PKR: Put us in power, get 20% oil royalties
Tony ThienPublished: Mar 31, 2008 4:50 PM | Updated: Mar 31, 2008 4:52 PM
The five percent oil and gas royalties for Sarawak and Sabah will be increased four folds should the opposition take over the federal government, according to Sarawak PKR state chief Dominique Ng.
Under the petroleum sharing agreement signed in the 1970s after national oil company Petronas was set up, the federal government pays 5% royalties to the states for oil and gas.
The five percent oil and gas royalties for Sarawak and Sabah will be increased four folds should the opposition take over the federal government, according to Sarawak PKR state chief Dominique Ng.
“(PKR de facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim has made this promise to PKR leaders in these two states,” Ng said yesterday when officiating the launch of PKR Mas Gading pro-tem committee at a gathering outside Bau town, about 50km southwest of Kuching.
This would translate to a windfall of between RM5 to RM6 billion a year instead of the present RM1.2 billion for Sarawak.
Under the petroleum sharing agreement signed in the 1970s after national oil company Petronas was set up, the federal government pays 5% royalties to the states for oil and gas.
Sarawak has one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Bintulu and a major producer in crude oil from its offshore wells in Miri.
The launch of PKR’s latest party division signals its early preparations for the next state elections, expected to be held within the next two to three years. The last state elections was held in May 2006.
Ng also said that under a PKR-led federal government, a second deputy prime minister post would be created for Sarawak and Sabah.
The state PKR leader told a crowd of about 300 people that should the opposition win the Sarawak state government, it would carry out a comprehensive review of the controversial Sarawak Land Code, including an immediate survey of native customary rights (NCR).
“We will look at cases where native customary rights have been infringed and restore such rights and return land taken away from the people,” said Ng, who is assemblyperson for Padungan, a state constituency in Kuching.
The review was among the key points being highlighted in the PKR manifesto to be used for the state elections.
Anwar is expected to launch the manifesto sometime in May, a party official said.
Ng also said despite that Barisan Nasional in Sarawak and Sabah winning 54 parliamentary seats - about 40 percent of the ruling coalition’s total haul - the two states were not given a fair share of ministerial posts at the federal level.
He called on the BN Mas Gading parliamentarian Dr Tiki Lafe - who was dropped as deputy minister and had denied rumours of quitting his Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party - and other BN MPs in the two states to switch their support to the opposition.
“Don't wait. Come and join Barisan Rakyat now,” he said to loud applause from the crowd.
PKR - parti kuat relevant
Ng said before March 8, BN leaders described PKR as ‘Parti Kurang Relevant’ (less relevant party) but instead it turned out to be 'Parti Kuat Relevant' (strongly relevant party) after the 'political tsunami' which saw BN not only failed to recapture Kelantan but also lost four other states as well as its two-thirds majority in Parliament.
The BN now wanted to introduce an anti-hopping law out of fear of losing their elected representatives, Ng quipped.
PKR was confident that the political tsunami would also hit Sarawak and Sabah in the next elections, he claimed.
Michael Bajan described PKR as a truly multi-racial party and with its existence, there was no longer any need for the small Bidayuh community to be dispersed in various political parties.
He said the Bidayuh should no longer feel scared to join PKR, which is now the single largest opposition party in Parliament.
Apart Mas Gading, he said PKR divisions would be set up in the other two Bidayuh-majority parliamentary areas - Serian and Mambong.
Nicholas Bawin, the Independent candidate for Lubok Antu parliamentary constituency and did well despite losing to BN candidate William Nyalau, in his speech said after 45 years of independence the people of Sarawak were angry, especially the “trampling of their native customary rights to the land”.
He said the past 27 years under the chief ministership of Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawak had gone through a “very bitter experience” and a change was long overdue.
Bawin, a former Sarawak Dayak National Union chairperson, annouced that he has joined PKR and will likely be the man to spearhead the party’s Dayak section in the next state elections.
Among those present was state PKR adviser Wan Zainal Wan Sanusi, who in his speech said the day of reckoning was coming for the state BN which had to account for its actions over the past three decades.
“(PKR de facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim has made this promise to PKR leaders in these two states,” Ng said yesterday when officiating the launch of PKR Mas Gading pro-tem committee at a gathering outside Bau town, about 50km southwest of Kuching.
This would translate to a windfall of between RM5 to RM6 billion a year instead of the present RM1.2 billion for Sarawak.
Under the petroleum sharing agreement signed in the 1970s after national oil company Petronas was set up, the federal government pays 5% royalties to the states for oil and gas.
Sarawak has one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Bintulu and a major producer in crude oil from its offshore wells in Miri.
The launch of PKR’s latest party division signals its early preparations for the next state elections, expected to be held within the next two to three years. The last state elections was held in May 2006.
Ng also said that under a PKR-led federal government, a second deputy prime minister post would be created for Sarawak and Sabah.The state PKR leader told a crowd of about 300 people that should the opposition win the Sarawak state government, it would carry out a comprehensive review of the controversial Sarawak Land Code, including an immediate survey of native customary rights (NCR).
“We will look at cases where native customary rights have been infringed and restore such rights and return land taken away from the people,” said Ng, who is assemblyperson for Padungan, a state constituency in Kuching.
The review was among the key points being highlighted in the PKR manifesto to be used for the state elections.
Anwar is expected to launch the manifesto sometime in May, a party official said.
Ng also said despite that Barisan Nasional in Sarawak and Sabah winning 54 parliamentary seats - about 40 percent of the ruling coalition’s total haul - the two states were not given a fair share of ministerial posts at the federal level.
He called on the BN Mas Gading parliamentarian Dr Tiki Lafe - who was dropped as deputy minister and had denied rumours of quitting his Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party - and other BN MPs in the two states to switch their support to the opposition.
“Don't wait. Come and join Barisan Rakyat now,” he said to loud applause from the crowd.
PKR - parti kuat relevant
Ng said before March 8, BN leaders described PKR as ‘Parti Kurang Relevant’ (less relevant party) but instead it turned out to be 'Parti Kuat Relevant' (strongly relevant party) after the 'political tsunami' which saw BN not only failed to recapture Kelantan but also lost four other states as well as its two-thirds majority in Parliament.
The BN now wanted to introduce an anti-hopping law out of fear of losing their elected representatives, Ng quipped.
PKR was confident that the political tsunami would also hit Sarawak and Sabah in the next elections, he claimed.
Michael Bajan described PKR as a truly multi-racial party and with its existence, there was no longer any need for the small Bidayuh community to be dispersed in various political parties.
He said the Bidayuh should no longer feel scared to join PKR, which is now the single largest opposition party in Parliament.
Apart Mas Gading, he said PKR divisions would be set up in the other two Bidayuh-majority parliamentary areas - Serian and Mambong.Nicholas Bawin, the Independent candidate for Lubok Antu parliamentary constituency and did well despite losing to BN candidate William Nyalau, in his speech said after 45 years of independence the people of Sarawak were angry, especially the “trampling of their native customary rights to the land”.
He said the past 27 years under the chief ministership of Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawak had gone through a “very bitter experience” and a change was long overdue.
Bawin, a former Sarawak Dayak National Union chairperson, annouced that he has joined PKR and will likely be the man to spearhead the party’s Dayak section in the next state elections.
Among those present was state PKR adviser Wan Zainal Wan Sanusi, who in his speech said the day of reckoning was coming for the state BN which had to account for its actions over the past three decades.
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