KOTA KINABALU: The 40% revenue return from the federal government is a constitutional provision that needs no further negotiations, says Parti Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.
Shafie was responding to a question on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's statement that the federal government’s budget of RM16bil for Sabah was more than the 40% revenue return Sabah was seeking. "The budget for Sabah is under the federal list and should be differentiated from the 40% revenue to be returned to Sabah," Shafie said, adding that the provision is under Article 112C and 112D of the Constitution.
"No one chooses to be of a particular race, they are born into it, and religion is an individual choice; there is no forcing," he said, adding that the people in the state should be united and not divided by divisive forces."Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has been chief minister for four years. He was a minister in the Barisan Nasional government from 2003 to 2018 under Tan Sri Musa Aman for 15 years.