We refer to Mr. Felix Sitaun’s announcement to quit PKR to join STAR reported on 5th March 2012.
PKR Sepanggar wishes to set the record straight here.
It is true that Felix Sitaun was elected as the divisional head of PKR Sepanggar in September 2010.
However, he had maintained, at all times, that he was a proxy to Daniel John Jambun whose membership was suspended by PKR due to his affiliations with Party Cinta Sabah. Using the excuse that he is a proxy, Felix has been inactive and ineffective. By early 2011, he asked to be on ‘sick leave’ and thereby relinquished all his positions in the party.
We are surprised at Felix’s statement. He has not been an active member of PKR for the past 18 months ever since he was elected. Despite that, he is now using his former position to gain political mileage to join STAR.
To date, we have not received any resignation from other members.
We wish to caution the rakyat on irresponsible ‘leaders’ who immersed themselves in this ‘party jumping culture’. These ‘leaders’ only prove that they are inherently inconsistent with no vision and certainly no ability to carry through those visions to change Sabah. Leaders should be people who will stick to their members through thick and thin in good or bad times – not hop away as the fire gets closer.
So far, STAR had only made empty promises with no means to do so. Challenges on how STAR would implement its promises are met with a deafening silence. With 25 out of 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, Sabah cannot afford to alienate itself. Without the cooperation from other Parti KeADILan Rakyat
Cabang P.171 Sepanggar partners in Sarawak and West Malaysia, STAR will never be able to create any policy nor amend any laws. This rhetoric of ‘Sabah for Sabahans’ is a meaningless warcry that cannot be implemented. Sabah is a partner in the formation of Malaysia. We must therefore take part as a partner in building this nation.
Parti keADILan Rakyat is a national party - a Malaysian party. Under Pakatan Rakyat, Sabah is recognised as a partner in the formation of Malaysia together with Malaya and Sarawak. PKR Sabah consists of leaders who were born and grew up in Sabah. I dare say each of the leaders in PKR have the interest of Sabah at heart.
Since Felix Sitaun had taken ‘sick leave’ from early last year, the Deputy Division Head, Mr. Thimothy Thomas Lim had taken over the leadership as pro tem Division Head of PKR Sepanggar division. The division committee has full confidence in Thimothy’s leadership as pro tem division head. In fact, PKR Sepanggar has grown tremendously under his helm. Every week, new members join us in our cause. Among other activities, we also ran a wheelchair donation for old folks who had not been able to obtain aid from the government.
PKR Sepanggar hosts Pusat Khidmat Rakyat every Sunday covering Inanam town, Menggatal town, Telipok, Indah Permai and other places. Members of the public, young and old, are welcome to join us at Inanam town this Sunday from 8 a.m.
PKR Sepanggar is not daunted by the defector. Felix Sitaun’s departure from PKR has no effect at all. We shall continue to forge ahead with the interests of the rakyat at heart. We will keep fighting. For justice. For the rakyat.
Salam reformasi.
Thimothy Thomas Lim, Pemangku Ketua Cabang, P.171 Sepanggar, Parti keADILan Rakyat
Thimothy Thomas Lim, Pemangku Ketua Cabang, P.171 Sepanggar, Parti keADILan Rakyat is the "TALI BARUT" of Malaya.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely he is. Hypocrite.
DeleteBolehkah apa yang dikatakan oleh Thimothy Thomas ini dipercayai?
DeleteReally? Are you sure you are not in denial?
ReplyDeleteDari mana khabar angin bahawa PKR Sepanggar akan dibubarkan untuk mengikuti Star sebelum ini?
ReplyDeletelebih bgs kalau PKR Sabah dibubarkan.
DeleteTimothy is totally ignorant about Sabah's right. You dont need Malaya approval to implement the 20 p0ints. This is our inherent right as agreed in the formation of Malaysia. PKR or any malaya party never treat Sabah and Sarawak as equal partner wors't still for PKR even JKKK and ketua kampong appointment need KL approval as stated in the party constitution. One question, can Pakatan Rakyat form the government without the support of Sabah and Sarawak?????? Open your eyes we are the king maker!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAgree if we are equal partner we should be able to formulate policies to progress and decide our destiny without interference from malaya. Sabah became the poorest simply because Sabah did not belong to Sabahan but belong to 13 state. Yayasan malacca and yayasan selangor got huge tract of land but did Sabah get anything from Malaya. Come on Timothy Sabah should be for Sabahan and no less than that. Look like you prefer to be the traitor, stooges and proxis for malaya.
ReplyDeletePKR, like other Orang Malaya parties, has no business whatsoever being in Sabah and Sarawak.
ReplyDeleteSabah and Sarawak have autonomy in Malaysia under the 1963 Malaysia Agreement.
Among others, this autonomy means that Malaya would have less than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament so that Sabah and Sarawak, together, would have veto power in Parliament.
Even without Orang Malaya parties crossing the South China Sea to Borneo, Malaya has already done away with the veto power of Sabah/Sarawak in Parliament by grabbing more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament i.e. 165 seats (Malaya) to 57 seats (Borneo).
The situation of the Borneo parties in Parliament will get worse if Orang Malaya parties insist on crossing the South China Sea to grab even more seats in Borneo.
The only reason that Orang Malaya parties are in Borneo is to make up for their lack of seats in Peninsular Malaysia given the Hung Parliament situation there. They can't get a two-third majority on their own and soon even a simple majority.
It's unfortunate that there are some locals in Borneo who are willing to be proxies of the Orang Malaya parties. These are traitors and stooges.
The people should reject them.
In a Hung Parliament situation, the Borneo-based 3rd Force in the Malaysian Parliament will only work with an Orang Malaya party which has no seats in BORNEO.
Alternatively, if any Orang Malaya party wants to work with the 3rd Force, it must surrender all its Borneo seats to the latter.
Only Borneo-based parties can fight for Borneo.
If Orang Malaya parties in Borneo want to fight for Sabah and Sarawak, their local chapters must incorporate locally and be autonomous.
Nampaknya sokongan untuk parti pembangkang dari seberang ini semakin menampakkan kelemahan.
ReplyDeletePKR bukan sesuai untuk Sabah pun. Mereka cuma inginkan fixed deposite BN ini ditawan dan dapat menawan putrajaya sekali. Selagi BN kuat di Sabah selagi itulah impian Anwar tidak akan kesampaian.
ReplyDeleteSTAR bilang semua parti Malaya sama saja termasuk PR..
DeleteNampak sangat PKR tu tidak dapat membela nasib rakyat, tapi Felix telah lompat ke parti Star yang baru bertapak di Sabah. Kita pun tidak tahu sejauh mana kemampuan Star. Sebuah parti kalau di Sarawak adalah parti reject.
ReplyDeletestronger or not, it will be proved after the next GE..
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