KUCHING, Oct 22: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Mustapha Sakmud has questioned the use of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) to criticise Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, pointing out that 12 of the 16 fully resolved matters under the agreement were settled under the current administration.

He said the record showed that the Madani government had resolved the highest number of MA63 matters to date, although Sabah’s long-standing claim to 40 per cent of federal revenue derived from the State remains unresolved.

In a statement today, Mustapha said it was fair for any party to criticise the Madani government, but such criticism should be based on facts rather than assumptions that no progress had been made in implementing MA63.