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. A new Constitution for Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) was of course essential.
Point 4: Head of Federation
The Head of State in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should not be eligible for election as Head of the Federation.
Point 5: Name of Federation
“Malaysia” but not “Melayu Raya”
Point 6: Immigration
Control over immigration into any part of Malaysia from outside should rest with the Central Government but entry into Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should also require the approval of the State Government. The Federal Government should not be able to veto the entry of persons into Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) for State Government purposes except on strictly security grounds. Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should have unfettered control over the movements of persons other than those in Federal Government employ from other parts of Malaysia Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).
Point 7: Right of Secession
There should be no right to secede from the Federation
Point 8: Borneanisation
Borneanisation of the public service should proceed as quickly as possible.
Point 9: British Officers
Every effort should be made to encourage British Officers to remain in the public service until their places can be taken by suitably qualified people from Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah)
Point 10: Citizenship
The recommendation in paragraph 148(k) of the Report of the Cobbold Commission should govern the citizenship rights in the Federation of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) subject to the following amendments:
* a) sub-paragraph (i) should not contain the proviso as to five years residence
* b) in order to tie up with our law, sub-paragraph (ii)(a) should read “7 out of 10 years” instead of “8 out of 10 years”
* c) sub-paragraph (iii) should not contain any restriction tied to the citizenship of parents – a person born in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) after Malaysia must be federal citizen.
Point 11: Tariffs and Finance
Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should retain control of its own finance, development and tariff, and should have the right to work up its own taxation and to raise loans on its own credit.
Point 12: Special position of indigenous races
In principle, the indigenous races of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should enjoy special rights analogous to those enjoyed by Malays in Malaya, but the present Malays’ formula in this regard is not necessarily applicable in Borneo(Sarawak & Sabah).
Point 13: State Government
* a) the Prime Minister should be elected by unofficial members of Legislative Council
* b) There should be a proper Ministerial system in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).
Point 14: Transitional period
This should be seven years and during such period legislative power must be left with the State of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) by the Constitution and not be merely delegated to the State Government by the Federal Government.
Point 15: Education
The existing educational system of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should be maintained and for this reason it should be under state control.
Point 16: Constitutional safeguards
No amendment modification or withdrawal of any special safeguard granted to Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should be made by the Central Government without the positive concurrence of the Government of the State of North Borneo
The power of amending the Constitution of the State of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should belong exclusively to the people in the state. (Note: The United Party, The Democratic Party and the Pasok Momogun Party considered that a three-fourth majority would be required in order to effect any amendment to the Federal and State Constitutions whereas the UNKO and USNO considered a two-thirds majority would be sufficient).
Point 17: Representation in Federal Parliament
This should take account not only of the population of Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah) but also of its seize and potentialities and in any case should not be less than that of Singapore.
Point 18: Name of Head of State
Yang di-Pertua Negara.
Point 19: Name of State
Sarawak or Sabah.
Point 20: Land, Forests, Local Government, etc.
The provisions in the Constitution of the Federation in respect of the powers of the National Land Council should not apply in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah). Likewise, the National Council for Local Government should not apply in Borneo (Sarawak & Sabah).
*Merger
In 1961, when the Malayan government began discussing a possible merger with neighbouring Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei, problems of ethnic power relations arose again. The “Malaysia” proposal sans Sabah and Sarawak went back more than a decade; earlier negotiations had proved fruitless. The Singaporeans themselves were not anxious to be ruled by what they considered a Malay government. By 1961, however, Singapore had grown receptive to the idea of joining Malaysia, largely because of the prevailing idea at the time that industrial Singapore could not survive without access to Malayan markets.
Singapore Chinese population is a threat to Malaya
The Malayan government was not keen on having the Chinese Singaporean population push the Malays into a minority position in the new Malaysia. Many Malays felt that upsetting the Malay-dominated nature of the armed forces and police might place them in a dangerous situation. It was also argued that the inferior economic position of the Malays would be emphasised by the entry of even more rich Chinese, setting the stage for major discontent.
Malaya get Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia to make use of their native population numbers
The Malayans decided to resolve this by merging with Sabah and Sarawak; both British colonies had large native populations whom the government considered “Malay”. Under Article 160 of the Constitution, most of them were not Malay; the natives were mainly animists or Christians instead of Muslims as required. To resolve this issue, the government expanded its informal definition of “Malay” to include these people.
*The natives of Sarawak and Sabah are to be considered ‘Malays’ by the malayan union to solve their problems.. the ibans, the kenyahs, the bidayus, and etcs… My question is – is this true today or we from Sabah and sarawak being con / cheated by UMNO Malaya?
SIGN PETITION
"Malaya get Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia to make use of their native population numbers
ReplyDeleteThe Malayans decided to resolve this by merging with Sabah and Sarawak; both British colonies had large native populations whom the government considered “Malay”. Under Article 160 of the Constitution, most of them were not Malay; the natives were mainly animists or Christians instead of Muslims as required. To resolve this issue, the government expanded its informal definition of “Malay” to include these people.
*The natives of Sarawak and Sabah are to be considered ‘Malays’ by the malayan union to solve their problems.. the ibans, the kenyahs, the bidayus, and etcs… My question is – is this true today or we from Sabah and sarawak being con / cheated by UMNO Malaya?"
1) The commission of Cobbold clearly stated the difference between the Malays in Malaya, and of the natives in Sabah and Sarawak.
2) The indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak are known as 'non-malay bumiputera'
3) Yes, we understand the phenomenal known as 'ethnoreligion' in Malaysia. Someone has to become 'that race' after they converted to Islam. And that explains the need to change their name to Abdullah after their conversion.
4) Yet, there is another thing happened in Sarawak, where in some time 1970s, the state government gave in the 'Muslim Ibans' and 'Muslim Bidayuh' to be registered under 'malay'.
Please take note.
Please understand the sensitivity of many non-malay bumiputera/indigenuous people in Sabah and Sarawak.
Thank you very much.
P/S: Was about to help to promote this, until I read this part. Please be mindful with what you are to write. In the Federal Constitution book, the 'special rights and position' of Sabah and Sarawak natives are clearly stated there. The points applied to the malays are not applicable to the Sabah and Sarawak natives.
Thank you very much!
Sabahan People pls. respond.... What are we waiting for.
ReplyDeletesaya sudah lama tunggu perkara ini marilah kita sokong petition ini.
"SIGN PETITION" <<----- klik di atas (berwarna merah)
Sampai sudah masanya.Tunggu apa lagi.Wahai MALAYA bukalah mata dan MINDA kamu.Sabah dan Sarawak turut serta menubuhkan MALAYSIA bukan MALAYA Sendirian Berhad.
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Signing petition does not solve the problem. Only voting can make a difference.
DeleteIf you have not register yourself as a voter, sign one thousand petition also won't get you anywhere.
DeleteSatu lagi petisyen untuk ditandatangani, sebelum ini rakyat Sabah juga menandatangan petisyen untuk mendapatkan RCI untuk Sabah, adakah ia berjaya?
ReplyDeleteRCI masih 'gantung'. Tidak tahu apa kedudukan sebenar tentang penubuhan RCI. Yang pasti, rakyat Sabah menuntutnya dan jika ia tidak dituruti, berkemungkinan ia akan membangkitkan kemarahan rakyat negeri ini.
DeleteHarap RCI dapat ditubuhkan dengan segera, rakyat Sabah amat berharap agar isu PATI dapat diselesaikan dengan segera.
DeleteRCI belum ada kata putus dari pusat...BN sabah menyokong penuh tanpa bantahan penubuhan RCI untuk menyiasat projek IC dan menyelesaikan isu PATI/PATAI di sabah.
Deletehrap RCI akan ditubuhkan untuk menyelesaikan masalah pati.
DeleteKerajaan Pusat perlulah menunaikan perjanjian 20/18 perkara kepada Sabah dan Sarawak kerana ini adalah syarat Sabah dan Sarawak memasuki Malaya.
ReplyDeletePemimpin Sabah yang terdahulu lagi sepatutnya pertahankan Perkara 20 ini. Petisyen ini tidak akan timbul jika Perkara 20 dihormati dan dilaksanakan.
Deletekerajaan pusat harus mematuhi perjanjian 20 perkara..tanpa sabah dan sarawak tidak akan ada malaysia dan KL tidak akan maju seperti sekarang kalau bukan kerana hasil sabah..
Deletekita pelu fahami keseluruhan isi kandungan perjanjian tersebut agar kita tahu akan hak2 kita.
ReplyDeleteFrom that agreement, Malaysia is established. So the rights of Sabah Sarawak natives must be protected and respected.
DeleteKepentingan rakyat Sabah harus di utamakan.
Deleterakyat sabah harus didedahkan dan difahamkan mengenai hak mereka dalam 20 perkara..ianya adalah tanggungjawab kita semua sebagai rakyat sabah tulen..
Deleteya..semuanya harus difahami dengan sebaiknya.
Deletesemua isi perjanjian tersebut harus kita laksanakan.
ReplyDeleteThe 18/20 points is the social contract between the Borneon States which serves to protect the interest of their respective people upon merging with Malaya to form Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteTherefore it is still valid and should be uphold as well as respected.It is NEVER obsolete so long as both Borneon States are still within the federation that is become known as Malaysia.
Delete20 perkara harus dipatuhi oleh kerajaan pusat..
DeleteJeffrey Kitingan had the chance to exact change when he was in the Government in the past but instead he did nothing.
ReplyDeleteHe was detained by ISA when he aroused this issue if not mistaken.
DeleteJK was one of the leaders in the 1980s who had held positions in the Government for about 16 years but did nothing to change problems he said was plaguing Sabah at the moment.
DeleteHe was under certain structure at that time, it wouldn't be easy for him to just move on with his plan. Now he doesn't have to comply with the government processes... I think it would be easier for him.
DeleteFurthermore, it takes about 48 years to notice that this federation is not doing Sabah any good... instead it is just robbing Sabah's wealth and destroying Sabah's real identity.
Sabahans have voiced out their demands. We are serious about this. Same goes with the RCI.
ReplyDeleteYa betul, harap kerajaan akan dengar suara rakyat.
Deleteya...rakyat sabah serius dalam hal ini..
DeleteHarris was the stupid fool to give away the 20 point agreement to big time murder. Sabah people should now get these back. Don't let the thieves bully us.
ReplyDeleteScra logiknya, agak mustahil untuk suruhanjaya Cobbold mencapai keputusan dalam masa beberpa bulan. Bayangkan keadaan pengangkutan pada masa itu dan kesukaran untuk bergerak ke satu tempat ke tempat lain. Mereka akan perlu menggunakan pengangkutan seperti helikopter dan 4wheel drive untuk masuk ke kawasan2 pedalaman juga. Tambahan lagi, siapa wakil untuk mereka gunakan untuk berbincang dengan rakyat tempatan pada waktu itu ?!
ReplyDeleteREASONS WHY WE SHOLD HAVE SABAH/SARAWAK INDEPENDENCE
ReplyDelete1. Sabahans have already taken steps to challenge the legitimacy of the "Malaysia" concept which collapses with the departure of Singapore. The "Malaysia Agreement" was voided by this act as it changed the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
2. Further, the Malayan rulers have breached the Malaysia Agreement and the 18/20 Points Agreement for Sarawak and Sabah respectively. This means one party has failed to comply with the terms and the contract is also voidable for this reason.
3. The other political consideration is that the original Malaysia concept included Brunei and all the arguments and rationale was for a new style "Malayan Union". The failure to include Brunei also raise questions on the validity of the Malaysia rationalization.
The Malayan Union concept was the forward planning of the British in 1942 to consolidated its colonial rule of Malaya Singapore and the 3 British Borneo colonies. In 1942 Brunei Sabah and Sarawak were only "protectorates". So the British planned to colonized these territories under one colonial administration called the “Malayan Union”.
The Malayan Union became the "Malaysia Plan" in the face of the demands for independence by the respective Malayan and North Borneon/Kalimantan independence movements.
Brunei was not incorporated into “Malaysia” because the Bruneians rose in arms to oppose Malaysia. The anti-Malaysia Brunei Uprising of Dec 1962 also led to the guerrilla independence war in Sarawak which persisted till 1990.
4. The Borneo people in all 3 colonies opposed the Malaysia idea and now they are proven correct- Malaysia was a neo-colonial plan to re-colonize us. We still oppose Malaysia for this reason.
5. The arguments of foreign invasion and internal communist takeover were half truths used as scare tactics and diversions to mislead the people from the question of real independence and to accept the "protection" of Malaysia.
6. One of big rationale was "racial balance". It was proposed that Malaya united with Singapore. However, UMNO feared the domination of Singapore Chinese and adopted the British idea to incorporate the 3 British colonies so that there would be a “counter-balance” against the Chinese numbers. This was racial arithmetic.
This rationale fell apart because Brunei with its mostly Malay population did not become part of Malaysia and then Singapore left. So this important prop to the British/Malayan "Malaysia" concept was lost from the beginning.
7. UMNO is now blatantly applied this concept by allowing illegal migrant into Sabah and Malaya to "correct' the imbalance. In plain English this was just stacking their electoral numbers. Now Sabah has the bad luck to have 25% of its population which is illegal and soon it will be 50% or more! Thanks to Mustapha, Harris Salleh and Mahathir!
This is also happening to Sarawak. This is one of the strongest reasons for Sabah and Sarawak to get out of Malaysia to STOP foreign domination by Malaya and illegal migrants.
8. Last and most important was the fact that we were deprived of our inalienable right to national self-determination. The British plotted with UMNO to take control of Northern Borneo territories. Malaysia was in reality forcibly imposed on us by suppression of the anti-Malaysia resistance independence movement.
So Sabahans let us unite for a common cause. There is much we share and united we can do it!
Save Sabah! Save Sarawak!
Hidup Sabah!
Hidup Sarawak!
Hidup Merdeka!
Take back our country!
Nampaknya 20 perkara itu perlulah diberikan kepada Sabah dan Sarawak. Kerana inilah sebab kenapa penduduk Sabah memperjuangkannya.
ReplyDeleteyang penting kepentingan dan hak rakyat terjaga dengan sebaiknya.
DeleteKerajaan persekutuan perlu melaksanakan tuntukan tersebut. Kerana ini akan menjejaskan sokongan rakyat kepada kerajaan jika ini sentiasa menjadi isu.
ReplyDeletepekara ini perlu diberikan perhatian yang sewajarnya.
DeleteIt is possible to do so but it will be time consuming.
ReplyDeleteMacam mana nak hidupkan balik benda macam ni? Perjanjian dah pun dimeterai.
ReplyDeleteBerusahalah mendapatkan semua Perjanjian 20 perkara ini untuk Sabah!
ReplyDeleteSokong!
ReplyDeleteAlangkah indahnya jika Sabah dan Sarawak bergabung untuk membentuk Republik yang bebas seperti singapura dan brunai!
PTI akan dihalau keluar dari bumi Sabah!
HIDUP SABAH !!! HIDUP BORNEO !!!....
ReplyDeleteBERJUANGLAH..!!! INILAH PERJUANGAN KITA...!!!!!!
SEMARAKKAN SEMANGAT KITA.... HIDUP SABAHAN..!!! HIDUP SABAHAN..!!!!
UNDILAH UNTUK REPUBLIK SABAH.
mau bentuk republik yang bebas seperti singapura dan brunei??
ReplyDeletecuba lihat point no. 7.. "There should be no right to secede from the Federation"..
I think this agreement needs some time to review.
ReplyDeletehak dan kepentingan rakyat perlu dijaga dengan sebaiknya.
ReplyDeletePersekutuan harus membuat keputusan cepat dan wajar untuk menyelesaikan masalah PATI.
ReplyDeletePerjanjian 20 perkara harus ditunaikan.
ReplyDeleteJika BN ingin meneruskan kedudukan, harus juga menunaikan janji yang dibuat dan buktikan bahawa BN ikhlas untuk memperjuangkan yang terbaik untuk orang Sabahan.
ReplyDeleteSejauh mana persekutuan memberi yang terbaik untuk Sabah dan menyebabkan Sabah masih negeri termiskin?
ReplyDeleteBorneo (Sarawak & Sabah) should retain control of its own finance, development and tariff, and should have the right to work up its own taxation and to raise loans on its own credit.
ReplyDeleteSabah harus berkelayakan untuk mengendalikan kewangan sendiri.
I hope this will benefit the people of Sabah.
ReplyDeleteWe hope RCI will be established sooner than expected.
ReplyDeleteThis will help to resolve issues concerning the illegal immigrants in the state.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the government will come to the aid of the people of Sabah and Sarawak.
ReplyDeleteIt is high time the voice of the people is heard.
ReplyDeleteyeay...... mana hasil negeri sabah yg banyak? klu btul rakyat di dahulukan knapa rmai lagi rakyat sabah yg miskin? di mana silapnya.... Bangun Orang Sabah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for share this good news
ReplyDeletethis petition was created by sskm ppl right?? ...
ReplyDeleteya...this petition oso about sarawak rights ba...
ReplyDeletewoahhhhhhhhhhh...ini sama mcm sskm petition bah ini....main copy-paste ka!!!! ...
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