MIRI: Sabah Law Society (SLS) praised the Federal Government’s commitment to fulfil the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63), the bedrock of the foundation of Malaysia by Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak.
It said the present push for devolution would not have been necessary if only State rights were vigilantly guarded jealously in the past, including taking necessary court actions where needed and especially when such State rights were dealt with slipshod.
“Power, once obtained, is never relinquished easily and this obviously has been the case here for some 50 years,” said SLS President Roger Chin.