KOTA KINABALU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today thanked 12 Sabah Pakatan Harapan elected representatives for withdrawing their originating summons (OS) against the government last month.

"Sabah Pakatan Harapan had challenged the government over the implementation of Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). I would like to thank them for withdrawing the originating summon.

"After taking over the state government, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor is aware that I have try the best to fulfil what has been promised on several matters based on the discussions between Sabah, Sarawak and peninsular Malaysia (in the MA63).

"I give my assurance that (based on) the relation and close collaborations with Hajiji, I will increase the efforts (to fulfil the agreement and listen to what has to be done)," he said during the closing ceremony of Islamic Affairs Management Convention at the Sabah International Convention Centre here.

Present were Hajiji, state ministers and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Armizan Ali.

The 12 elected representatives filed the OS on June 3, 2022, against the federal government and the Sabah state government in the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak at Kota Kinabalu.

They withdrew the OS last month but promised to file a fresh one if any constitutional rights as provided for in the MA63 remain unresolved.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/10/963137/pm-thankful-over-sabah-ph-reps-summons-withdrawal