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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

High stakes ‘gamble’ in Sabah politics

Joseph Tawie and Joseph Bingkasan

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim is unperturbed by the aborted plans of two BN MPs who were supposed to announce their defection yesterday.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah politics is all about hanging on to power and the latest postponement of the over-hyped “pullout” from the Barisan Nasional by two government MPs facing the axe in the coming general election stressed this.



United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) deputy president and Tuaran MP Wilfred Bumburing and Umno supreme council member Lajim Ukin, who is MP for Beaufort, are looking at ways to defend their seats in a desperate political gamble.

They were scheduled to declare their resignation at functions in Tuaran and Beaufort yesterday in the presence of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

But this has now been “re-scheduled” to next month, according to sources. Sources noted that the “new” date for the “jump” is Aug 26.

Both leaders were to quit the ruling national coalition but stay on as independent MPs until the dissolution of Parliament.

Earlier rumours were that both former Deputy Chief Minister Bumburing and Federal Housing and Local Government Deputy Minister Lajim would join PKR. However, they both have since denied this.

But an opposition leader here said it is an open secret that both leaders are in discussion with Anwar to defend their respective parliamentary seats under the PKR symbol.

“This has not gone down well with loyal Sabah PKR leaders. Should Tuaran be contested by Bumburing on a PKR ticket, there will be no place for local PKR leader Ansari Abdullah and Kalakau Untol,” the politician said.

Ansari is a senior lawyer and was among the pioneer leaders in bringing PKR into Sabah while Untol, a Tuaran-born leader, was a former federal deputy minister and one-time MP for Tuaran.

Anwar still open to Mps


In KUCHING, meanwhile, Anwar said Pakatan’s doors were still open to Bumburing and Lajim and “everyone” who is “clamouring for change”.

Responding to questions about the duo, Anwar said: “What is important is not just the positions of Wilfred Bumburing and Lajim Ukim.

“What is important is what the Sabahans want. Leaders must respect and respond accordingly.

“I certainly welcome them if they dare to respect the wishes and the sentiments of the Sabahans.”

Anwar was supposed to be in Sabah yesterday to personally welcome Bumburing and Lajim into the opposition fold. But instead he was in Kuching.

Many are of the view that Bumburing and Lajim are playing “tarik tali” with the BN leadership and that their much touted defection was merely a “wayang kulit” (shadow play).
But Anwar dismissives this view.

“The point the people in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak miss is that they must join force and demand for change in this country.

“It’s not just MPs and individuals, but everyone must clamour for total change.

“We certainly welcome people committed to reform, people who understand ‘Buku Jingga’ and the struggles and principles of Pakatan Rakyat.”

Another new organisation

Back in Kota Kinabalu, a political activist said that it was not unusual for politicians to have “a foot” each on both sides.

Said former PKR Sabah liaison secretary Kanul Gindol: “In politics everything and anything is possible.

“This whole issue [standing as 'independents' or under PKR banner] is about alternatives.

“If it is true, it is another possible arrangement for the benefit of those parties involved.

“While such arrangements have been done before in the Peninsula and Sarawak, it is not yet popular in Sabah,” said Gindol, who now heads his own NGO called Kanul Initiatives.

Gindol said that while Sabah has local opposition parties like the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and Jeffrey Kitingan’s State Reform Party (STAR), the two BN leaders’ potential hop to PKR could shake up the opposition political scenario in Sabah.

He, however, said that it was too early to talk about the impact the MPs would make on state politics should they go ahead with their plans.

Apart from the Tuaran and Beaufort gathering, Anwar was also scheduled to officially launch the state’s latest organisation, Perikatan Perubahan Sabah (PPS), which is jointly headed by Bumburing and Lajim.

Not much is known about PPS but it is learnt that this will be a body where state leaders such as former MPs, former assembly members and incumbent lawmakers not in the list of their parties’ candidates for the general election will group together to contest in the election.

66 comments:

  1. O2: NO to Lajim and Bumburing useless frogs.
    AI: KU, apa pandangan kau khasnya di Tuaran.
    KU: Bos, O2 itu betul tapi tapi .......
    AI: Apa tapi? jelaskan ler
    KU: Useless frogs lebih baik drpd hopeless toad yg kini dlm Pkr Sabah
    AI: Itu KL tahu bukan yg baru. Kalau tidak kita pun tidak ambil sampah jer
    02: Same-same aje
    KU: Bos, kita tidak ambil mereka sajalah. Bagus juga kalau mereka tidak lompat, orang tempatan tidak happy jika sambut mereka.
    AI: Too late, kami sudah janji. Tunggu jer lah tengok mereka berani lompat tidak. Itu pandangan local tidak mustahak. Kita yg buat keputusan bukan mereka. Tahulah budak2 memang mcm itu perangai.
    KU: Baiklah bos. Saya akan atur tarikh baru lompat sikatak lompat.

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    1. PULL OUT OVER DUE- THESE GUYS HAVING BEEN F..K..G US FOR A LONG TIME!

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    2. Throwing the tantrum won't help either.

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  2. The two frogs were using PR to threaten BN only.... in the end it is not about their struggle for Sabahan but it is about their personal greed n power. At least BN will view them seriously or throw them some goodies that they can't resist. They may be useless to BN but you see any defection will give bad publicity to BN as politic is about perception!!! PR must not resort to defection tactic anymore as this will benefits BN MPs only....

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    1. I must say yes. And I personally think there is another frog is making up stories to jeopardize both sides.

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  3. WB, go get lost, Upko do not need you. You cant even defend your own Timbalan position. Got only 6 nominations while our WMT got 34 nominations. Where is your support. Even your Tuaran and Tamparuli do not want you anymore. You think you can win in Tuaran and Tamparuli with Pkr? Fat hopes.

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    1. I don't think Bumburing will hop or jump or something. Someone is jealous of him. He never say anything that is out of the league.

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    2. Bumburing is consistent struggling for RCI.

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    3. Yeah correct. He's still waiting for it.

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    4. Biarlah Bumbering sendiri yang menentukannya.

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  4. ooi Tompinai ngawi satukan hati kuatkan semangat pisompuruan supaya kita kuat melawan BN.

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    1. Ya, rakyat Sabah perlulah sentiasa bersatu.

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    2. Mahu lawan BN kena ada pasukan yang kuat tapi pembangkang di Sabah ni masih lugai-lugai.

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    3. Buat apa mau lawan BN, sokong saja lah.

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  5. Hidup PATI hidup BN. PATI akan diakui sebagai satu bangsa rakyat Sabah

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    1. Touch-wood! PATI will never be a 'race' in Sabah!

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    2. PATI tetap PATI sampai kiamat..

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    3. PATI akan menentukan nasib BN?

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  6. Nah ini lagi sejarah betul. Di dalam Perlembagaan Sabah dinyatakan berikut dalam Artikel 1.

    THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF SABAH
    PART I
    THE STATE GOVERNMENT
    Chapter 1 — The Head of State
    1. (1) There shall be a Head of State for Sabah, to be called the Yang di-Pertua Negara, who shall be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong acting in his discretion but after consultation with the Chief Minister.

    Akan tetapi kerajaan Sabah dan ahli politik masa 1970an telah tukar TYT Yang DiPertua Negara kepada Yang DiPertua Negeri.

    Apa macam kalau kita ikut cadangan untuk tukar balik kepada yang asal, Yang DiPertua Negara. Sabah sebuah negara bukan?

    Tapi didalam Buku Jingga, Pakatan akan layan Sabah sebagai sebuah negeri, 1 daripada 13 negeri. Kuasa autonomi yang dijanji oleh Pakatan ialah sebagai sebuah negeri. Ini sama dengan pendirian Umno/BN.

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    1. Ya, sepatutnya Sabah adalah sebuah negara, jadi kita patut ada seorang Yang di-Pertua Negara dilantik oleh Agong dan Ketua Menteri Sabah.

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    2. PR ni boleh harap sangat ka? Napa beriya-iya mahu bertanding di Sabah? Napa tidak bagi laluan sama parti local saja? Macam ada niat tersembunyi..

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    3. jadi PR pun patut ditolak oleh rakyat sabah..

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  7. Ini bukan soal Sabah ini negeri kah atau negara sahaja. Banyak lagi aspek yang BN kecam Sabah secara tidak mengikut 20 perkara. Kalau PR setujui perkara 20 maka Sabah di akui sebagai negeri pun tak apa.

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    1. Sabah bukan satu negeri, tapi sebuah negara yang bersetuju untuk menubuhkan Malaysia bersama dengan negara Sarawak dan negara Malaya.

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    2. mana boleh....sabah satu negara, maka mesti diajui sebagai sebuah negara...

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  8. Datuk Anwar said something big will happen in Sabah politics, is he hinting about the exit of these two leaders- Lajim Ukin and Wilfred Bumburing from PKR?

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    1. DSAI likes to day dream. Don't you know?

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    2. anwar cakap besar saja tu...dia cakap kalau PR kalah dia akan bersara...jadi dia takut lah tu sekarang PR akan kalah..

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    3. Anwar only knows how to exaggerate stuff. Don't believe him 100 %.

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    4. kamu percaya ke Anwar akan bersara nnti.. Anwar kan mmg kuat kelentong.

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    5. kalau berani, DSAI dedahkanlah pemimpin2 BN yang dikatakan akan keluar parti tu.

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    6. Datuk Anwar terdesak sangat untuk mendapatkan Lajim dan BUmburing dalam Parti, baik berenti lh bermimpi.

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  9. Looks like PKR made the wrong speculations this time, Lajim and Bumburing have no intention of leaving the party. They are still loyal to BN-UMNO.

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    1. khabar angin saja...

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    2. Rumours which intentionally made to confuse the people.

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    3. Ada niat ataupun sebaliknya, tuan punya badan saja yang tahu.

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    4. Anything could happen in politics. Let see what happen next!

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    5. Ini lah dunia politik, macam2 boleh jadi, dan semua benda boleh di jadikan isu, terpulang kepada rakyat untuk menilai mana yang betul dan mana yang tidak boleh di percayai.

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  10. If lajim stay then its should be no problem but make sure he stay for the people not because he had a hidden agenda.

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    1. I hope he is really sincere in fighting for the people.

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    2. Lajim perlu tetapkan pendirian berjuang bersama BN. jangan jadi seperti JK.

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    3. Apapun, jika Lajim dan Bumburing masih bersama UMNO, jalankan tugas sebaik mungkin, rakyat jangan di lupai.

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  11. Lajim you better make a clear statement on ur status in BN.

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    1. Lajim says to PM, if I stay in BN, I want this, this, this, this and this...... and to AI, if I jump to Pkr, I want this, that, this, that and that...................

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    2. bukan diorang si lajim sudah menjelaskan pendirian mereka kah?

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    3. Lajim must be firm with his decision.

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    4. sebelum ini lajim dah jelaskan dia akan terus bersama UMNO. kenapa isu ini masih lagi dipanaskan?

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    5. Isu ini akan terus di panaskan oleh pembangkang, biarpun Lajim sudah membuat keputusan yang akan kekal bersama UMNO.

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  12. Who knows if this is a make up story.

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  13. How authentic is this?

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  14. I was expecting more of this.

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  15. Guess no one really had the intention of leave the party.

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  16. Make-up stories everyway.

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  17. Now Lajim said he will join PKR and he is not scared of anything except God and his parents.

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    1. Belum lagi, ada syarat belum ngam lagi.

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    2. belum pun ada kenyataan rasmi yang lajim akan masuk PKR.

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  18. Gosh, can't believe Anwar could be that desperate to get BN MPs to join his party.

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    1. Its expected because Pkr Sabah is very weak with little support and has no capable leaders.

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  19. Isu khalid di Selangor apa cerita...banyak penyelewengan berlaku di Selangor.

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    1. negeri yang ditadbir PR seperti selangor dan p.pinang pun banyak masalah yang berlaku juga.

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  20. Lambat-laun lajim perlu buat keputusan.

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  21. Apa yang berlaku sekarang ini cuma khabar angin daripada pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab yang cuba menjatuhkan pemimpin BN Sabah. Tapi tidak perlu risau rakyat tahu menilai sendiri mengenai perkara ini.

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    1. biarlah rakyat sendiri yang tentukan siapa pilihan mereka nanti.

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  22. Isu ini berkaitan antara Datuk Lajim dan juga Datuk Bumburing yang dikhabarkan akan meninggalkan BN. Tapi masih menanti benar atau tidak perkara ini.

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  23. pelbagai isu yang dimainkan. tapi lebih baik tunggu dan lihat saja.

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  24. semua parti pun sibuk meraih sokongan rakyat. jadi rakyat harus bijak menilai dan jangan cepat terpengaruh.

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