KOTA KINABALU – It is positive that the Sabah Law Society (SLS) filed the judicial review on the 40% revenue special grant, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor.
“The Sabah government sees the initiative by the SLS in a positive light that is not partisan and not political in the common furtherance of the constitutional arrangements when Sabah formed Malaysia in 1963.
“The Sabah government has been and will continue to vigorously pursue the 40% entitlement and other legitimate rights and interests of Sabah with the federal government,” he said in a statement today.
It is learnt that SLS will hold a press conference at 4pm here today.
Yesterday, SLS filed its application for a judicial review over the disputed 40% special grant to Sabah, seeking a court declaration over the failure of the federal government to hold a second review in 1973 with the Sabah government.
This is the second legal action filed by a group from Sabah over the issue.
On June 3, 12 Sabah Pakatan Harapan elected representatives filed an originating summons over the 40% entitlement, naming the state and federal governments as respondents.
Last April, Hajiji said Sabah welcomed the four-fold increment of the federal government special grant for Sabah from RM26.7 million to RM125.6 million beginning this year seeing the move as a good development for Sabah whilst the state government continues to pursue the 40% as agreed under the 1963 Malaysia Agreement. – The Vibes, June 10, 2022
