Sarawak and Sabah should seek more decentralisation of powers from Putrajaya instead of changing the title for their chief executive, said Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin.

In a statement today, Chan also pointed out that the new term adopted by Sarawak - "premier" - is not even recognised by the Federal Constitution as Article 160 only specifies "chief minister" or "menteri besar" as the head of an executive council in a state.

"The amendment to the Sarawak constitution does not...