KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will oppose the federal Attorney General’s application for a stay of the Oct 17 High Court ruling requiring the federal government to settle with the state its 40% “lost years” revenue entitlement from 1974 to 2021. State Attorney General Datuk Brenndon Keith Soh (pic) said the state government has been cooperating and working with the federal government following the judgment, and there has been no delay in complying with the Kota Kinabalu High Court order. The High Court had directed the federal government to review Sabah’s entitlement to the 40% special grant within the constitutional framework for the “lost years”. “In this regard, the state government has also put forward proposals and working frameworks to assist the parties in progressing towards an agreement. Political parties across the political divide in Sabah have also called on the federal government not to proceed with the stay application, which was filed on March 3.
