COMMENT - Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has officially excluded Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) from seat negotiations on Sabah’s opposition front, PKR’s Azmin Ali has confirmed, claiming the party’s demands are too unreasonable to accommodate.
With SAPP out of the seat negotiations, Pakatan can now have all the 576 state seats to contest for the whole of Malaysia for themselves, ironically claiming that SAPP's demands for half of the Sabah state seats of 60 (that is 30 seats) are unreasonable.
Pakatan had wanted the lion's share of state seats while only offering 10 for SAPP to contest.
SAPP, a nearly two-decade-old party led by former Sabah chief minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee, had earlier agreed to collaborate with PR in Election 2013 to topple BN from its east Malaysian fortress, but has been insisting that local parties must contest the lion’s share of the 60 seats in the state’s legislative assembly.
Yong said the peninsula-based PR can contest the majority of Sabah’s 25 federal seats to help its bid for Putrajaya but maintained that administrative power over the state must stay in the hands of parties with roots in Sabah.
He said that this would be in keeping with the state’s right to autonomy as enshrined in the 1963 Malaysia Agreement.
But Azmin told The Malaysian Insider that Yong’s demand for 40 or even half the state’s 60 seats was unreasonable while in fact, the number was reduced by SAPP to half of 60 ie. 30 seats. Azmin must have or intentionally missed the part.
Earlier on, SAPP Youth Chief Edward Dagul told Pakatan not to breach but to honour its pledge during the "Kuching Declaration" in Kuching, Sarawak.
The three main parties of Pakatan Rakyat had on Sep 16, 2012 launched "Kuching Declaration" to declare that Pakatan will restore Sarawak and Sabah's status equal to that Peninsular Malaysia and to safeguard the two States' political interests. It also emphasized on equal representation and autonomy. The declaration was jointly signed by PKR's leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, DAP's YB Lim Kit Siang and PAS president YB Hadi Awang.
Among others, the declaration's Article 1 promises " We will restore the spirit of the Malaysia Agreement and the position of Sarawak and Sabah as equal partners within Malaysia by restoring autonomy to Sarawak and Sabah within the framework of the Federal Constitution".
Under Article 2 on "Fair representation", the declaration promises to "increase national integration between Sarawak, Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia through power-sharing arrangement that fully upholds the spirit of Malaysia Agreement".
With SAPP and Star excluded from the seats negotiation, Pakatan will become wholly Malayan-controlled party coalition without Sabah local-based parties as allies, now having total control over whatever seats they want to control without regard nor respect for the home parties and Sabah territory as equal partners.
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SAPP is disintegrating and the only chance of survival is to put up as many candidates as possible in the GE.This is the promise of its leaders and the expectations of its members without which they will start looking for political shelters somewhere else.On their own they know they will be whitewashed by other parties contesting.They can't even win a single seat so now they are pushing Pakatan to accept them.Pakatan is fully aware of their manoeuvres and before they become a pain in the arse they are booted out first.Well done Pakatan!Now lets see how SAPP members will react.Pathetic!
ReplyDeleteSo bermaksud PAKATAN and SAPP can't cooperation for fight 1 vs 1 in GE 13.. Good News for Sabahan..
DeletePresiden Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP), Datuk Yong Teck Lee berkata beliau bersedia bertanding atas tiket Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) pada pilihan raya umum akan datang sekiranya ketua umum PKR dan Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berjanji akan memberi kuasa autonomi kepada Sabah sekiranya pembangkang menjadi parti pemerintah.
DeleteBekas Ketua Menteri Sabah itu berkata kuasa autonomi untuk Sabah merupakan perkara utama yang diperjuangkan parti itu dan ia sesuatu yang tidak boleh ditukar ganti dan kerajaan negeri Sabah perlu ditentukan rakyat negeri ini sendiri, bukan oleh Kuala Lumpur.
Delete“Kami boleh berunding tentang pengagihan kerusi, tapi autonomi Sabah tidak boleh dirunding.
DeleteMalah, Yong Teck Lee, sanggup bertanding atas tiket PKR sekiranya Anwar berjanji akan memberi autonomi kepada Sabah.
DeleteYong berkata demikian apabila diminta mengulas kenyataan Anwar yang ingin melihat SAPP bergabung dengan pakatan pembangkang dan kesediaan beliau untuk bertolak ansur tentang pengagihan kerusi bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum akan datang.
DeleteBercakap kepada pemberita pada majlis rumah terbuka Tahun Baharu Cina anjuran Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) di sini pada Isnin, beliau berkata ini berbeza dengan kerajaan BN yang lebih menumpu perhatian terhadap keperluan untuk berkhidmat dan memberi yang terbaik kepada rakyat.
DeletePairin, yang juga Presiden PBS, berkata rakyat terutama golongan atas pagarperlu membuat penilaian yang betul terhadap segala usaha dan pendekatan kerajaanBN pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.
DeleteHanya kerajaan BN yang mampu membela dan meningkatkan taraf ekonomi mereka berdasarkan pengalaman melaksanakan pelbagai program tranfsformasi.
DeleteMengenai kesudian SAPP untuk kembali ke pangkuan BN, beliau berkata:
Delete“Sekarang ini mereka sudah keluar…kalau mereka mahu masuk mereka fikir-fikir sendirilah.”
Kita perlu memahami keperluan yang kuat dan usaha untuk mewujudkan satu keadaan nasionalisme yang penuh perasaan cinta kasih sayang antara satu sama lain melalui perayaan.
DeleteDi 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?
DeleteJika 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.
DeleteTatkala 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.
DeletePada pilihanraya Umum tahun 2008, Yong Teck Lee dan SAPP telah menuntut kerusi parlimen Kota Kinabalu daripada BN tetapi telak ditolak.
DeleteSecara peribadi, Hiew 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.
DeleteSAPP berdiri sendiri saja lah...sudah dijangka pertandingan 4 penjuru akan berlaku di sabah.
DeleteJimmy Wong is building alliances with Lajim and Bumburing in the hope that they will make him Deputy
DeleteChief Minister. He wants that post so that he can permanently cast out Sabah DAP adviser Dr Hiew King
Cheu.
IF SAPP & STAR DO NOT UNITE- PAKATAN WILL TAKE OVER BY DEFAULT.
ReplyDeleteIt is important that SAPP and STAR resist PAKATAN attempts to assert Malayan domination of the local opposition as it has does in Sarawak.
UMNO is happy for Pakatan to take over the Sabah Sarawak opposition parties as this will consolidate the complete Malayan control over our 2 countries.
The 18/20 Points Agreements with Malaya will become even less meaningful because Pakatan like UMNO has promised to integrate Sabah Sarawak more closely with Malaya.
In order for Sabah to keep out foreign Malayan interference they must at all cost unite against the alien parties like UMNO and Pakatan.
SAPP and STAR must put aside their differences. They must compromise and share the seats 12/12 over safe or winnable seats and contest the remaining seat in a constituency where neither has dominance. The Parties can share the Chief Ministership if they gain power.
Do it for Sabah and don't let the opportunity slip by for another 50 years.
Use the opportunity to re-assert Sabah independence to keep out alien Malayan domination.
Maka kerana itu, Pengerusi DAP Sabah itu begitu beria-ia menimbulkan persoalan-persoalan yang seolah-olah menghina parti SAPP.
DeletePencalonan 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.
DeleteKonflik dan konfrontasi kuasa bakal berlaku di antara SAPP dan Pakatan Rakyat sebagai parti pembangkang di mana SAPP tidak perlu mengikut arahan Pakatan Rakyat.
DeleteJika kita teliti, parti SAPP mungkin mempunyai sasaran kerusi Parlimen, DUN dan agenda pilihanraya umum ke-13 yang berlawanan dengan aspirasi PKR, DAP dan PAS.
DeleteSAPP mungkin akan cuba menakluki kerusi parlimen Kota Kinabalu yang dipegang oleh Pengerusi DAP Sabah sekarang.
DeletePokoknya, SAPP 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.
DeleteBegitulah 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!
DeletePKR mahu majoriti kerusi DUN sabah...APS dan PPPS juga sudah setuju menggunakan tiket dan bendera PKR..bukannya PAS atau DAP...ini menunjukkan PKR mahu tunjukkan siapa big boss dalam PR...
DeletePRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteHope of compromise with PKR and DAP to have straight fights against BN dashed as leaders ignore forum. IT appears that opposition parties are far from reaching a consensus on a one-to-one contest with Barisan Nasional in Sabah, a key state that could hold sway on who gets to form the next government.
tanda2 pembangkang kalah di sabah sudah jelas kelihatan...penyingkiran SAPP dari rundingan kerusi oleh PKR adalah petanda awal..
DeletePRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteThis is evident from the cancellation of a recent forum aimed at getting key opposition leaders to publicly commit to a straight fight with BN. Organised by Demokrasi Sabah (Desah), the forum came to nought after Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP's Lim Kit Siang failed to turn up.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteDesah, a local-based political pressure group headed by former state secretary Tan Sri Simon Sipaun, had hoped that leaders of PKR, DAP, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and the State Reform Party (STAR), the four main opposition parties expected to feature prominently in Sabah in the 13th general election, would attend the forum.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteDesah deputy chairman Ronnie Klassen said that Anwar did not even bother to respond to their invitation.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDelete"We assume he (Anwar) has his reasons. Nonetheless, we did not receive any confirmation or news from him," he said with a tinge of regret that Desah had to call off the forum because of circumstances beyond its control.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteDesah opined that a one-to-one contest between the opposition and BN was crucial to provide voters a clear choice of who they preferred should form the next government, both at the state and federal levels.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteSuch a hope may unlikely to materialise, going by the snub by Anwar and Lim to the Desah forum.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteWhile the Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee-led SAPP appears to be prepared to compromise with PKR and DAP on the seats it intends to contest in order to avoid a split in opposition votes, STAR seems to have other ideas.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteLed by political nomad Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR had openly made a stand that PKR and DAP should focus mainly on the 25 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Sabah, while the 60 state seats should be left to the local-based opposition parties to contest.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeletePolitical analysts believe that the recent defection of BN members of parliament Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin (Beaufort) and Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing (Tuaran) to the opposition had made negotiations for common opposition candidates to take on the BN even more complicated.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteIt is learnt that the two only agreed to support the opposition pact after Anwar acceded to their request to be allowed to decide on the candidates for certain seats.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteAnwar had purportedly given a written undertaking to Lajim and Bumburing that they would have the "power" to decide the opposition candidates for some of the Muslim and non-Muslim majority seats.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteBoth Lajim and Bumburing had respectively set up Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPS) and Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (PPS) as a platform to entice potential candidates, especially those currently aligned with BN, to join them.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteLajim had even publicly announced that the majority of Muslim-dominated seats in Sabah would be contested by his yet-to-be registered PPS, raising the ire of state PKR chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteThamrin dismissed Lajim's claim, insisting that Lajim's power base was mainly in Beaufort and that the strength of the opposition lay in its ability to arrive at decisions based on consensus.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteThe opposition leaders in Sabah have repeatedly expressed their optimism at reaching a compromise on fielding a single candidate to take on BN, but it is probably "easier said than done".
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteThe parochial stance of the local opposition leaders, particularly Kitingan, is also seen as a stumbling block for the opposition to strike a compromise.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteKitingan, who had changed his political affiliation no less than seven times, with PKR as his last stop before joining the Sarawak-based STAR, had openly said that Sabahans should be allowed to decide their destiny without interference of outside parties.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeletePerhaps, the biggest hurdle the opposition in Sabah needs to clear before it can strike a compromise on a straight fight against BN is to agree on who should be the chief minister if they succeeded in unseating the state BN government.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDelete"I don't think the opposition will ever be able to cooperate as it is obvious that its leaders, especially Kitingan, Yong and Lajim all aspire to become the chief minister," said state BN secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan.
PRU BELUM BERMULA TAPI PEMBANGKANG SABAH SUDAHPUN BERHADAPAN DENGAN MASALAH BESAR.. DALAM KATA LAIN, TANDA2 UNTUK KALAH TU SUDAH JELAS KELIHATAN
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the state BN, under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, is all set to mount the opposition challenge. In contrast to the opposition, component members of the state BN are said to have agreed on the ruling coalition's list of candidates for the election.
pakatan pembangkang sebagai parti "touch and go" yang tidak mempunyai dasar jelas untuk mentadbir dan mengubah negara.
ReplyDeleterakyat agar tidak terpedaya dengan helah pembangkang,
ReplyDeletependekatan pembangkang hanya mencipta dan memainkan isu dengan harapan memenangi hati dan minda rakyat.
ReplyDeletePakatan tidak tahu bagaimana mahu menyelesaikan masalah, objektif mereka hanya untuk membentuk kerajaan dan akan bergaduh sesama mereka
ReplyDeleteisu2 rakyat dipolitikkan untuk kepentingan politik dan agenda peribadi pemimpin2 pembangkang..
DeleteIni sudah dibuktikan di negeri yang mereka tadbir termasuk di Selangor dan Pulau Pinang
ReplyDeletepakatan parti pembangkang itu tidak akan bertahan kerana pakatan mereka berdasarkan 'marriage of covenience' atau kesenangan bersama.
ReplyDeleteini terbukti pakatan rakyat tidak bernaung di bawah satu bendera seperti BN..
Deletecontoh tanda-tanda perpecahan dalam pakatan semakin ketara dengan isu terbaharu membabitkan cadangan Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang sebagai Perdana Menteri jika mereka menang pilihan raya umum ke-13
ReplyDeletepemimpin pembangkang lain termasuk Lim Guan Eng, yang dilapor berkata DAP berpegang kepada konsensus sebelum ini bahawa Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan dilantik Perdana Menteri jika pembangkang menang pilihan raya umum akan datang.
ReplyDeleteperebutan dalaman sudah menjadi budaya pakatan pembangkang kerana mereka "berkawan" untuk mengaburi mata rakyat dalam usaha mahu memerintah negara.
ReplyDeleteSemua ini berbeza dengan Barisan Nasional (BN) di bawah kepimpinan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang mempunyai dasar dan arah yang jelas
ReplyDeleteBN bersedia membuat keputusan yang sukar demi negara.
ReplyDeleteBN parti yang bertanggungjawab dan mahu maju ke hadapan serta mengubah negara
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that just eight months ago Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was crowing as though his Sabah quest was as good as done. He had a secured two mid-ranking defectors and only had to complete a deal with SAPP to finish the job.
ReplyDeleteFor a man like Anwar, who places more faith in gaining power by defection than he does by formulating policies and winning voter trust, they were exciting times.
ReplyDeleteThey were also, as it now turns out, a total illusion because the elusive deal that has tormented Anwar for months is now dead and buried. PKR's Azmin Ali has Saturday announced that Pakatan Rakyat and SAPP couldn't come to a deal on seat sharing in the state.
ReplyDelete"I am not blaming them for anything, simply that their demands are unreasonable," Azmin said.
ReplyDeleteDon't be fooled by Azmin's matter-of-fact language. He might pretend that losing the affiliation with SAPP is not a big deal but make no mistake - this is the one that got away. For one thing, of course, SAPP used to be BN-aligned and that alone gave it trophy status in Anwar's eyes.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, Anwar performed an impromptu cabaret act last July when he secured the services of Tuaran MP Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing and former Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin. But SAPP is bigger than two men, it is a fully-formed political party with an identity in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteThe issue, which ended any hope of a deal was said to be SAPP's greed. The party reportedly demanded it field candidates in eight federal seats and 40 of the sixty state seats. Why it thought it deserved so many, given that it won just two and four respectively in 2008 is anyone's guess. Ultimately it was Anwar's job to manage those expectations but he failed to do so. Remember, Anwar doesn't do tough conversations does he? He's more of a back-slapping man.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, Anwar actively inflamed the problem by publicly speculating that SAPP is not as "formidable" as it believes. This infuriated SAPP President and founder Yong Teck Lee and, as we now know, the relationship between the two didn't recover.
ReplyDeleteThe collapse of the SAPP deal leaves Anwar in a pickle in Sabah. He still has to dole out seats to Bumburing's APS and Lajim's PPPS – their loyalty doesn't come for free – but it is now too late to come up with another strategy to win the state in time for GE13. What would he do, go to the voters and say: We never really believed in SAPP, now how about I sell you some policies? That opportunity, like the SAPP deal, is also dead.
ReplyDeleteAnd Anwar's problems in Sabah are still mounting up. Thursday witnessed the resignations by 14 Sabah Wanita PKR members, with dissatisfaction over the number of seats PKR will have to cede to APS and PPPS said to be the driving issue. Some of those women had hoped to be contesting assembly seats or even federal seats at GE13 and now they have been dumped in favour of Anwar's preferred defectors. It's all a total mess really.
ReplyDeleteLast year, when Anwar was on one of his forays to East Malaysia, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak also found himself there on the same weekend. What they said and did speaks volumes about both men. Anwar was in Sabah, again crowing about defections and laughing at the guaranteed demise of BN in the state. Najib was in Sarawak, standing in the rain, turning the first sod for a new university and talking about education and development.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, one man was trying to get power the easy way and the other was engaging potential voters the correct way – listening to their concerns, and then spelling out policies and spending plans that will change lives not just in the next parliamentary term, but in the next decade.
ReplyDeleteThe SAPP Sabah sideshow is now thankfully over. Anwar has been rebuffed, but it is unlikely that he has learned anything valuable from the experience.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's two-day trip to Sabah beginning today will be closely watched as he is “diving” into the hotbed of Beaufort and Tuaran during his visit, likely to be his last to the state before Parliament is dissolved.
ReplyDeleteThese two Parliamentary seats belonged to Barisan Nasional until recently when Umno supreme council member Datuk Lajim Ukin of Beaufort and Upko deputy president Datuk Wilfred Bumburing of Tuaran ditched the coalition.
DeleteThe two turncoat MPs formed two NGOs aligned to Pakatan Rakyat and are likely to re-contest their seats under the PKR ticket.
DeleteAlthough the two claim they are dissatisfied with the Sabah leadership, the popular notion among Barisan is that they “leap-frogged” out of the coalition because they were unlikely to be fielded in the 13th general election.
DeleteNajib's visit to Sabah a state seen as a fixed deposit for Barisan will be to assess the ground and counter numerous allegations made by visiting Pakatan leaders such as Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
DeleteThe Prime Minister will be in Beaufort, the heartland of the Bisaya community, tomorrow morning, and in the afternoon, he will be in Tuaran, where the Dusun of Lotod sub-ethnic group form the majority. Najib will be addressing the crowd on various issues and on top of the list will be illegal immigrants in the state.
DeleteThe immigrant issue, which the Opposition and the two ex-Barisan members have been using to flog the Government, has somewhat been “diluted” when a Royal Commission of Inquiry was set up.
DeleteHowever, Opposition leaders have been taking advantage of the testimonies at the RCI although the hearing has a long way to go before any conclusion can be drawn.
DeleteNajib is also expected to tackle internal feuding not only among state Barisan parties but within state Umno leaders, especially on candidacy, when he meets them tonight.
DeleteSabah Barisan secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said there had been a lot of accusations against the state and federal governments, particularly about lack of development, and Najib would use this meeting to explain to the people “Barisan's side of the story”.
Delete“There have been far too many wild accusations and there is no better person to explain all these than the Prime Minister himself. We will be give him a rousing welcome that reflects the coalition's strength in the two areas,” he said.
DeleteTamparuli assemblyman Datuk Jahid Jahim, whose constituency is under MP Bumburing's Tuaran seat, said there was no denying that the latter's ditching of the Barisan fold had had an impact but the effect was not strong enough to crumble the coalition's fort.
Delete“The Prime Minister's visit will bring about the feeling of inclusiveness in the people. He has gone to other parts of Sabah and him coming to Tuaran will make the rakyat happy. To say there is no development in the area is untrue. We will be pushing for whatever development that the former Barisan MP did not help materialise,” he said.
DeleteThe Prime Minister's trip is seen as crucial to keep the Barisan momentum upbeat in all the 25 parliamentary and 60 state seats in Sabah.
DeleteSAPP won't has the chance.
ReplyDeleteNajib, who is also Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, said unlike the opposition, the BN adopted the concept of power sharing among component parties and held the reins of government since independence.
ReplyDeleteThe government should be judged by the implementation of its promises to the people.
ReplyDeleteSabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee is ready to contest on a Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) ticket in the upcoming general election, if PKR de facto leader and Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim promises to give Sabah autonomy should the opposition emerge victorious.
ReplyDeleteHe is out of the league.
ReplyDeletePakatan Rakyat (PR) sangat yakin mereka tidak memerlukan Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) untuk mengalahkan Barisan Nasional (BN) di Sabah, negeri yang dianggap penting untuk merealisasikan impian mereka untuk menawan Putrajaya dalam Pilihan Raya 2013.
ReplyDeleteKedua PR dan sekutu baru mereka Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS) dan Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPPS) memberitahu The Malaysian Insider perlawanan di Sabah, seperti negeri lain di Malaysia, akan tertumpu kepada diantara BN dan PR.
Semua pemain lain dalam pertempuran akan dianggap “tidak relevan” untuk membuat perubahan dalam undi pembangkang, kata mereka.
ReplyDeleteBarisan pembangkang di Sabah amat sesak, dengan tiga parti PR DAP, PKR dan PAS, sekutu baru APS dan PPPS, dan dua parti pembangkang lain SAPP dan Parti Pembaharuan Negeri (STAR) yang di pimpin oleh ahli politik veteran, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
Semua tujuh pergerakan politik sebelum ini mahu bersatu menentang BN tetapi kegagalan pengagihan kerusi menyebabkan pilihan raya akan datang mungkin akan menyaksikan pertandingan tiga atau empat penjuru melawan BN.
ReplyDeleteSekutu PR baru berasaskan Sabah, Ketua APS Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing (gambar) memberitahu The Malaysian Insider keengganan SAPP untuk mengalah dari permintaan yang “tamak” untuk bertanding sekurang-kurangnya lebih separuh darpada 60 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) menyebabkan rundingan kerusi mereka dengan PR mengalami kebuntuan.
Beliau memanggil ketua SAPP sebagai “anggur masam” kerana memulakan peperangan mulut terhadap dirinya dan seorang lagi sekutu baru PR Sabah, Ketua PPPS Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, selepas menyedari permintaan kerusi parti mereka akan ditolak.
ReplyDeleteMinggu lepas, ketua SAPP Datuk Yong Teck Lee menyamakan kedua-dua lelaki itu sebagai kerbau yang dicucuk hidung, mengatakan kedua-duanya terpaksa tunduk kepada pemimpin-pemimpin PR di Semenanjung untuk melobi kerusi dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang.
“Saya tidak sedikitpun tersinggung dengan kenyataannya,” kata Bumburing dalam perbualan telefon bersama The Malaysian Insider. “Beliau hanyalah anggur masam. Mengetahui peluangnya dengan PR hampir gagal, beliau cuba untuk mengeluarkan kata-kata mengarut untuk merendahkan kami.”
ReplyDeleteAhli parlimen Tuaran itu menambah, Yong bekas ketua menteri Sabah yang agenda partinya hanya untuk mempertahankan Sabah ditangan parti berasaskan Sabah, tidak pernah berminat dengan perjuangan pembangkang.
“Beliau hanya mahu menyertai perjuangan dengan cara ini kerana mahu menjadi ketua menteri sekali lagi ... ia hanya kepentingan peribadi beliau. Jadi beliau begitu terdesak untuk mempunyai cara beliau ... ini adalah peluang peluang terakhir untuk beliau menjadi ketua menteri lagi,” tegas Bumburing.
ReplyDelete“Tetapi lihatlah, walaupun dalam sejarah politik Sabah, tidak pernah ada pertembungan satu lawan satu. Tetapi rakyat Sabah sentiasa mengundi untuk kedua-dua pihak utama dalam pertempuran.”
“Saya tahu dengan pasti rakyat kini sedang membuat keputusan, dan bagi kebanyakan, mereka sudah membuat keputusan ... jadi apabila kempen bermula, pilihan adalah diantara PR dan BN. SAPP dan lain-lain, hanya akan membuat sedikit perbezaan.
ReplyDelete“SAPP dan STAR hanya bermain politik di celah-celah ... mereka akan kekal hilang di tengah-tengah,” kata Bumburing.
Naib Presiden PKR Chua Tian Chang memberitahu The Malaysian Insider pada hujung minggu beliau bersetuju dengan Bumburing bahawa tumpuan pertandingan pilihan raya yang akan datang adalah di antara BN dan PR.
ReplyDelete“Itu adalah perjuangan dari awal-awal lagi ... jangkaan kami adalah kita semua komited kepada satu agenda, dan itu adalah bagi orang ramai untuk memilih antara BN dan PR.
“Kami telah sentiasa berminat dalam berkongsi kerusi dengan SAPP tetapi malangnya, mereka tidak dapat menyertai kami. Jadi sekarang, kita tidak mempunyai pilihan tetapi untuk bergerak ke hadapan antara PR, APS dan PPPS,” katanya.
Minggu lalu Timbalan Presiden PKR Mohamed Azmin Ali mengatakan SAPP telah secara rasmi dikeluarkan dari rundingan kerusi bersama PR, oleh kerana parti berasaskan Sabah itu enggan mengalah dari menuntut sekurang-kurangnya separuh daripada 60 kerusi DUN Sabah.
ReplyDeleteHujah Yong adalah kuasa pentadbiran Sabah untuk kekal di tangan rakyat Sabah, hanya parti berasaskan negeri perlu bertanding sejumlah besar daripada 60 kerusi.
PR berasaskan Semenanjung, katanya, boleh mengambil majoriti 25 kerusi parlimen Sabah, membenarkan impian mereka untuk mewakili negeri tersebut di Parlimen dan untuk merampas Putrajaya.
Dalam Pilihan Raya 2008, BN menyapu 59 daripada 60 kerusi DUN dan 24 daripada 25 kerusi parlimen. Kemudiannya dalam tahun 2008, SAPP menarik diri dari BN, membawal kedua-dua ahli parlimen dan dua kerusi DUN bersama mereka.
ReplyDeletePertandingan dalam pilihan raya akan datang akan menjadi paling sengit antara BN dan PR dan semua mata akan tertumpu kepada keputusan di Sabah, Sarawak dan Johor, tiga negeri di mana BN masih mempunyai perwakilan yang kuat.
Tilikan pawang politik bahawa Pakatan Rakyat di Sabah bakal berpecah dan punah semakin menjadi realiti yang pahit bagi pembangkang.
ReplyDeleteIni berikutan beberapa perkembangan terbaru berhubung kedudukan politik pembangkang di Sabah yang bercita-cita untuk menawan negeri itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke 13 yang bakal diadakan dalam masa terdekat.
ReplyDeletePertama adalah kenyataan Timbalan Presiden PKR Azmin Ali yang mengesahkan Pakatan Rakyat telah menutup pintu perbincangan pengagihan kerusi dengan Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) pimpinan bekas Ketua Menteri Yong Teck Lee.
ReplyDeletePakatan Rakyat mendakwa SAPP bersikap keras kepala untuk membolot majoriti kerusi Parlimen dan DUN dan tidak mahu bertolak ansur dengan PKR, Dap dan Pas.
ReplyDeleteSikap parochial dan kenegerian ini menambahkan pening kepala Ketua Pembangkang Anwar Ibrahim apabila pendirian 'Sabah Untuk Sabah' ini disokong pula oleh Parti Pembaharuan Negeri (STAR) yang diketuai oleh Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
ReplyDeleteDr Jeffrey yang dikenali sebagai salah satu 'raja lompat parti' di Sabah pernah menjadi Naib Pengerusi PKR satu ketika dulu.
ReplyDeleteBeliau meninggalkan PKR setelah bertelagah dengan Anwar yang menyisihkannya daripada jawatan Pengerusi Perhubungan PKR Sabah lalu menubuhkan STAR.
ReplyDeleteSituasi Pakatan Rakyat bertambah getir apabila Naib Ketua Wanita PKR Sabah dan beberapa pimpinan lain keluar parti minggu lalu menyebabkan Ketua Wanita Zuraida Kamaruddin terpaksa mengeluarkan kenyataan untuk mententeramkan keadaan.
ReplyDeleteJika Anwar tidak dapat menyelesaikan isu pengagihan kerusi menjelang PRU13 dalam beberapa minggu lagi, nampaknya Pakata Rakyat terpaksa berdepan dengan pertandingan 3, 4 malah 5 penjuru atau lebih di kesemua 60 kerusi DUN dan 25 kawasan Parlimen.
ReplyDeleteBukan sahaja ia terpaksa berhadapan dengan jentera pilihan raya Barisan Nasional yang lengkap, efisien dan kuat tetapi juga terpaksa menepis cabaran daripada SAPP, STAR serta barisan calo-calon bebas.
ReplyDeleteNatijahnya undi pembangkang akan bercemperai di peti undi dan ini akan menjadi faktor kukuh yang menyumbang kepada kemenangan besar di Sabah.
ReplyDeletePilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) yang semakin hampir menyaksikan perebutan pembahagian kerusi antara penjuru pada semua kerusi yang dipertandingkan terutama bagi pihak pembangkang di Sabah.
ReplyDeletePerbalahan antara parti pembangkang nasional dan tempatan untuk bertanding satu lawan satu adalah tidak mungkin, dan situasi ini dijangka memberi peluang yang besar untuk Barisan Nasional mengekalkan Sabah.
ReplyDeleteRundingan antara Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) yang diketuai oleh Datuk Yong Teck Lee dan Star Sabah, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan dengan Pakatan Rakyat menemui jalan buntu.
ReplyDeleteSemua tanda-tanda menunjukkan bahawa SAPP dan Star Sabah mungkin akan melakukan perjanjian untuk memberi perhatian kepada agenda Sabah manakala Pakatan Rakyat dengan sekutu tempatan Ahli Parlimen Tuaran, Datuk Wilfred Bumburing dan Ahli Parlimen Beaufort MP, Datuk Lajim Ukin akan bertanding bersendirian di 60 negeri dan 25 kerusi Parlimen .
ReplyDelete"Pintu sudah tutup tapi belum kunci'' Bumburing berkata Selasa, membayangkan bahawa PKR, DAP dan PAS di bawah Pakatan akan bekerjasama dengan beliau dan Lajim.
ReplyDeleteBumburing berkata bahawa tradisi pengundi Sabah hanya akan memilih antara dua pihak.
"Pilihan pusingan ini adalah antara Barisan dan Pakatan,'' katanya, sambil menambah bahawa dia tidak percaya bahawa pihak parti tempatan akan terjejas.
ReplyDeleteKetika dihubungi, Dr Jeffrey, yang mana partinya akan disertai oleh seorang pemimpin DAP Sabah, berkata bahawa ia adalah terbuka kepada semua dalam pakatan tetapi perbincangan akan dilakukan di kawasan pertandingan satu lawan satu di 12 daripada 25 kerusi Parlimen.
ReplyDelete"Kami tiada masalah dengan idea pakatan untuk kerusi parlimen tertentu,'' kata Dr Jeffrey.
"Kami sudah bersedia (untuk melakukannya secara sendirian) tanpa mengira mana-mana kerusi sekalipun,'' kata Dr Jeffrey.
ReplyDeleteYong berkata bahawa Pakatan Rakyat telah menyampaikan tawaran kerusi SAPP itu melalui surat tetapi dia tidak mahu membuat pengumuman awam sebelum majlis tertinggi SAPP memutuskan terlebih dahulu.
ReplyDeleteYong tidak mahu mendedahkan butiran formula perkongsian kerusi Pakatan tetapi spekulasi meluas mengatakan bahawa 85 kerusi Parlimen di Sabah akan dikongsi bersama antara enam entiti - PKR, DAP, PAS, SAPP, Lajim dan Bumburing.
ReplyDeleteTawaran Pakatan mungkin akan ditolak oleh SAPP kerana kedua-dua Lajim dan Bumburing telah merancang untuk menggunakan simbol PKR dan ini akan memberikan parti sebahagian terbesar kerusi di Sabah.
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