Sabah's 40%: STILL NO JUSTICE
The Federal Government had filed a Notice of Motion in February 2026 to stay the Kota Kinabalu High Court order which upheld Sabah’s 40% Special Grant claim.
However, the High Court on 17 October 2025 had already ordered a review within 90 days and directed both governments to reach agreement within 180 days.
Yet instead of complying with the court order, the Federal Government has chosen to seek delay.
If the Federal Government believed the court order was wrong, why did it wait until the deadline had already passed?
Sabahans have waited long enough. We were given promises but what we see today are sweet words and empty actions.
It is like seeing billboards everywhere saying “We love Sabah” while our constitutional rights continue to be denied.
Such delay shows disrespect to the judiciary and undermines the constitutional guarantees under Articles 112C and 112D of the Federal Constitution and the Malaysia Agreement 1963.
I therefore call on the Sabah Government to stand firm and to take the necessary legal action against the Federal Government. This is about the Constitution and the rule of law.
No Emergency Proclamation hangs over the Constitution anymore. It now has full force. Let it be respected.
The court has ruled, His Majesty has spoken, the government must implement the law, not stall.
YB Lisa Hassan Alban
ADUN N52 Sungai Sibuga
