State Legal Counsel Sarawak

Fong is responding to a statement by Chong Chieng Jen`s special assistant, Michael Kong, who quoted Fong`s statement in the media that Sarawak`s Anti-Jump Act, as contained in Article 17(7) of Sarawak`s Constitution, is constitutional. “If so, it must be assumed that See Chee How has left its seat; especially if it is the attitude of the Sarawak government as expressed by JC Fong,” Kong said in a statement today. In the 2008 Malaysian general election, the German government lost its two-thirds majority in parliament. This makes the federal government more dependent on the support of the eastern Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak to stay in power. The two East Malaysian states have begun demanding more representatives in the Malaysian federal cabinet and more budget allocations. [4] After taking office in 2014, Adenan Satem applied for the post of Chief Minister and asked the federal government for greater autonomy and empowerment to recognize Sarawak`s Independence Day on July 22, 1963, increase oil royalties from 5% to 20% and review greater autonomy as enshrined in Malaysia`s constitution and documents such as the Malaysia Agreement. Reports of the Governmental Committee and the Cobbold Commission. This is because the federal government had “shortened” Sarawak during its 50 years in Malaysia; Although Sarawak is rich in natural resources, it still lacks basic infrastructure and is poorly maintained. [4] Adenan also made English Sarawak`s second official language (the first official language is the Malay language) and recognized the Unified Examination Certificate (CEU), contrary to federal government policy, which made Malay the only official language of Malaysia and refused to recognize the UEC certificate. [4] The Government of Sarawak is an agency that governs Sarawak, one of the states of Borneo in Malaysia, and is based in Kuching, the state capital.

The state government respects both the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law of Malaysia, and the Constitution of the State of Sarawak, the supreme law of the State. However, Article 14A of the Constitution of the State of Penang provides that if a member of Parliament is elected as a candidate of a political party, resigns or is expelled from a party, or is elected in any manner other than as a candidate of a political party, he must leave his seat. “It is now up to the state government to decide whether to retain the previous wording or implement the new constitutional provisions recently adopted by parliament.” Relations between the Sarawak state government and the Malaysian federal government are generally comfortable, except during Sarawak`s constitutional crisis in 1966, when Sarawak`s then Chief Minister, Stephen Kalong Ningkan, was involved in disputes over various issues concerning the use of the Malay language in Sarawak. the issue of expatriates in the civil service of Sarawak and the appointment of the Governor of Sarawak. The Malaysian parliament then used emergency powers to amend Sarawak`s constitution to facilitate Ningkan`s removal. In September 1966, Tawi Sli was installed as the new Prime Minister, which was more acceptable to the federal government. However, his minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud, dominated most of the decision-making. In 1970, Abdul Rahman Ya`kub was considered the first federal “MP” to be installed as Sarawak`s third chief minister because of his unwavering loyalty to the federal government. In 1981, Abdul Taib Mahmud was installed as the fourth prime minister.

The German government followed a “non-intervention” approach as long as Sarawak parties systematically provided the federal government with an overwhelming number of parliamentary seats. [4] On August 22, Asfia said at a press conference that See did not have to leave Batu Lintang`s headquarters. According to the law, the term of office of the Assembly does not exceed five years. The governor can dissolve the state legislature at any time and usually does so on the advice of the premier. For Kong, Fong is the lawyer of the Sarawak government, and therefore any legal position advanced by Fong would be considered the legal position of the Sarawak government. The state legislature consists only of a unicameral house called the State Legislative Assembly. The 82 members of the Assembly are elected in single-member constituencies by universal adult suffrage. The Assembly follows a multi-party system and the Board of Directors is elected by a majority. However, the State may appoint up to six appointed members of the Assembly on the basis of the conditions provided for in the Constitution of the State. Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg continued Adenan`s policy of demanding more autonomy for Sarawak after assuming the post of chief minister in January 2017.

[5] It also began enforcing a 5% sales tax on petroleum products in 2019, requiring Petronas, a national oil and gas company wholly owned by the federal government, to pay sales tax. [6] Petronas refused to pay sales tax and the case went to the Supreme Court. In March 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that Sarawak has the power to collect sales tax and Petronas has the right to pay it. [7] In February 2022, Abang Johari passed a motion in the National Assembly to rename the post of Prime Minister to “Prime Minister.” [8] One of these acts was criticized by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, a federal agency responsible for coordinating the use of the Malay language[9] and Mandarin translation conflicts between Chinese groups in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. [10] When the law was passed in Dewan Negara on Tuesday, Wan Junaidi said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob would ask state governments to amend their respective constitutions in accordance with the AHL. KUCHING (Aug. 11): Sarawak`s Anti-Hope Act (AHL) has always been constitutional, said state legal adviser Dato Sri J. Fong. The state government has only two branches: executive and legislative. Sarawak does not have a judicial system due to the federalization of the judicial system in Malaysia.

Although Sarawak has jurisdiction over Sharia law and Aboriginal courts (and their respective laws),[2][3] both courts are still considered part of the executive branch of the state. “The declaration of commitment after his (maritime) resignation has no effect. That`s why it`s useless,” Fong said in a phone interview with DayakDaily today. The current version and the new version have the same deterrent effect on partygoers, he said. Fong said this after a federal court recently ruled that the Penang AHL was constitutional. Executive power is vested in the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister. The state constitution stipulates that the prime minister must be a member of the legislative assembly of the state which, according to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, has a majority in the legislative assembly. The Cabinet is elected from among the members of the State Legislative Assembly and is accountable to that body.

The executive branch of government consists of the Prime Minister as the head of government, followed by the various cabinet ministers. “That`s why I`ve always said that the Supreme Court`s decision in Kelantan State Legislative Assembly v. Nordin Salleh (1989), who declared the anti-hopping provisions of the Kelantan Constitution unconstitutional, was badly decided,” he said, explaining why Sarawak`s own AHL has always been called unconstitutional. “Based on the above, the only constitutional question, as already mentioned, receives a negative answer,” she said at sentencing. He said the law requires the statement of commitment to be presented to the president before an elected official resigns from his party. In See`s case, the commitment was presented to the spokesperson after See`s resignation. He pointed out that Sarawak`s provisions, like the Penang version, deal with the qualifications required to become a member of the Legislative Assembly, which the legislature can pass to determine who qualifies or not. When asked, the minister in the Prime Minister`s Ministry (Law and Parliament), Dato Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, said he was confident that the law could be implemented in mid-September. Datuk Fong Joo Chung, Malaysian, 65, was appointed to Sarawak Cable`s Board of Directors as a non-independent non-executive Vice Chairman on September 9, 2009. He is also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee. The Prime Minister of Sarawak (Malay: Premier Sarawak), formerly Chief Minister of Sarawak (Malay: Ketua Menteri Sarawak), is the head of government of Sarawak elected by indirect suffrage.