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Former Sabah Chief Minister Harris Salleh has rejected accusations that he governed autocratically during negotiations over the state's 1976 oil royalty agreement, contending the contentious five percent rate and accompanying legislation resulted from collaborative deliberation.
Sabah's DAP leadership has questioned the adequacy of a proposed 200-litre monthly subsidised diesel allocation, urging authorities to revisit the scheme's design to better serve state households.
The United Kinabalu Progressive Organisation has been formally accepted into the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition, bringing the alliance to six component parties and reinforcing local political unity under Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
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Gabungan Rakyat Sabah has declared its intention to field candidates for all 25 parliamentary constituencies in Sabah during the forthcoming general election, signalling an aggressive political push in the state.
The Federal Government has increased Sabah's interim Special Grant to RM1.5 billion from RM600 million, demonstrating renewed commitment to honouring the state's constitutional entitlements under the Malaysia Agreement 1963.