KOTA KINABALU, Nov. 10 -- Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said it is up to the federal government to decide whether to appeal the Kota Kinabalu High Court ruling affirming Sabah's constitutional right to 40 per cent of net federal revenue collected from the state.

Hajiji, who leads the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) administration, said the state government had already conveyed its stance urging Putrajaya not to appeal, and that its position remains unchanged.

Declining to comment on federal Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick's recent resignation, Hajiji said the matter was under federal jurisdiction.

"We have already made a statement - if possible, we do not want the federal government to a...