Upko’s Ewon to quit Cabinet

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Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister and Upko president Datuk Ewon Benedick said he will be resigning from Cabinet over the Federal Government’s position on the High Court decision for Sabah’s rights to 40% of its net revenue.  Benedick said this is in line with the principles stated in Upko’s constitution – to pursue the implementation of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and to defend the constitutional rights of Sabah.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3edmfyer  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewan Benedict said he will

00:07tender his letter of resignation from the Cabinet over the Malaysia Agreement, 1963 issue.

00:25Benedict, who is also UPCOR President, said the position and views expressed by the Attorney

00:30General's chambers in the written judgment by the Kota Kinabalu High Court regarding the judicial

00:35review filed by the Saba Law Society on Saba's rights to 40% of its net revenue. He said the

00:42position of the AGC, which is the legal advisor of the government, disregards the historical

00:48foundation of the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, including the terms and conditions upon

00:54which Saba agreed to form Malaysia, as recorded in the constitutional documents. He said that

00:59he cannot agree with the AGC's position, and it will be inappropriate for him to continue serving

01:05in the Cabinet when the AGC maintains such a position. He said the AGC should not file an

01:11appeal, but instead commence negotiations with the Saba government to implement the 40%

01:17entitlement. He said he wished to see Saba's rights fully implemented, and he cannot support

01:23any decision that contradicts the October 17th High Court's decision. He said his decision

01:28to quit is in line with the principles stated in UPCOR's constitution to pursue the implementation

01:34of the Malaysia Agreement, 1963, and defend the constitutional rights of Saba.

01:39Saba.

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