Kota Kinabalu: “As a fifth-term parliamentarian from Sabah, who witnessed and experienced the political turbulence since Sheraton Move from the inside first hand, allow me to list three benefits that a well-drafted FTPA may bring to Borneo-based parties and by extension, Sabah and Sarawak,” Madius stressed.

“First, the FTPA must, in a package, entail amendments to the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders to prioritise motions of no-confidence and confidence. If any federal government in future hurts the interest of Sabah and Sarawak, Borneo-based parties can easily move to unseat the government in the floor of Dewan Rakyat.

“As we witnessed under the speakership of Tan Sri Azhar Harun, currently government business takes precedence and motions of no-confidence never get to be debated,” he said.