Does DAP have any conscience?
I was asked for a short comment on the above news article.
Even though my understanding of the Chinese language is very limited, I can still make out the offensive message loud and clear.
Teng Chang Khim (left), DAP speaker of the Selangor Legislative Assembly stated that his party will be fielding candidates in Chinese-majority seats in Sabah and labelled SAPP as Sabah Regressive Party.
For those of you who didn’t know: he is one of the 2 DAP state leaders who went against his own party policy by accepting a “datukship” while still in public office "Karpal Singh ticks off two party leaders who accepted Datukships" and worse, refused to abide by protocol to wear the “songkok” then. Read "DAP menjadi Songkokphobia" and "DAP's Double-faced Hypocrites" .
And now back to the main issue of today: Is Teng speaking on behalf of Lim Guan Eng or Lim Kit Siang?
Last I read, Anwar Ibrahim stated that Pakatan Rakyat will be working with SAPP and not against it in the coming election "Talks going on well with SAPP, says Anwar"
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Is Teng authorized by his party bosses to contradict the Head of Pakatan Rakyat? By doing what he did, has he destroyed whatever little integrity his party still has in Sabah?
In the 2008 general election, it was reported in the main stream media that defeated BN-PBS candidate lawyer Chin Teck Ming in the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat complained to the BN leadership to take disciplinary actions against SAPP for campaigning and throwing their support to DAP candidates in Sabah.
The same voters who elected Melanie Chia Chui Ket in Luyang also elected Hiew King Cheu in Kota Kinabalu and those who elected Chua Soon Bui in Tawau also elected Wong Sze Phin in Sri Tanjong.
By making fun of SAPP, not only has Teng insulted each and every SAPP member who supported and campaigned for DAP in 2008, he has also offended beyond redemption all the voters who elected SAPP candidates and DAP candidates in Kota Kinabalu and Sri Tanjong which DAP won marginally.
DAP’s chances of being returned are now on its way to the cold South China and Celebes seas respectively.
Dated the 23rd day of December 2012 by Vidal Yudin Weil
DAP is all talk cock and bull. They don't have organisation, financial and management skills, History has shown that DAP Sabah is not relevant to voters here unless there are no choice eg. in Sarawak, which Dap made a mess there. What had they achieved? Nothing, so don't let it happen here in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteSAPP will not cooperate with DAP.
ReplyDeleteThey have own agenda to achieve.
DeleteSAPP dan DAP tidak boleh bersatu hati.
Deleteapa yang kita tahu SAPP tidak akan bersama dengan DAP. Kerana DAP telah memulakan permusuhan dengan SAPP.
ReplyDeletesukarlah DAP dan SAPP nak bekerjasama.
DeletePercayalah yang mana SAPP tidak akan bersama dengan DAP. SAPP hanya suka bersama dengan PKR.
ReplyDeleteDAP tidak patut disokong di Negeri Sabah ini. Perlu dihalau keluar daripada Sabah.
ReplyDeleteBN tetap akan menjadi pilihan penduduk Sabah. Itulah yang kita dapat lihat sebenarnya.
ReplyDeleteIni juga bergantung kepada rakyat sendiri untuk menentukannya.
DeletePelbagai pembangunan telah dilakukan oleh kerajaan Bn untuk Sabah. Tapi sayangnya Pembangkang membutakan mata mengenai semua kejayaan kerajaan BN ini.
ReplyDeleteApa yang SAPP telah berikan kepada Sabah? Cuba bezakan dengan Kerajaan BN.
ReplyDeleteSAPP semakin ditolak oleh rakyat jika dibandingkan dengan BN.
DeleteIsu yang hangat semasa SAPP adalah isu mengenai SAS yang mengalami kerugian yang besar.
ReplyDeleteTidak perlu percaya dengan SAPP lagi, apa sumbangan mereka kepada Sabah?
DeleteTapi SAPP tidak mahu mengaku mengenai perkara tersebut. Tambahan lagi masa itu Ketua Menteri adalah Yong Teck Lee.
ReplyDeleteJadi sebaiknya angan mudah terpedaya dengan permainan yang dibuat oleh pihak pembangkang. Berfikir sebelum menukar kerajaan.
ReplyDeleteSedangkan dalam PR sendiri banyak yang tidak sehaluan, inikan lagi DAP dengan parti luar PR seperti SAPP.
ReplyDeleteDi SM,DAP la parti yang menentang keras PAS untuk laksanakan hudud.
ReplyDeleteDAP patut sedar mereka hanyalah parti dari seberang. patut mereka fokus pada SM.
ReplyDeleteMasing-masing ada peluang, mungkin ada juga rakyat di Sabah melompat parti untuk memberi peluang kepada DAP atau pembangkang lain untuk membuktikannya?
Deletekerjasama yang dijalankan antara SAPP dan parti2 PR sudah dilaung2kan dari tahun lalu tapi sampai sekarang belum lagi wujud kesepakatan.
ReplyDeleteDi manakah Presiden SAPP, Yong Teck Lee, calon PRK DUN mahu meletak muka beliau apabila isteri Anwar Ibrahim menghina dan menuduh beliau sebagai pengacau (spoiler) di dalam pilihanraya kecil DUN Batu Sapi?
ReplyDeleteApakah Yong Teck Lee sudah tiada maruah lagi hingga sanggup diperlekeh-lekehkan oleh Wan Azizah, Presiden PKR yang dirinya sendiri tidak dapat mentadbir parti dengan baik dan adil?
ReplyDeleteJika kita turuti perkembangan Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) yang diterajui oleh Yong Teck Lee, parti tersebut seolah-olah diperkecil-kecilkan oleh Pengerusi DAP Sabah, Dr Hiew King Cheu yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Kota Kinabalu.
ReplyDeleteTatkala Hiew King Cheu mendabik dada mengatakan Pakatan Rakyat dan DAP adalah parti Nasional, beliau telah menghina SAPP dengan mengatakan parti itu adalah ‘parti nyamuk’. Jika kita teliti, keangkuhan Ahli Parlimen Kota Kinabalu itu mempunyai sebab yang tersirat.
ReplyDeleteHiew King Cheu berkemungkinan mengapi-apikan ketidakpercayaan dan keburukan SAPP dengan harapan Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan bersekongkol dengan SAPP supaya kerusi parlimen Kota Kinabalu selamat ditangan beliau.
ReplyDeleteMaka kerana itu, Pengerusi DAP Sabah itu begitu beria-ia menimbulkan persoalan-persoalan yang seolah-olah menghina parti SAPP.
ReplyDeleteDalam masa yang sama, pencalonan ‘Taiko’ Yong Teck Lee, Presiden SAPP dilihat sebagai satu tindakan desperate parti SAPP untuk menyambung talian hayat parti tersebut. ‘Taiko Sabah’ ini ingin membuktikan bahawa parti beliau masih mendapat tempat di hati rakyat Sabah sebagai parti tempatan yang kononnya mampu memperjuangkan nasib rakyat Sabah.
ReplyDeletePencalonan Presiden SAPP, Yong Teck Lee adalah do or die untuk beliau dan parti SAPP. Jika beliau kalah, SAPP berkemungkinan besar akan lumpuh buat selama-lamanya. Tetapi jika beliau menang, SAPP bakal mendapat nafas baru menjadi parti pembangkang yang tidak boleh dipandang kecil oleh Pakatan Rakyat.
ReplyDeleteKonflik dan konfrontasi kuasa bakal berlaku di antara SAPP dan Pakatan Rakyat sebagai parti pembangkang di mana SAPP tidak perlu mengikut arahan Pakatan Rakyat.
ReplyDeleteJika kita teliti, parti SAPP mungkin mempunyai sasaran kerusi Parlimen, DUN dan agenda pilihanraya umum ke-13 yang berlawanan dengan aspirasi PKR, DAP dan PAS.
ReplyDeleteSAPP mungkin akan cuba menakluki kerusi parlimen Kota Kinabalu yang dipegang oleh Pengerusi DAP Sabah sekarang.
ReplyDeleteSAPP mahu mencuba nasib untuk terus hidup di persada politik Sabah. Parti-parti seperti DAP semestinya tidak boleh duduk diam dan sangat gusar dengan percaturan Yong Teck Lee dan SAPP.
ReplyDeleteBegitulah realiti Parti Pembangkang yang luarannya tampak indah dengan mimpi dan impian tetapi hakikatnya, mereka saling berebut kuasa dan ‘bercakaran’ di antara satu sama lain. Rakyat sudah tahu!
ReplyDeleteSAPP cuma ngam dgn PKR.
ReplyDeleteBgigitan ba diorang ni.
ReplyDeleteAnd it is funny thing to know this actually happening.
ReplyDeleteLucu bana.
ReplyDeleteThe Umno information machinery has outlined various strategies for the upcoming 13th general election (GE) with emphasis on three main objectives; to work for a Barisan Nasional victory with two-third majority, to recapture four opposition-ruled states and to increase its popularity vote
ReplyDeleteUmno information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said various aspects of strategies and objectives were discussed at the Enhancing Professionalism Retreat of the Information Welfare and Recreation Club in Melaka which ended early this week.
ReplyDeleteAll preparations have been made, some are being mobilised while planning is still being carried out until the polling day has been been announced
ReplyDeleteOn winning the two-third majority, Ahmad Maslan said he was confident it could be achieved as BN only needed to win a minimum of eight seats to its 140 seats it won in the 12th GE, to obtain the two-third majority from the 222 seats in the contest on condition that there were no quarters sabotaging the party.
ReplyDeleteHe said he was confident that at least 20 seats controlled by the opposition coalition could be captured by BN with five from PAS, five from DAP and 10 from PKR.
ReplyDeleteAhmad Maslan said in the 2008 GE, he saw voters in several states shifting their support due to promises made by Pakatan Rakyat, nonetheless after what had happened in the states administered by them, many voters were returning to BN.
ReplyDeleteOn BN’s side, nobody summoned us as we fulfill all our promises. Now they avoid talking about their previous GE promises
ReplyDeleteThe opposition will not succeed in penetrating Sabah, led by the Barisan Nasional (BN) under Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, in the next general election, said Sabah Information Executive Councillor Datuk Sapawi Ahmad.
ReplyDelete"Based on the current political scenario and the confidence shown by the people, Sabah BN will definitely win in the next general election,"
DeleteSapawi, who is also Sipitang MP, said that since the BN took over the state government in 1994, Sabah''s financial position has strengthened, particularly with Musa's leadership.
Delete"Sabah only had a financial reserve of around RM300 million (in 1994) but it has increased substantially to RM3.3 billion as noted in the Auditor-General's Report.
Delete"This translates to good administration, especially economically, by the state government," he said. He also said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was a man of his word, and called on the people not to be influenced by propaganda spread by opposition political parties.
DeleteSabah tetap dalam tangan BN, yang beza cuma berapakah kerusi yang boleh BN menang kali ini.
DeleteAnwar's unwillingness or inability to sort out his bedraggled troops ahead of GE13 is set to become an election issue in itself.
ReplyDeleteAside from the internal strife afflicting his own PKR in the form of the battle to the death for control of Selangor, his refusal to put PAS in its place over its Islamist agenda has allowed the issue to undermine coalition solidarity ahead of the election. Even the Opposition-friendly media now admit disunity between the parties will cost Pakatan Rakyat dearly.
DeleteBut what should he say to DAP, the party that presents itself as the well-run, well-funded machine of the Opposition coalition? In just the past few days, the secular party has managed to conjure up a damaging schism out of thin air.
DeleteOr to be precise, party Chairman Karpal Singh has managed to create a totally unnecessary and ill-timed rift. Karpal's views on "one man, one seat" are well known. He believes that busy 21st century politicians do not have the time or energy to hold seats in both state and federal legislative houses if they are doing their jobs properly.
DeleteBut the way he has doggedly pursued his cause on the brink of a national poll defies logic, and he has now perfectly divided the party. Lining up on his side are Pahang vice-chairman J Apalasamy, Taman Gembira branch chairman Ivan Ho Fook Keong, and Perak DAP chief Ngeh Khoo Ham.
DeleteOn the other side, everyone else who holds two seats including Lim Guan Eng, party organising secretary Teresa Kok and all those who dare not disagree with their iron-fisted Secretary General.
DeleteAnd now we have a situation where Karpal's party colleagues are publicly rebuking him not for just for his stand, but for making it an issue at such a bad time. In a priceless piece of understatement, Selangor Assembly Speaker Datuk Teng Chang Khim said Karpal's public campaign has created "unnecessary disputes and problems"
DeleteYou don't say, Teng. In Selangor, Karpal's opponents have 40,000 reasons to disagree with him. That's how much money can be earned each month by holding by Assembly and Dewan Rakyat seats. An assemblyman's salary is about RM11,700 per month, an executive councillor can earn RM25,000 and an MP about RM15,000 a month.
DeleteThis goes a long way to explaining why Karpal is meeting such stiff opposition. It is a matter of principle only if the politician's key principle is money.
DeleteGiven that this is now dominating our political news cycle, it has moved way beyond being an internal party matter. lt poses serious questions about whether DAP has its house in order and creates problems for Pakatan Rakyat. Because for every headline written about this divisive issue, another story is not being written about issues that really matter. You know, Pakatan's vision for the nation, that sort of thing.
DeleteThen again, maybe he is playing a shrewd game. Having the media focus on "one man, one seat" stops it from stumbling on the fact that he doesn't actually have a comprehensive policy agenda.
DeleteDAP Sabah has called on the new Sabah PKR leadership to immediately take over from the previous leadership on the matter of seat negotiations
ReplyDeleteDAP Sabah publicity secretary Chan Foong Hin yesterday said the new Sabah PKR leadership led by Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini who has been re-appointed as the party’s new state chief, should honor the outcome of previous seat negotiation talks.
ReplyDeleteWelcoming the new leadership transition of Sabah PKR, Chong said DAP Sabah hoped that this would be the last round of reshuffle of Sabah PKR leadership before the 13th General Election which is expected to be held within six months from now.
ReplyDeleteit is crucial to have a proper line-up of Pakatan Rakyat machinery to face the general election.
ReplyDeleteThe new Sabah PKR leadership should honor the outcome of previous seat negotiation talks
ReplyDeletePKR DAP should gear up the progress to settle the remaining overlapping seats, and hopefully the final round of seat talk can be accomplished before the end of this month
ReplyDeleteEquality principle is the utmost principle which should be uphold by every component party of Pakatan Rakyat
ReplyDeleteThe spirit of ‘no one should be bigger than anyone’ should be adopted in seat negotiation
ReplyDeleteSabah DAP would like to call to impose a presidential condition of ‘ceiling seats’ in order to reflect the equality principle
ReplyDeleteany component party in Pakatan Rakyat should not contest more than 12 of the 25 parliamentary seats and 25 of 60 State Assembly seats in Sabah
ReplyDelete