Declaration of the People of Sabah for change in the country

KOTA KINABALU : SAPP President, Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee said at the press conference just after the Supreme Council Meeting that the Party (SAPP) has not touched on the issue of leaving the Barisan Nasional (BN).

The meeting of Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) supreme council meeting declared:

• Whereas our mission is to establish a trustworthy government and a progressive, just and harmonious society,
• Whereas the people of Sabah expresses our solidarity and friendship with the other Malaysians,

It is now hereby declared:

1. That the government shall be of the people and based on Good Governance and Civil Society and non-racial politics based on a progressive, just and harmonious society,

2. That Sabah shall have political autonomy whereby the government shall be formed and run by the people of Sabah,

3. That Sabah and other oil producing States shall be entitled to the petroleum royalty of 20%

4. That the Federal Territory of Labuan shall be returned to Sabah and governed as a special region,

5. That unfair and imprudent federal laws which have been extended to Sabah and federal departments and which are to the detriment of the State shall be reviewed,

6. That Sabah shall be given fair and just participation in the federal administration, the civil service and private sector, and that the federal departments in Sabah shall, as far as possible, be headed by local Malaysians,

7. That the federal government and the state governments shall put in sufficient resources, political will and leadership in solving the illegal immigrant problems in a firm but humane manner, with emphasis on regional concept and smart partnership,

8. That the federal and state governments shall together work on redressing the in-built structural imbalances in the economic and social structure of the country affecting Sabah and other states.

SAPP
Sabah
20/06/08