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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Some lies for BN to answer

The Barisan Nasional had said it many times that they will “answer the opposition’s lies” (menjawab tohmahan-tohmahan pembangkang) and recently we are told that Sabah BN will have its own body to work on these answers. As a member of the opposition I am naturally challenged about such so-called lies and I am very interested to hear what BN has to say about a few ‘lies’ that we have been repeating over the years. I would therefore like to volunteer my services to this body (to answer our lies) by providing a list of such lies. I of course expect this body to answer all these lies as clearly and as convincingly as they can as soon as possible:

1.  There are many cases of non-compliance with the 1963 Malaysia Agreement. A close examination of the Malaysia Agreement would show that there are several very important cases of non-compliance to what are promised in the agreement.

One of this is that we were promised that Sabah would be an independent nation, one of four (Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah), not a unitary state. Hence we were supposed to be autonomous in our governance and not come under the governance of Kuala Lumpur. One of the reasons why Singapore was unhappy with being in Malaysia was that it realized it couldn’t have it own Prime Minister;

2.  There are hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in Sabah due to some backhanded work by some manipulators in government, and this manipulation is still going on. We want a royal Commission of Inquiry to probe the issue to its roots, buyt the Federal Government seems worried about carrying out an RCI.

3.  There are many stateless people in Sabah and Sarawak after the creation of Malaysia. The National Registration Department cannot even do its work properly that many people are denied the security of having proper documents. Mistakes are made in the registration process, putting people in fix for years because they are given the wrong religion in their ICs.

4.  Federal Government is not being shared in equal partnership between Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. The number of Members of Parliament and the number of the Members of the Federal Cabinet are heavily in favour of Peninsular Malaysia;

5.  Borneonisation was never implemented as promised in the 20 Point Agreement. It was more a case of Malayanization, with people from the Peninsular taking up government posts in Sabah and this is still going on.

6.  There is little freedom of the press in Malaysia with the ruling parties getting access to mainstream newspapers and TV, and none for the opposition parties who then have to rely on ground movement and the alternative media.

7.  The Federal Government is taking almost all the revenues from Sabah and Sarawak and giving pittances in return, whereas we were promised by the 20 Points the freedom to collect our own taxes and use those taxes at our own discretion. The Federal if collectingup to RM35 per year in revenues from Sabah (including the earnings by Petronas) but for development under the 10th Malaysia Plan we got only RM9 billion and that is for Sabah and Sarawak.

8.  Around 50 percent of Federal allocations for Sabah and Sarawak are either not received or delayed, often carried forward to the next National Budget or the next Malaysia Plan. Of funds received, the implementation rate is only about 60 per cent and with habitual delays.

9.  There are very few university graduates are from Sabah and Sarawak as compared to those from the Peninsular, and entrances to government-linked universities and college universities are heavily in favour of the West Malaysians Malays;

10.  The public healthcare system in Sabah and Sarawak in an appalling state. Just go to any district hospital and see how you have to wait half a day to get treated. In most of the Interiors clinics are faraway dreams and the people still have to travel through rivers and jungle tracks to get to a doctor.

11.  There is still no piped water in many areas, including those near the towns, even after half a century of Malaysia.

12.   Security in the state’s borders is still poor with illegal immigrants still getting easy entry into Sabah;

13.  Too many villages in Sabah still cannot be accessed by roads. In Kiulu 60 villages can only be accessed by walking or by river transport. Because of this, too many school children in Sabah and Sarawak still have to walk barefoot for miles on hungry stomachs through jungles to go to schools which in many cases are in such poor and decrepit states that they are look like nothing more than animal sheds.

14.  There is a longstanding discrimination against Sabahans and Sarawakians in the areas of recruitments into the teaching service and the security forces, and employment in these areas are heavily in favour of Peninsular Malays.

15.  The great and depressing mystery behind the Double Six Tragedy of the 1976 air crash in Sembulan which took the lives of so many of Sabah  senior leaders is still  unresolved. A book which tries to unravel the story, Golden Son of Kadazan, is still banned by the Federal Government.

16.  Among the biggest source of our dissatisfaction is in how our natural resources are being taken from us. Imagine if the oil royalty for Sabah and Sarawak is reviewed to 70 percent backdated to 1976 and with 8 per cent interest for arrears compounded yearly! The amount would be so much it would take care of all of Sabah’s development needs for decades to come. This kind of oil royalty rate is nothing fantastic because it is already practiced by other countries such as Timor Leste, South Sudan, Darfur, Acheh, and under the nationalist movement in Scotland.

17.  Loss of the huge oil-rich areas called Blocks L and M to Brunei happened under mysterious circumstances, and without any approval from the State or
Federal Cabinet.

18.  If only we had freedom to manage our own resources we would now be richer than Brunei and Singapore.

10.  Poverty and abject poverty are still rampant in Sabah and Sarawak with people living in decrepit houses and children malnourished. Often houses in villages hardly have any money in them.

11.  Article 153 of the Federal Constitution which guarantees special position for the natives of Sabah and Sarawak, and the New Economic Policy are not being applied in Sabah and Sarawak;

12.  The Sabah Chief Minister is chosen by Putrajaya, denying Sabahans its democratic right to choose its CEO. Meanwhile, KL’s invisible hands are interfering in many political and administrative matters in Sabah to favour the Peninsular.

13.  There has been blatant gerrymandering of the electoral boundaries to favour Umno who wants to maximise its advantages with the immigrants who had been legalised through the back door, at the expense of disenfranchised bona fide  Sabahans;

14.  Umno and pro-Umno Malay supremacist NGOs like Perkasa are causing even more disunity among the people of Sabah and Sarawak by fanning racial and religious issues and therefore worsening the problem of racial and religious polarisation. And the BN is not lifting a finger to shut up extremists like Ibrahim Ali;

15.  The presence of Peninsular political parties in the Sabah, Sarawak State Legislative Assemblies, or with these parties representing the two states in Parliament, is contrary to the originally intended political autonomies of the two states.

16.  Based on the comparison of the sizes of Sabah, Sarawak and the Peninsular (Sarawak alone is bigger than the Peninsular), the Peninsular should have less than two thirds of the seats in Parliament;

17.  The cruel, repressive and obsolete National Cabotage Policy has long been functioning to increase prices of commodities in Sabah and Sarawak to a lot more than those in the Peninsular Malaysia, while local wages are comparatively much lower and employment opportunities are significantly less than they are in the Peninsular. While the policy is causing inflation and other economic pressures for  Sabah and Sarawak it has also been seriously impeding industrialisation of the two states because foreign companies avoid setting up operations here due to the higher operation costs compared to those in the Peninsular. The Federal Government doesn’t believe in giving equal economic opportunities for the Borneo states. Is the Cabotage Policy so difficult to dismantle because certain political leaders and business cronies are reaping countless millions from the policy?

18.  Air connectivity and internet penetration in Sabah and Sarawak are still very poor, even after a lot of appeals and arguments by local BN leaders and after years of promises by Federal ministers.

19.  The infrastructures in Sabah and Sarawak are still very poor compared with those in Singapore, Brunei and Peninsular Malaysia. After half a century, Sabah and Sarawak is still begging for development of basic infrastructures like roads.

20.  The RMR should be removed from Sabah and Sarawak because they are an occupying force and not meant for protection or security;

21.  The influx of illegal immigrants has resulted in the explosive population growth of Sabah, and is depressing local wages, increasing crime rates, padding electoral rolls, disenfranchising Natives and other Sabahans, resulting in the loss of Native land and depriving local Muslims in particular of opportunities under Article 153 of the Federal Constitution and the New Economic Policy;

22.  Sabah is experiencing countless cases of Peninsular Malaysian companies grabbing Native Customary Rights lands and the government is not consistent in handling them, and in many cases appear to be siding the companies.

These are only 22 ‘lies’ which the opposition parties have been repeating over the years in order to educate the public about what is going on in Sabah. There are a lot more ‘lies’ which, if we were to collect and elaborate on them, would fill up a thick book. What is interesting is that the government never seems to be unable to answer all these ‘lies’ at the time they are mentioned or raised by the opposition in the media. The government’s usual response is to avoid the issue or to pretend they haven’t heard them, because how on earth do you argue with the truth? So in order to give it a certain appearance and dignity of being right, the government keeps repeating that it “will answer the opposition lies” but without mentioning which lies they are talking about. And then they never ever give those answers they promise! After sometime some leaders will again say the BN will answer the opposition’s lies, but when?

Another approach they use is to try to belittle or demonise the opposition by saying the opposition leaders are liars who gloat about empty things, can only make empty promises. It is a very easy way to avoid answering the real issues.

DANIEL JOHN JAMBUN
Deputy Chairman, STAR Sabah

70 comments:

  1. Well said Mr Daniel, couldn't agree more. Some if not all above are open secret for many years. But how do you prove all these "lies" and convince voters to vote for opposition?

    Are opposition parties from peninsular, Sabah n Sarawak stand united? Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be.

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    1. pembangkang ada agenda mereka masing2.. mereka sukar nak bersatu.

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    2. EXCELLENT LINE OF APPROACH TO THE ISSUE- SAUDARA DANIEL!!

      FULLY AGREE WITH EVERY POINT BROTHER! ESPECIALLY ITEM 16!

      This list of questions should be incorporated in the opposition election manifesto. It is a TREMENDOUS challenge to the issue and credibility of whether we have any real "independence in Malaysia"!

      It should also be added that the Petroleum Act 1974 is also in breach of the Malaysia Agreement to preserve the right of Sabah and Sarawak to control their own natural resources.

      The Malaysia Agreement in reality abrogated Sabah and Sarawak's inalienable right to national independence and sovereignty.

      Your statement can be redrafted into our Declaration of Independence and or Charter of our inalienable right to national independence and sovereignty.

      Daniel we will work very hard to gather support for this Charter of Sabah/Sarawak Rights and for the unity of the siblings of Borneo!

      DARE TO BE A DANIEL! DARE TO STAND FOR OUR RIGHTS!

      DARE TO STRUGGLE! DARE TO WIN!

      A Sarawak Patriot

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    3. SABAH BROS & SISTERS READ THIS BLOG "SARAWAK MAY LEAVE MALAYSIA SOONER THAN EXPECTED"

      http://dayakbaru.com/weblog08/2012/02/11/sarawak-may-leave-malaysia-sooner-than-expected/#more-11517

      Written by: Dr. John Brian Anthony

      Excerpts:

      "Federal Government proposed to have 1 additional Army Division in Sabah and additional Brigade strength for Sarawak. What is the meaning and implication of this proposal? Is the Federal Gov’t worried about the rising sentiment in Sarawak to get out of Malaysia? Sarawakian feel than Kuala Lumpur is colonizing the State in every sense of the word."

      "Is Sarawak a colony of Malaya?

      If you look at the Federal Government policies and their approach towards taking Sarawak natural resources wealth and also the way Sarawak is being develop at snail pace into the “3rd poorest state in Malaysia”, these are evident enough. In the Federal civil service, Federal Government make sure that the top post are held by their people which is against the Borneonization of the Civil Service.

      Politically, Sarawak reject UMNO at all cost so as not to put the last nail into the Sarawak coffin of being made a colony of Malaya."

      The day is fast drawing near for us to take our countries out of Malaysia.

      Unite with us to work for a free and independent Sabah & Sarawak!

      posted by Sarawakians

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    4. undi terletak ditangan rakyat..rakyat yang akan buat pilihan.

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  2. Government is a big crook, the oppositions is a bunch of MORON, could not agree among each other.. Who do we chose to bring back our rights ??? 21/12/2012 couldnt come any sooner. We are doom if we dont wake up and as 1 Sabahan, we can make a difference once the time comes.

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    1. If not the government and not the opposition, then which party can bring the so-called changes during the next GE?

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    2. this put the sabahans in a difficult position. Who to vote and who to not vote??

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    3. Just vote the one that feels right, no one can influence who we vote, its up to us to decide which is the best for us.

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    4. NOTHING DIFFICULT!

      JUST VOTE FOR THE OPPOSITION TO GET RID OF UMNO! Q.E.D!

      Further Sabah and Sarawak people just unite to press for answers to the 22 questions raised.

      By voting for the opposition we are in fact expressing our views which existed for 48 years in one form or other on these points.

      Change we must!

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    5. Buatlah penilaian, Sabah harus berubah dari segi kerajaan dan projek pembangunan.

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  3. Anak cina pergi ke Ulu
    Berdayung pula bertalu-talu
    Kalau Pak Daniel ingin tahu
    Tunggulah dulu sampai matahari jatuh

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  4. Buah mangga buah papaya
    Jatuh bertubi-tubi di jalan raya
    Pak Daniel betul bersusah payah
    Tanya banyak jawapan tak ada

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  5. Dear local opposition parties, don't try to fool voters that
    1. Only local parties can defend sabahan rights
    2. Local parties alone can beat BN
    3. Discard territorial mentality, look at bigger picture
    Set personal interest aside, Why not work with Pakatan Rakyat to avoid splitting votes?
    Mr Daniel, you can list down all "lies" until kingdom come but how do you gain voters trust to vote for your party? Now new party called Star, when election draw nearer we might have party Moon, Sun, Comet etc. what I trying to tell you is work with the best n strongest as time n resources is not on new parties or local parties or opposition side. BN is too wicked n established. Don't battle alone or you end up teared up by BN along the way.

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    1. Who knows the future?

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    2. DANIEL YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

      WE SUPPORT YOU ALL THE WAY!

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  6. Saya ingin tahu 1 minggu sebelum p/raya berapa pemimpin pembangkang keluar surat khabar masuk UMNO/BN? Tetap ada.Tiap-tiap p/raya memang ada.Ini di namakan 'political businessman' hanya sekarang berpura-pura lantang men kritik untuk tarik harga.Cari harga bagus untuk terus jadi jutawan.Perjuangan politik buang parit lah.

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    1. Politic is a dirty game. Most of them are hypocrites.

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    2. kita tgklah nnti samada benar atau tidak dakwaan kau ni.

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    3. Party hopping is really nothing new in Malaysian politics. Those who hopped out for their own interest, you can bet we do not need those people.

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    4. anything happened in politics.

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    5. Begini la politik, macam2 ada. Apapun boleh jadi.

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    6. mau dekat PRU, macam2 isu keluar. Masing2 mau tunjuk hebat.

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    7. macam-macam boleh berlaku..namun, setiap orang ada pilihan untuk memilih parti mana yang mereka suka.

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    8. Masing-masing ada agenda yang tidak diketahui.

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  7. I'm sure the Sabahans and Sarawakians knew what to make of this, let the voices of the people be heard through our votes.

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    1. Sabah dan Sarawak pasti menjadi tumpuan..semua parti mahu menang di kedua-dua negeri ini.

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  8. Well said. if the opposition is in powder ? could you promise that you will turn back the clock ?

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  9. Dear Mr.Jambun,

    Can STAR rectify these points that you have highlighted within your article? Does Star has the capacity should the mandate is awarded to STAR?

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    1. JK had the chance to exact change when he was in the Government in the past but instead he did nothing.

      JK was one of the leaders in the 1980s who had held positions in the Government for about 16 years but did nothing to change problems he said was plaguing Sabah at the moment.

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    2. Politicians all over the world, especially countries with democratic institutions and conventions, are the targets of criticisms - some correctly but many are mostly unfair criticisms.

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    1. The RCI will be investigating the Project IC and illegal immigrants issue, but actions still needs to be taken to see any changes. Solutions, we need solutions.

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  11. the only long-term solution to the illegal immigrant problem especially in Sabah. Of course, the RCI should not just investigate the past but must also deal with the present problem and specify clear action plans for the future.

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    1. Punca masalah harus dikenal pasti, cuma dengan ini kaedah baru penyelesaian baru boleh dibuat.

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  12. BN's publicity & information bureau must be prepared to counter the opposition’s lies and allegations so that the people will not be cheated by those who are desperate to topple the government

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  13. Hard to catch up with these lies.

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  14. BN has keep on promising stuffs while the oppositions are even promising more of these filthy lies, no one is sincere in politics.

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  15. So many issues has not been solved and the 13-GE is just around the corner, how on earth are we gonna find a solution?

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  16. Change is desperately desired by the people.

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  17. Let the people speak their hearts aloud.

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  18. Every action should be implemented as it speaks louder than mere words.

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  19. Problems faced today cannot be resolved by RCI alone.

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    1. Definitely. But let just have a try and see its outcomes.

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    2. but still we need the RCI to be established as soon as possible, before the next GE.

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    3. Harus cuba baru tahu RCI boleh ke tidak.

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  20. Let the voice of the people be heard…vote wisely!

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  21. im sure by now the people knows what is best for them. Vote wisely.

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    1. Gunakan kuasa sebagai pengundi dan buatlah apa yang patut.

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    2. setiap pengundi akan menentukan parti mana yang akan menang nanti.

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  22. in politics, no one can be trusted.

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  23. Well, well, well .. It's the truth anyway .. This happened and I'll make sure BN/UMNO kicked out from our land !

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  24. Hard to determine which road should be taken.

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  25. Pembangkang punb berbohong.

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    1. Namanya juga dunia politik, susah mahu pastikan adakah yang dikatakan itu benar atau tipu.

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    2. Pembangkang hanya tau bercakap saja, boleh kh mereka memimpin sabah? cakap senang la.

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    3. jadi kita jangan percaya jika terdapat sebarang isu yang berlaku..tapi nilai dulu dengan sebaiknya.

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  26. Lies are norm. If no lies, I assume he is a saint or something..which is not politics based.

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    1. but, you know sometimes people said that lies is good in some condition:)

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    2. Pembangkang sengaja mengaitkan benda tak betul.

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  27. Tidak perlu termakan hasutan dari pihak yang berkepentingan. Kita perlu meneruskan usaha bagi memastikan rakyat Sabah terus mendapat hak yang mereka inginkan.

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    1. Rakyat harus bijak mengundi..Jangan terpengaruh dengan janji kosong pembangkang.

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  28. Tahu berjanji tapi tak pandai menunaikannya. Sot!!!!!!!!!

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  29. Lain kali tak payah cakap apa-apa lagi bagus. Bagi harapan palsu saja!

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  30. Satu-satunya harapan ialah rakyat harus buat pilihan yang tepat supaya takda penyeslaan lagi.

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  31. Rakyat yang akan menentukan semuanya nanti.harap semua akan berjalan dengan lancar.

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  32. itupun kalau BN mahu jawab la.. kalau tidak sia2 saja kau buat artikel panjang2..

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  33. WHAT SARAWAKIANS ARE THINKING TODAY
    http://dayakbaru.com/weblog08/2012/02/11/sarawak-may-leave-malaysia-sooner-than-expected/#comments

    (A response to a comment on getting out of Malaysia in Dayakbaru.com)

    Dr. John Brian Anthony on February 13th, 2012 7:29 am

    The thought of Sarawak leaving Malaysia is NOT a PR or any other political party election strategy. It is something that we must seriously evaluate to ensure that our generation has better future. As it is, Sarawakian has been put into a corner by Federal Government. Taib’s corruption and abuse of power is just like salt rub into injury.

    Patrick, we have been following the “democratic option” a year short of 50 years today. Instead of getting where we want to be we are losing on all fronts daily. From our land even up to our education and culture. UMNO wish is not Sarawak wants.

    The BN YB that we have elected is not a reliable representative. He prefer to keep his position for personal gain. Federal Government infer that Sarawak is happy but Sarawakian is not at all happy. Things are getting from bad to worst today.

    Annually billion of budget was announced but year in year out we do not see the progress brought by this money. Where is the money and where is the development promised?

    Hard core poor and poverty is created in Sarawak for political reason. The disfranchise people cannot think long term but fight to put 3 square meals on the table. The BN money is used to buy power from the people who basically do not understand their rights and the implication of a democratic election process. Every BN YBs and Division / Branch committee is on the take taking advantage of BN leadership behavior.

    If political process cannot rectify the problem it is being hijack from us because of vote buying and election irregularity then ot is time to weigh different options. We cannot wait for another 50 years and evaluate whether we have what we want. This past 49 years is time enough.

    In the history of the world, uprising, demonstration and civil war is not new. Actually it is not a tool but a process to affect change. Otherwise we will end in much worst situation we are in today.

    The Federal Gov’t should be aware of sarawak lagging behind in development. But do you think they care. The PM and Ministers came just to give us their empty promises. We are not fools to be lied to and played with.

    Sarawakian patience is running thin. The dam drown our heritage, the plantation took our land without benefit for us, the heavy industry (aluminuim smelting plant) is well documented for its bad effect and kill us and the education policies and teachers / ustaz migration from Malaya is design to change us from ethnic status to religious identity category.

    The price to pay for wanting to leave Malaysia depend on our approach. We should not choose a civil war. We should choose to sit on the negotiating table and ask that the wrongs be put right. Injustice to be converted to fairness and policies to be corrected.

    In this respect BN is not an option at all. The BN culture and objective do not benefit Sarawak.
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    I call for “UBAH” – a change that we must all work for before time run out of our patience.

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  34. rakyat akan sentiasa memerhati dan menilai sendiri. jadi semua perlulah terus berusaha untuk melaksanakan tugas kepada rakyat.

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  35. Janji yang belum ditunaikan, adakah ini bermaksud bohong?

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