KOTA KINABALU: Maverick Sabah politician Jeffrey Kitingan is causing confusion within the ranks of his supporters as the 13th general election looms with his ambiguous stand on politics in the state and country.
Their bewilderment was summed up by a veteran political activist who has thrown his lot behind the mercurial leader.
Fredoline Edwin Lojingki, 71, a coordinator in Kitingan’s Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), said Jeffrey should make up his mind on his approach to politics in Sabah.
He said it was pointless for Jeffrey to call on Sabah leaders “to unite for state interest”.
“I wish to differ with his (Jeffrey) approach. There is no use for such (a) call as those Sabah leaders have been there for ages.
“What have they done for state interests for the decades they have been in power?
“Shouting at every annual party annual congress?
“Jeffrey, there is no use calling for state leaders unity today. What needs to be done now is to provide … to find a very good alternative house (party) to this bunch of perennial tools of outsider’s (Umno) “divide and rule” on Sabahans,” Lojingki said in a statement here yesterday.
He was commenting on Jeffrey’s call for unity among state leaders, published in local newspapers on Wednesday.
Lojingki, an officer of the now-defunct United Kadazan Organization (Unko), said the majority of Sabahans are already united on the issue of safeguarding state interests.
“The grassroots people are already united now on safeguarding the 20 Points and all the recommendations of IGC, the Cobbold Commission and the nation’s founding fathers.
“They are just awaiting for a new, better vehicle to be united under,” he said referring to the demands by Jeffrey’s supporters that he form a party to take over from the half-a-dozen or so Sabah parties that have failed to unite.
Two-faced BN leaders
Lojingki accused leaders of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), the United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (Upko), Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) and the others in Barisan Nasional of being Janus-faced by remaining in a coalition that had smothered Sabah’s autonomy but at the same time claiming they were fighting for state rights.
“They should defend their collective policies and programmes and their new promises ahead of the election rather than try to seek dishonourable excuses to leave BN and betray the hands that have fed them to fatness and richness for decades.
“If they leave BN now, as some have indicated, it is only because they want to retain their influence and position which is under threat because of a shifting mood in the state political landscape.”
Claiming that the Sabah BN leaders are just looking for an excuse to leave, he warned that they were only doing so because they were losing support.
“It is not for state interests anyway … you can take it from me as a veteran activist who has seen it all in Sabah’s politics,” he said.
He said the leaders of PBS, UPKO and PBRS should continue to support Umno as they had all this while and not suddenly grow a conscious as they appeared to be doing now.
“The current MPs and YBs of PBS, UPKO and PBRS must stay at their respective constituencies and face their own constituents in the coming general election
“This is an honourable act … to be answerable to your own electors
“Don’t toy with the idea of moving to other safer seats.”
New entity needed
He said the days of Sabah leaders hanging on to power based solely on their standing in society rather than their ability to lead had come to an end.
“It cannot be a life-long campaign for state leaders to unite on state interests.
“What we need is a new entity, a new house, a new political vehicle for the disappointed grassroots, minus those state leaders who failed us miserably,” he said.
Kitingan is said to be considering forming a new party or bringing over the dormant Sarawak-based opposition party, STAR, to Sabah.
It is learned that Kitingan had held discussions with the leadership of STAR.
It is believed that he might use STAR as his political platform in the coming general election if registering a new party proves impossible.
By Luke Rintod
KDM's leaders especially telah menghancurkan segala harapan rakyat KDM Sabah, bukan sahaja kerana mereka telah turut serta terlibat dalam menjadikan keadaan sedih yang dihadapi oleh generasi muda sekarang tapi mereka malah turut terlibat merompak khazanah kekayaan Sabah seperti balak serta peluang2 perniagaan kepada kaum mereka sendiri.
ReplyDeleteIsu Projek IC serta pewarganegaraan PTI, serta isu NCR dan UNCHR semuanya tidak diberi perhatian oleh mereka.
PRU13 sudah tidak ada erti lagi bagi Sabah memandangkan , apapun cara kita generasi muda lakukan tetapi, Sabah kini sudah jadi FIX DEPOSIT BN.
Jadi apa gunanya atau ertinya mereka bersatu jika hanya untuk meneruskan sikap buruk dan BODOH mereka yang hanya mementingkan kedudukan mereka dan keluarga mereka sahaja?
Sudah terlambatlaH gaman! Adakah kalian ada sedikit perasaan menyesal akan perbuatan kalian selama ini yang telah membelakangkan kepentingan bangsa kalian sendiri demi untuk cita2 peribadi kalian?
Untuk mebayar segala kesilapan kamu itu, hanya dengan berundur dengan hormat dan menggantikan dengan pemimpin muda serta memohon maaf secara terbuka kepada rakyat KDM atas perbuatan terkutuk kamu yang hanya pandai bercakap tapi tiada satupun yg menjadi kenyataan walaupun sudah bertahun2 kamu diberi peluang untuk membela nasib rakyat KDM di Sabah.
Alangkah bertuahnya PTI yg dipimpin oleh pemimpin asal PTI! Mereka benar2 dijaga kepentingannya oleh pemimpin mereka sehingga mereka tidak perlu berkempenpun masa pilihan raya kerana tiada apa yang mereka ragukan. Ini kerana segala keperluan dan kepentingan mereka amat terjaga oleh pemimpin mereka.
Tapi bangsa KDM apa? Pemimpinnya semua kaya raya tidak terkira tapi rakyatnya masih terlalu jauh ketinggalan berbanding PTI yg sudah jadi warganegara.
GO THE FUCK PAIRIN, DOMPOK AND KURUP, U GUYS A BASTARD OF SABAH. FUCK YOU THREE OFF!!!!! GET OUT FROM THIS LAND.. U THREE ARE NOT DESERVE TO LIVE HERE IN SABAH ANYMORE....YOUR GENERATIONS WILL SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE.......BELIEVE ME!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is really a sad story, a very sad story indeed! for the KDM's generation to bear.
ReplyDeletePemimpin tempatan sememangnya patut bersatu untuk mempetahankan hak rakyat.
ReplyDeleteHarap pemimpin kita boleh bersatu dan bekerjasama demi kebaikan rakyat.
ReplyDeletepara pemimpin wajar bersatu, dgn bersatu suasana harmoni akan wujud.
ReplyDeleteselain itu, jika bersatu pasti hal2 rakyat dpt diselesaikan.
ReplyDeleteI think KDM leaders should unite to protect KDM people rights and to develop Sabah as well as all Sabahans.
ReplyDeleteQuality common with so-called season sabahan politician!!!
ReplyDeleteNo need to mention the rest of them here.
Obvious enough and new young sabahan shall have wisdom who's who.
Those old gingers still live in dream to 1Rule themselves.
Youth and young sabahan march on just vote those oldie even from SAPP out for a change!!!
Teach them a lesson request them to retire!
Saya amat bersetuju dengan alasan dan kenyataan yg diluahkan sdra Angkaus yg mempersoalkan bhwa penyatuan KDM sdh terlambat adalah tepat...ia ibarat "Nasi sudah menjadi bubur".
ReplyDeleteBagaimana pun, sekalipun ia telah menjadi bubur setelah berusaha menjadikannya nasi tetapi gagal, kita terpaksa berusaha juga memakannya kalau tidak kita akan pasti kelaparan dan hakikatnya kita tdk akan sampai kepada destinasi yg kita tuju sekarang ini.
Saya berpendapat bhwa sekalipun ia sdh terlambat tetapi kita masih boleh berusaha utk menjadikannya sebagai realiti kerana perjuangan bukan utk seketika, sehari dua atau dlm masa sebulan malah beratus tahun bahkan ada satu negara didunia yg pernah berjuang sehingga beratus tahun utk mencapai kemerdekaannya.
Lama kelamaan negara itu akhirnya mencapai hasrat yg ditujunya. Dalam prinsip perjuangan apa yg penting semua bentuk perjuangan adalah berintikan kepada semangat KESABARAN, TEKUN dan GIGIH utk mencapai sesuatu kejayaannya.
Saya terfikir bhwa tdk salah bagi Dr Jeffrey mengajak semua lapisan pemimpin KDM menghulur tangan utk bersatu semula setelah gagal sekian lama kerana setiap kejayaan ianya bermula daripada kegagalan yg kemudiannya memandu kita kearah puncak jaya.
Sikap berputus asa bukan jawapannya atau jalan penyelesaian kepada masalah KDM sekarang ini.Senior citizen harus jngn memikirkan kepada zamannya, tetapi apa yg kita harus fikirkan ialah nasib masa depan anak cucu cicit kita yg baru dilahirkan semalam.
kira bagus la kalau pemimpin2 Sabah bersatu.. itu pun kalau dapat la..
ReplyDeleteyang penting setiap pemimpin perlu sentiasa berusaha untuk melakukan apa yang terbaik untuk rakyat.
ReplyDeleteharap Sabah akan menjadi lebih membangun lagi..
ReplyDeleteKerjasama tidak akan dicapai selagi pemimpin2 parti politik mengutamakan agenda dan kepentingan mereka saja.
ReplyDeleteTidak ada salahnya kalau JK teruskan bersama dan bersatu dalam BN seperti dahulu kala. Maka dapatlah JK berjuang untuk rakyat.
ReplyDeletepemimpin2 di Sabah walaupun berlainan parti namun hanya satu matlamat utama iaitu memperjuangkan hak dan kepentingan rakyat Sabah. jadi memang wajarlah semua pemimpin kena bersatu.
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