Malaysia should be one country with two systems -Jeffrey

PENAMPANG: Malaysia should have "one country, two systems" to allow Sabah and Sarawak to hava its own capitalist economic and political systems.

United Borneo Front (UBf) founder Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said the federal governmen should allow Sabah and Sarawak to be developed based on theirown systems.

"Sabah and Sarawak are different compared to Peninsular Malaysia. Our rights are not the same as theirs.

“Our geographical structure is different and we do not have economic growths as the other states in the Peninsular have," said Jeffrey, adding that the 20 Points had clearly stated that Sabah and Sarawak are equal partners with the Peninsular and not one of the state in Malaysia.

Apart from the cabotag policy that had been, spoken by many leaders about its relevance and to be demolished, Jeffrey stressed Sabah should also have its own education system without depending everything from Kuala Lumpur.

He said this at a press conference at TNGC Clubhouse, Beverly Hills here yesterday morning.

He urged all Sabahan leaders to work together and become one voice if it came to the rights of Sabahans without looking at ther political agenda.

Jeffrey and UBF co-founder Nilakrisna James jointly announced that their main agenda should be prioritized, even if they belonged to different political parties, to fight for native supremacy when it came to native land ownership, native land rights, native customary rights and pusaka land rights.

Meanwhile, Nila announced that she would host an UBF Malaysia Day tea party at Sedomon Rumah Besar in Bingkor on September 16 with some members of the Sedomon clan.

“Jeffrey and I are doing this in Sedomon's honour and we will celebrate the occasion on my granddad's turf, talking about the issues which Sedomon was deeply passionate about.

"Before the tea party, we will pay our respect to the Batu Sumpah, an oath stone with an apparently potent curse that was commissioned by Sedomon. This spiritual journey for both Jeffrey and I is a very important one before the next general election," she added.

The Borneo Post