The Borneo Post, Friday, November 12, 2010 di dalam artikel bertajuk "Sabahans assured of rights protection", (front page), telah melaporkan bahawa Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Timbalan Perdana Menteri telah memberi jaminan bahawa hak-hak penduduk Sabah adalah terjaga di dalam perlembagaan Malaysia. Beliau menyatakan perkara tersebut semasa mengulas kenyataan pembangkang bahawa kerajaan tidak menghormati "20 Points Agreement for Sabah".
Berikut adalah maklumat yang diperolehi dari Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, di link berikut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20-point_agreement_(Sabah) mengenai Perjanjian 20 Perkara tersebut.
History
The 20 points were written with a view to safeguarding the interests, rights, and the autonomy of the people of Sabah upon the formation of the federation of Malaysia. A similar proposal, with certain differences in content, was made by Sarawak, and is commonly referred to as the 18-point agreement.
Attention is often drawn to these memoranda by those who believe that their principles were not subsequently adhered to after federation. There have been numerous calls for the 20 point memorandum to be reviewed so as to take into account social, economic, and political changes over time.
Brief timeline of related events (1962)
21 March: At a meeting of the Greater Malaysia Committee there was agreement that it would be preferable to wait for the Cobbold Commission, which had been tasked with assessment of support for the proposal in North Borneo and Sarawak, to complete its report, in order to consider its findings before a decision was made on the federation of Malaysia.
21 June: The Cobbold Report was completed and submitted to the prime ministers of Britain and Malaya (confidentially). The report concluded that one third fully supported the idea, one third were in favour provided that safeguards were included, and the remaining one third were divided between those who would prefer North Borneo and Sarawak to gain independence prior to the merger and those who rejected the merger outright. The Commission's view was - firm support for a federated Malaysia (with transfer of sovereignty within twelve months), incorporating a transitional arrangement in which the British would remain for the first few years.
31 July: The British and Malayan governments decided in principle that the proposed Federation of Malaysia should be brought into being by 31 August 1963. An Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) was to be formed to work on future constitutional arrangements.
August: The Report was published to all parties. Reportedly, this came as a surprise to North Borneo.
August: The Report was published to all parties. Reportedly, this came as a surprise to North Borneo.
13 – 14 August: Donald Stephens convened a meeting of political leaders who drew up a 14 point (later 20 point) memorandum of minimum demands. This gained support from Sarawak.