00:01Cooperation between the federal and Sabah governments must take place on an intergovernmental and not intraparty basis,
00:08according to Gabongan Rakyat Sabah Deputy Secretary-General Armizan Muhammad Ali.
00:13Armizan, who is also the domestic trade and cost of living minister, said GRS's Sabah First model does not reject cooperation with national parties
00:23but lays the foundation for local parties to form the backbone of the state government.
00:28He said this approach ensures that issues concerning state interests are negotiated through formal channels between the federal and state governments,
00:36not within the internal mechanisms of a single party.
00:40Armizan said when the same national party is part of both the federal and state administrations,
00:45there is a tendency for issues affecting the state to be discussed and decided first along party lines.
00:51He warned that resolving state matters through an intraparty process risks prioritizing party interests over state interests.
01:00He also said state issues are sometimes sidelined because national parties prioritize national interests,
01:07citing the decades-long delay in resolving the Malaysia Agreement 1963 as a clear example.
01:13He said meaningful federal commitment on MA63 has only emerged recently under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's leadership,
01:21but a lasting solution requires structural reform.
01:24He added that if there is a framework to ensure that federal-state relations remain intergovernmental rather than intraparty,
