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Promise 47: Decentralisation of power to Sabah and Sarawak

The Pakatan Harapan Government Pakatan Harapan Government will

decentralise the federation’s fiscal administration system in stages so that

eventually up to 50 percent of the tax revenue collected in Sabah and

Sarawak will be spent on development needs of the latter.

Our Government will also restore state powers to develop its own commerce

and trade related policies as Malaysia practices and open economic

philosophy in order to benefit from regional and international trade. This

includes the recruitment of foreign workers.

The mandate will be given to Sabah and Sarawak to come up with a plan to

eliminate trade barriers and all tariffs that have stunted the growth of their

economy and prevent the people from leveraging on the openness of our

country's economic system.

This includes policies related to public transportation system, cabotage

policy, open sky policy and investment policy. The governments of Sabah

and Sarawak will regain control over strategic government-owned

companies, such as water and electricity companies.

Sabah and Sarawak have unique legal systems and customary courts. The

Pakatan Harapan Government will empower this judicial system, starting

with establishing an Expert Committee to review the improvements needed

for a smooth functioning of Sabah Native Court and the Sarawak

Bumiputera Court, as well as to streamline the management of indigenous

custom rights.

Customary land ownership rights will be certified and the registration

process of ownership rights will be streamlined immediately. The conflict of

rights of Indigenous peoples to their land will be settled through the

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