KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) has reaffirmed that the State’s 40 per cent entitlement is not a mere legal claim but a constitutional right that must be honoured, following the High Court’s landmark ruling affirming Sabah’s entitlement from 1974 to 2021.
The coalition’s Presidential Council said on Friday that this issue goes beyond paperwork and politics, describing it as a matter of national integrity rooted in Articles 112C and 112D of the Federal Constitution and the Malaysia Agreement 1963.
GRS urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Federal Government not to appeal the decision, stressing that the ruling imposes no monetary penalty but only directs a long-overdue constitutional review.
The Council said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has instructed state agencies, including the Finance Ministry and Economic Planning Unit, to study the judgment in detail and prepare for meaningful talks with Putrajaya on what is rightfully due.
GRS said the fight is not about numbers but about restoring dignity to Sabahans who still live with blackouts, poor roads and under-equipped clinics, adding that honouring this right would finally turn decades of constitutional promises into lived realities.
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