Parti Rakyat Sarawak says Prime Minister Najib 'should be smart enough and well-advised to know what the Dayaks need and where they can fit in'.
KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak vice-president Joseph Salang said the party’s supreme council took a firm stand on the cabinet posts because they were tired of “begging” and being treated like “flower arrangements”
Said Salang: “Najib offered us only two deputy ministers…Only after the president (James Masing) protested and some begging, only then the Prime Minister agreed for (Joseph) Entulu to be made a full minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
“Is that the way to treat PRS which has six seats, while a certain party which delivered only one seat is given a full minister?
“We have to come out and make our stand for it.
“The prime minister should be smart enough and well-advised to know what the Dayaks need and where the Dayaks can fit in.
“He should have been well-advised to accommodate the Dayaks and not to see that they are part of a flower arrangement.”
Salang who was formerly Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture, has held similar positions under various ministries for nine years and sees little value in the posts in relation to the Dayak community.
“I was not hoping for any position. I was hoping for the right representation of the party.
“Deputy ministers are nothing. Crudely, they are just like flower girls. They are not in the cabinet. They don’t have power and they don’t sign anything.
“They have no allocation and they are at the charity of the minister. If the minister is nice like my previous boss, I can get some allocation from him for our non-governmental organisations.
“But I have had other bosses who never gave a single sen to my constituency.
“A deputy minister is no longer a big deal for me. What is more important is that we Dayaks are given the opportunity to serve. It is not necessarily me, but other people must be able to serve.
“What I do (rejection of the post of deputy minister) is a reflection of how the Dayaks feel,” he said explaining his reason for refusing the cabinet post.
Shocked PRS
PRS supreme council yesterday rejected Najib’s offer of posts in his cabinet. Both Salang, who is Julau MP, and Entulu (Selangau) had refused the posts – a slot as a full minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and a deputy minister.
Salang said PRS and Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) had six and four parliamentary seats respectively should be treated with respect.
PRS had expected two full minister posts or at least one full minister and two deputies
Instead Najib announced two deputy posts and handed a full minister to Sarawak United Peoples Party (SUPP) which lost all its seats except one in the May 5 general election. SPDP was completely excluded from the cabinet.
According to Salang, he was surprised to know that he would be appointed a deputy minister when he saw the prime minister reading the list of ministers and deputy ministers over RTM.
“The party president (Masing) was shocked. So he advised us not to attend the swearing in ceremony as he wanted to discuss the whole issue with the prime minister.
“Personally, I would be happy to be made a deputy minister considering all the facilities, privileges and the perks.
“But is that the right way for me to treat the Dayaks whom I represent?” he asked.
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This Joseph Salang, otherwise also known as Judas Salang (for his betrayal and sell-out of his Christian religion) is the worst politician Sarawakian ever had.
It is very unfortunate for the people in Julau that Joseph Salang was elected again this time. But every one knows that he won through dirty tactics and dirty money.
Julau people have very recently been called “very poor”, “squatters” on their own land, “stupid”, “ignorant” etc. by the cousins of Taib, Norah and Fatimah, both Tun Rahman’s daughters.
He has been MP for Julau for two terms already ie 9 years. What does he give to the people of Julau? He made the people there poor. He made himself very, very rich!
When others laughed at Julau people, he did not even utter a word to defend them! So much for the People’s Representative.
Born in Bintangor of a Dayak father and a Foochow mother, this Judas went to study MBA in Tehran, after don’t-know-what first degree. What, a degree from Iran?? Wonder what did he study there?
Not long ago, Judas Salang was a bank clerk in Chartered Bank in Padungan Kuching. He did not even have an office of his own. He sat among the many others along the corridor.
After being Leo Moggie’s nominee in business and other hanky-panky dealings, he suddenly became very rich and also the director of many companies including Telekom Malaysia.
Now this Judas became somebody. But everybody in Kuching knows exactly how much he weighed. His lawyer Chinese Hookien wife from Penang, Lucy, suddenly had her eyes moved towards her head. Both husband and wife’s heads started to grow bigger each day.
So much so that he now thought Ah Jib Gor did not know his talent and ability and only made him a Deputy Minister. He refused to accept the appointment.
He even dared to challenge our Prime Minister for not appointing him to a higher post as a full minister!
If for 9 long years, Judas Salang could not even help his rural folks in Julau, what sort of politician is he?? Besides making silly comments, just scrutinise what Salang has done over the past 9 years. Nothing!!!
Don’t for one moment think that Ah Jib Gor is also stupid not to see through this Judas’ capability.
The real reason why he turned down the appointment of a Deputy Minister of Tourism is that this Ministry has no Kan-tow! That’s the real reason!!!
Didn’t Taib’s beloved son Suleiman also turned down the same appointment for the same reason last time???
Ah Jib Gor may have made a lot of mistakes as a PM, I’m sure a lot of people would agree with him this time – this Salang guy is only fit to be a flower girl (sorry, flower man)!!
Comment by Apai — May 19, 2013
Dayak leaders who act like pondans surely would be treated like flower girls.
Comment by SarawakRanger — May 19, 2013
SHOULDN’T THEY DEMAND MORE “DEVELOPMENT” INSTEAD OF POSITIONS?
ReplyDeleteFlower girls can only have submissive Kama Sutra positions!
Dayak leaders have prostituted the future of all Dayaks to Malayan UMNO colonial masters!
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has reminded Malaysian students overseas not to fall for the Opposition’s lies to the extent of not supporting the Government.
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