KOTA KINABALU: The United Borneo Alliance (UBA) is ready to talk to Pakatan Rakyat and local opposition parties to achieve proper seat allocations for the opposition parties in Sabah.
Declaring UBA’s stand, its chairman Jeffrey Kitingan said: “Let me make it clear again that we are for the one-to-one fight formula and that the opposition parties should definitely work together.
“But the co-operation must be based on the understanding that we have to work on two different but connected levels.”
Jeffrey was responding to PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s call for co-operation with STAR, and DAP Labuan’s accusation that STAR was helping BN to win.
During the launching of STAR’s three divisions (Penampang, Putatan and Kota Kinabalu) last Saturday, Jeffrey said that if STAR was not given sufficient participation in seat allocation discussions among the opposition parties, or if such discussions fail, STAR may have to go for its “Plan Z” which would be to contest all seats on its own.
“We need to throw all our combined weights to topple the BN federal and state governments.
“But this can best be done with the Pakatan playing a minor role in the Sabah election, while the bigger role must be given to local parties,” he said.
State seats for UBA
Explaining what he meant by co-operating on two levels, Jeffrey said that Pakatan must give the state seats to the UBA while it will concentrate on parliamentary seats.
“In fact, the ideal arrangement would be for Pakatan not to contest even the parliamentary seats, and the Pakatan party members would be supporting the local parties contesting.
“This is the best way to win the election, and the people of Sabah are in fact now very excited about this strategy which has never been used before.”
He said such a step would be consistent with the pledge by DAP and PKR to champion for the rights and autonomy of Sabah, adding that if the two parties insist in contesting state seats it would clearly show they are not sincere about their pledge.
“If PKR and DAP can agree on this, it will immediately erase the widespread belief now that PKR is here to become another Umno.
“If this can be accepted then we are ready to sit down and talk, and the sooner the better,” Jeffrey said.
By Raymond Tombung
A new party with no track record n have not done anything for Sabahan but already start demanding big. If not given what he ask for he threaten to be a spoiler by contesting in all seat.
ReplyDeleteClearly he is arrogant n greedy.
PR with a bad track record in Sabah should let UBA take care of all seats in Sabah.
DeletePR already contesting in 75% of all seats in Malaya should let UBA take care of the remaining 25% of seats in Sabah and Sarawak.
Failure to do so only means PR is nothing but greedy for power.
Obviously PKR is greedy. They are so eager to become the federal govt. In the end, they fall into their own trap.
DeleteStar claims that they will contest 60 seats in Sabah on their own. Are they expecting the other opposition parties to make way for them to contest one on one with BN?
DeleteOnly as a last resort aka Plan Z.
DeleteUBA including SAPP must stand united as 1.
If PR decides to go alone, Sabahans still has a choice of 1 to 1, that is Local Borneo Party vs Party Malaya.
Come on, STAR is chasing after PR now. So hows the negotiation?
DeleteLets see whether the people accept STAR and to give chance to STAR too.
Deletewhat JK's mind all about?
ReplyDeleteTry telling off Sabah PKR and DAP candidates include those won on last election.
This buddy is more in greed than SAPP.
BEWARE and no more accepting such a FROG KING who may be a spoiler for coming UNITY of opposition!
based on their historical behaviours, the K brothers have zero credentials for a lots of sabahans.
Deletebased on Sabah's political history, both K brothers have been cheated by greedy parties from Malaya.
DeleteEven the FROG culture was imported from Malaya.
The Sabahans will cast their votes during the next General Elections, all Malaysians will know the Sabahan voters choice during the next GE.
DeleteWhy scare him? You better scare some other parties like PAS who try to stir up racial sentiments in Sabah.
DeleteJk is BN agent to hinder pkr from spearding it's wings
ReplyDeleteTrust me once jk win in any seat he will acting like king maker as he can swing between pkr and BN
PR is just another milder BN in the making.
DeleteTrust me once PR takes over Putrajaya, DSAI will take over "negeri" Sabah as the new colonial master from BN.
Agree. If PKR is sincere, they will let the local opposition parties to contest all seats in Sabah and PKR focus on Malaya. Ini belum ada apa2 sudah mahu gaduh itu ini.
DeleteI doubt those oppositions. I don't know why but that how it is.
DeleteSTAR, Usno dengan kerusi kawasan Cina akan membentuk Kerajaan Sabah baru akan datang.
DeleteINI KALI LAH.
Now at least some people are beginning to see some sense in what STAR is all about and hopefully they will also see what SAPP true colours are.The opposition is now slowly exposing their true intentions and arrogance even before stepping into the corridor of power.The problem is their supporters are just prematurely excited about their leaders without even delving into the deep nature of their leadership and intentions.
ReplyDeleteI have always had my reservations and suspicions on what JK leadership means to STAR but many do not seem to see it.They shout when JK shouts,yell when JK yells and perhaps prick their noses when JK pricks his nose.
Now its apparent and obvious what JK as a person is all about.If I am still faulted for this comment then I urge all STAR supporters to search themselves and accept the fact that what they see and hear is not the person who is really what they think he is.
JK's struggles and proposed reforms are just pep talk but without the will to actually make them a reality.In malay we call it 'kata-kata semangat sahaja'and means nothing to him.It is a case of 'the end justifies the means'and he will do anything with the little support and enthusiasm he receives to achieve his goal.STAR supporters should therefore exercise caution,'waspada' and ensure that they will not be used as 'cows'to be dragged through their noses to help this fella realise his dreams.Or should I say nightmares.
Satu undi pun berharga oh. Silap pilih calon, menyesal oh.
DeletePardon me. PR is nothing but a hoax.
DeleteWhether Star is sincere or not..the only one thing I believe is Sapp who is sincerely fighting for Sabah, for its autonomy, a fighter party no doubt which left the BN when it was still in government to overthrow the BN govt in the 916 which unfortunately did not materialize...as the Sapp president said, it was the window of opportunity to make a change, changing the federal government. PR should acknowledge this sincere and deep sacrifice by SAPP. It is 4 years since Sapp left the BN in 2008...what more trust does Pakatan need for Sapp to prove???
ReplyDeleteThe people knew best who are the sincere ones and who are the opportunist.
DeleteSincerity? No one, I guess.
DeleteGo ask DAP Sabah and they will tell you that Sapp cannot be trusted at all.
DeleteSapp intend to win more seats and bargain for the best terms and go back to BN.
Just wait and you will see.
The best option is give zero to Sapp and support Dap.
Go ask man on the street they will tell you the opposite is true.
DeleteTuduh menuduh lagi...apa macamlah pembangkang mahu menang ni?? Kamu ni ikhlas ka tidak? Jangan janji terang bulan sama rakyat. Sesama sendiri pun mahu bergigit.
ReplyDeleteThe opposition are only good at bickering amongst each other. This is good for BN, so keep it up and let BN win smoothly again this time.
DeleteKalau begini, BN tetap menang PRU nanti.
DeleteStar has stated that they will contest 60 seats and 25 parliament seats by themselves, and they also stressed that they wanted a one-on-one fight with BN. I just don't see how they are planning to cooperate with other opposition parties?
ReplyDeletegimik politik JK saja mungkin bah...
Deletewhat happen to unity??? JK is really out of his mind to think that they could go against BN alone. Think again jk!
DeleteSoal kerusi ni, STAR berkeyakinan sangatla. jangan pula separuh pun tidak menang nanti.
DeleteJK cakap tidak mahu tu PR bertanding di kerusi DUN tetapi boleh tanding di kerusi parlimen...PR tanding kerusi parlimen, Star/UBA di DUN...tu SAPP ok kah?
ReplyDeleteSapp sudah jelas tinggal UBA.
DeleteElok STAR berkerjasama dengan Dap and kamurang kasi Sapp kalah di semua kawasan yang ditandingi Sapp.
INI KALI LAH STAR, USNO dan DAP.
Lain kali lah, Umno, BN dan Sapp.
SAPP ahli tetap UBA. DAP pun boleh masuk tapi mesti keluar PR dulu.
Deletebikin keliru juga ni Star...dulu cakap mahu kerjasama lepas tu tidak mahu...lepas tu cakap mahu tanding 60/26 lepas tu cakap sekarang bulih runding lagi...tiada pendirian langsung..
ReplyDeletetypical for a frog king to say. never trust a word coming out from JK. hes not consistent. Would we want a leader like JK to lead sabah?? Vote wisely!
Deletemany Sabahan still remember the K brothers took away their yayasan amanah sabah shares. useless kadazan leaders.
Deleterasanya itu DAP tidak setuju punya sama tu cadangan si JK...kan DAP ni terkenal dengan ego mereka..
ReplyDeletePKR dan DAP juga nampaknya makin kurang keserasian..
ReplyDeleteselain itu dap dan sapp jika sentiasa tidak serasi.
DeleteSTAR better watch what they say since they are new in sabah.
ReplyDeleteBN will surely win and all thanks to Star who refuse to cooperate and unite with other opposition parties.
ReplyDeleteUBA takkan berjaya ditubuhkan jika pembangkang tak sefahaman dan masing2 tamak.
ReplyDeleteApa boleh buat memang kenyataannya begitu la. Pembangkang2 Sabah memang tidak boleh mendapat kata sepakat.
DeleteAsyik2 keluar statement kunun akan berbincang tapi tiada pun hasil sampai sekarang...apa macam ni???
ReplyDeletesehingga kini masih tiada kerjasama antara star dan pembangkang.
DeleteParti pembangkang harus kerja sama untuk memperjuangkan kerusi dengan lebih tinggi peluangnya.
ReplyDeletemasing-masing dengan pendirian mereka, jadi sukar mahu bekerjasama.
DeleteMasing-masign bersaingan untuk kerusi, jangan pula terlupa dengan tanggung jawab kepada rakyat.
ReplyDeleteparti pembangkang masing-masing mahu kerusi yang banyak sebab itu mereka bersaing sesama mereka.
Deleterasanya sukar untuk star dan PR untuk berkerjasama kerana nampak tidak ada kesepakatan antara mereka.
ReplyDeleteSTAR seharusnya perlulah berdiri sendiri dan jangan ikut jejak seperti SAPP yang tewas dan cuba untuk berkerjasama dengan PR.
ReplyDeletekalau si Jeffrey mahu berbincang pun, perbincangan dia lebih kepada kepentingan dia sendiri.. dia mau runding2 supaya hanya parti dia saja yang bertanding supaya dia dapat jawatan KM..
ReplyDelete