Date: 14 December 2018
Venue: Hotel No 5, Jln Pintas Penampang/KK
Time: 7.00 pm
Speakers:
– Sukumaran Vanugopal author of Sabah & Sarawak
Constitutional Rights
– Chan Kok Keong Constitutional Rights Advocate and
-Tengku Fuad Tengku Ahmad
a lawyer
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Date: 24th August 2014
PIPPA (Progressive Institute of Public Policy Analysis) held a forum at the Mariner Hotel Labuan in Sabah, Malaysia.
The guest speaker for that evening was Malaysian renowned civil liberties activist and former head of MCLM(Malaysia Civil Liberties Movement) & is now head of A.B.U(Anything But UMNO) Mr Haris Ibrahim.
Topics that were in the forum:
Sabah Oil & Gas, Sabah Poorest State in Malaysia, Questioning the legitimacy of the Najib administration, Racial tension in Malaya.
Malaysia at Crossroads Part 1
Date: 24th of August 2014
PIPPA (Progressive Institute of Public Policy Analysis) held a forum at the Mariner Hotel Labuan in Sabah, Malaysia.
The guest speaker for that evening was Malaysian renowned civil liberties activist and former head of MCLM(Malaysia Civil Liberties Movement) & is now head of A.B.U(Anything But UMNO) Mr Haris Ibrahim.
Topics that were touched:
Sabah Oil & Gas, Sabah Poorest State in Malaysia, Questioning the legitimacy of the Najib administration, Racial tension in Malaya.
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Tonight will be the finale of the 3 part forums held by PIPPA.
Tonight’s forum title will be”Malaysia at Crossroads”.
The guest speakers:
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Tan Sri Simon Sipaun
Moderator:
Datuk John Sikayun
The forum will be held at Dewan Hakka, Tg Lipat, Kota Kinabalu and will start at about 7:30pm sharp.
There will be no entrance fee!
KUCHING: Kerajaan Persekutuan telah ‘memaksa’ Sabah dan Sarawak menyerahkan minyak dan gas mereka melalui pengisytiharan darurat pada 15 Mei 1969.
Encik Zainnal Ajamain berkata Sabah dan Sarawak tidak bersetuju dengan tindakan kerajaan persekutuan melakukan nasionalisasi minyak dan gas mereka.
“Nasionalisasi sering bermaksud proses mengambil industri swasta atau aset swasta menjadi pemilikan awam,
“Minyak dan gas di Sabah dan Sarawak adalah milik kepunyaan mereka sendiri dan tidak pernah dinasionalisasikan tetapi dipaksa melakukannya melalui pengisytiharan darurat,
“Sabah gagal dalam mempertahankan tindakan terbabit dan usaha mereka berakhir kerana pengisytiharan terbabit dan undang-undang yang digubal, ia tidak boleh menjadi tidak sah walaupun undang-undang adalah tidak berperlembagaan,” katanya semasa berucap di Forum Perjanjian Malaysia 1963, Laporan IGC dan Isu Referendum anjuran Sarawak Sovereignty Movement (SSM) di Hotel Telang Usan.
Zainnal juga berkata rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak perlu memerhatikan perkara terbabit dengan serius.
“Setiap rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak mesti mengetahui bagaiman kekayaan mereka diambil dengan cara paksaan yang memberi kelebihan kepada golongan elit Malaya dengan mengorbankan rakyat Borneo – tiada rundingan dan tiada kompromi,
“Kebanyakan mereka percaya Perlembagaan mungkin tertinggi tetapi ia terhad mula dengan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 dan yang kedua melalui Perlindungan dan Kaveat yang telah dibuat dalam Laporan Jawatankuasa Antara Kerajaan (IGC),
“Sebagai tambahan, Parlimen mungkin merupakan badan tertinggi membuat undang-undang di Malaysia tetapi jelasnya ia tidak melakukannya apabila berlanggaran dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia sendirinya,” katanya.
Beliau menegaskan Kerajaan Persekutuan bagaimanapun boleh memintas semua perlindungan ini, menyemak dan mengimbangi, Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 dan Laporan IGC dengan hanya membangkitkan Artikel 150 melalui pengisytiharan Darurat.
Artikel 150
Sementara itu, pentadbir halaman SSM, Datuk Morshidi Abdul Rahman berkata forum atau seminar seperti ini perlu dilakukan selalu.
“Peserta didedahkan dengan perkara yang jarang mereka dengar tetapi berhak dan disisi undang-undang, minyak merupakan milik kita,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan dalam SSM.
Forum itu juga dihadiri Timbalan Presiden Parti Maju Sabah, Amde Sidik dan Professor Hasmadi Mois dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia yang juga merupakan panel penceramah.
Kita perlu memahami kuasa yang dipegang dalam Artikel 150 Perlembagaan Malaysia dimana rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak tidak pernah tawar-menawar dalam membentuk Malaysia, tegas beliau.
“Pemimpin Sabah dan Sarawak percaya bahawa apa-apa masalah dalam proses Pembentukan Bangsa boleh dirunding dengan bijaksana tetapi pemerintah elit telah melanggar pemahaman ini bila mereka dengan sewenang-wenangnya mengambil kekayaan Borneo untuk diri mereka,
Dalam Artikel 150, Yang di-Pertuan Agong mempunyai kuasa dalam keadaan tertentu mengeluarkan pengisytiharan darurat.
Salah satu pengisytiharan yang dilakukan ialah semasa rusuhan kaum pada 13 Mei 1969 manakala dalam Situasi Darurat Artikel 150 (5) Parlimen boleh membuat undang-undang dimana sesuai untuk darurat dan dalam Artikel 150 (6) apabila Parlimen meluluskan undang-undang, ia tidak boleh menjadi tidak sah semata walaupun ia tidak selaras dengan mana-mana peruntukan Perlembagaan Malaysia, jelas Zainnal.
“Ini juga bermakna bahawa undang-undang ini boleh menjadi tidak konsisten dengan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 atau perlindungan Laporan IGC,
“Ini menerangkan bagaimana Kerajaan Persekutuan melakukannya dengan menjangkau sebelum rancangan ‘Greater Malaysia’ diumumkan sehingga pembentukan Akta Pembangunan Petroleum (PDA) 1974,” ujar beliau.
Forum terbabit dihadiri sekitar 50 ahli SSM dan diisi dengan sesi soal jawab dan pembentangan kertas kerja oleh panel penceramah.
Encik Zainnal dan juga Tuan Hj Amde Sidik adalah juga ahli PIPPA (Progressive Institute of Public Analysis), Sabah.
(From FreeMalaysiaToday Borneo+)
Don’t expect federal leaders to raise issues concerning Sabah and Sarawak considering all that they have already done, said a Sabah NGO.
KOTA KINABALU: Progressive Institute of Public Policy Analysis, Sabah (PIPPA) has called on policy makers both from the ruling coalition and the opposition, to reclaim the state’s ownership of oil and gas resources.
It urged this in a paper distributed by its members to the various policy makers, including the chief minister Musa Aman, Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly Salleh Said Keruak, deputy chief minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan and Lajim Ukin, the Sabah opposition leader, at the State Legislative Assembly Building, yesterday.
PIPPA director Amde Sidek said such a move is appropriate and necessary in view of the fact that the Emergency Law had been lifted on Nov 24, 2011, thus rendering the Petroleum Development Act 1974 null and void.
He explained that the Federal Government took ownership of Sabah and Sarawak Territorial Waters by virtue of the emergency law declared on the May 15 1969 under article 150 of Federal Constitution.
Parliament was suspended and reconvened only on 20 February, 1971.
Between 1969 and 1971 a number of laws were created, among them, three laws that transferred the ownership of Sabah and Sarawak Territorial Waters to the Federal Government as follows:
i. Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No.7 1969 [P.U. (A) 307A/1969] enacted 2 August 1969 and came into force 10August 1969.
ii. The Continental Shelf Act 1966;
iii. The Petroleum Mining Act 1966
Ordinance No 7, 1969 limits the State’s territorial waters to three nautical miles including Sabah and Sarawak.
When it was passed in 1966, it could not be applied in Sabah and Sarawak without the consent of the respective States Government.
The two Acts only came into force for Sabah and Sarawak after it was gazetted as P.U. (A) 467/1969 Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No 10 of 1969 dated Nov 8, 1969.
Two years and only silence
The abolishment of the emergency law was announced by the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, on Nov 24, 2011, by virtue of article 150 (7) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.
“This article says, all laws made during the emergency, once the six months has lapsed after the proclamation of lifting is announced, are no longer valid but void. The sixth month fell on the 24 May 2012.
“Hence, by the operation of law, a body like Petronas no longer has the right to operate, sign contract, explore and so on. The rightful owner is the state government.
“Unfortunately, after 24 months have lapsed since PM lifted the emergency law, our Sabah lawmakers are still keeping quiet about it, which is unbecoming of a wakil rakyat (elected representative).
“We would not expect federal leaders to raise the issue after all what they did to Sabah and Sarawak.
“We therefore urge all wakil rakyat to take cognition to the rights of the state and the right of the people.
“We hope with the papers we present today (yesterday) would enable them to understand what does the lifting of the emergency law means to Sabah, especially its rights to oil and gas resources.
“PIPPA is ever-ready to assist to make our policy makers and the people in general to understand with regards to the issue,” Amde explained.
He also noted that after receiving the papers distributed by PIPPA, Salleh had responded by promising to look into the matter.
Among the key PIPPA members present to distribute the papers were its chief researcher Zainal Ajamain, and James Ligunjang, besides Amde.
Free Malaysia Today – April 15, 2014
Video of PIPPA’s seminar at Palace Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. The guest speaker was encik Zainnal Ajamain while the moderator for the seminar was encik Hj Amde Sidik.
VIP Guest who were at the seminar were, Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee and Datuk James Ligunjang.
PIPPA Sabah 