Good words for Sarawak Government by our Prime Minister of Malaysia

The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar ahad good words for our government as Sarawak is now ahead in many areas compared to other states in the federation.

According to him, it was mentioned in the Parliament recently that, in terms of electric vehicles, Sarawak is moving ahead. In terms of hydrogen and gas, Sarawak also ahead of the rest. Datuk Seri Anwar had also thanked our Premier, the Right Honourable Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg for his leadership and his team who should be the example on managing and bringing Sarawak to the highest level. He had mentioned that due to weak management, it will burden not only the federal government but also the people whose welfare and well being are most important.

Datuk Seri Anwar had mentioned all of the praises during his speech at the official launching of Raia Hotel and Convention Centre in Kuching recently in which he had also touched on how he had rebuked several opposition members of parliament for not understanding the history of Malaysia’s formation by questioning the approval of big allocations for Sabah and Sarawak.

He said they questioned approvals such as the Pan Borneo Highway mega project, which they claimed was a lot for the two Borneo states. According to him, such situation brings an unhealthy polemic of pitting Sabah and Sarawak against the peninsula. He strongly reprimand such attitude that does not understand the history of the founding of Malaysia and the history of MA63 (the Malaysia Agreement 1963).

The Prime Minister said there are commitments which the federal government must make to Sabah and Sarawak which include their position – they became independent later (than the rest of Malaya) so there are areas where they are a bit behind in terms of infrastructure. He mentioned that it is our responsibility as a team – a union – to take appropriate actions.

Datuk Seri Anwar also said that justice is about putting things rightfully in their place, and the two states have more needs to catch up with the peninsula. Because of this, he had tasked Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof to lead the Cabinet committee to immediately implement the approval of sufficient allocations to complete the Pan Borneo Highway. “For me, it is not something like favouring Sabah and Sarawak but for me, this is fulfilling trust and doing justice,” he stressed.