LEADER 03985nam 2200505 450 001 9910554249203321 005 20211108181140.0 010 $a981-4951-93-5 024 7 $a10.1355/9789814951937 035 $a(CKB)4100000011981512 035 $a(OCoLC)1259592624 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse99765 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6665804 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6665804 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789814951937 035 $a(DE-B1597)596888 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789814951937 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011981512 100 $a20211001d2021|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom Pakatan Harapan to Perikatan Nasional $ea mssed opportunity for reforms for East Malaysia? /$fAnantha Raman Govindasamy$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aSingapore :$cISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (30 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aTrends in Southeast Asia ;$v2021, issue 12 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2021). 311 $a981-4951-92-7 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tForeword -- $tFrom Pakatan Harapan to Perikatan Nasional: A Missed Opportunity for Reforms for East Malaysia? -- $tAcknowledgement 330 $aThe Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) brought together Peninsular Malaya with the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. This Agreement afforded certain rights and obligations to these two states, notably in areas such as religion and language, financial autonomy, immigration, judicial autonomy, and finance and tax issues. However, since the signing of this foundational treaty, East Malaysians have become discontented. Key frustrations include a gradual erosion of the stipulated privileges by the federal government, persistent underdevelopment, as well as the perceived unequal distribution of petroleum revenue earned from these states.

When Pakatan Harapan came to power in 2018, there were expectations from Sabah and Sarawak that the new administration would be committed to the restoration of East Malaysia's special position within the Malaysian Federation. In order to address long-standing tensions, Pakatan Harapan established a Special Cabinet Committee on MA63 to look for new ways of restoring East Malaysia's prerogatives. The Special Cabinet Committee managed to resolve seventeen out of twenty-one issues pertaining to the economy, finance and the judiciary. However, the most complex issues pertaining to the sharing of oil revenue were outstanding. One key outcome was that the Committee proposed a constitutional amendment to recognize Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia as equal partners in the Federation. However, the proposed amendment did not garner the necessary two-thirds majority in parliament. A bloc of parliamentarians allied with the Gabungan Parti Sarawak - a coalition of Sarawak-based parties formerly aligned with ousted national coalition Barisan Nasional-abstained from voting. Since the advent of the Perikatan Nasional administration, the broader issue of East Malaysian rights has received little attention.

It is likely that, rather than seeking to address the fundamental tensions between the Peninsula and East Malaysia, the current administration will seek to offer targeted benefits to elites from the region. 410 0$aTrends in Southeast Asia ;$v2021, issue 12. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy$2bisacsh 607 $aMalaysia$xPolitics and government 607 $aMalaysia, East$xPolitics and government 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy. 676 $a320.9595 700 $aRaman$b G. Anantha$g(Govindasamy Anantha)$01217322 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554249203321 996 $aFrom Pakatan Harapan to Perikatan Nasional$92815387 997 $aUNINA