Written by Wong Choon Mei
After 55 years of bullying everyone else in the country, ruling party Umno may finally be getting its just deserts.
Although current party president Prime Minister Najib Razak might pretend he was unperturbed, he is sending his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin to Sabah, where at least two Members of Parliament have decided to stand up for their long-suffering state and fight for reform and fairness from the Opposition side of the fence.
"Of course Umno is worried. It is a very significant move and Najib will do all he can to block the Tuaran MP and the Beaufort MP from leaving BN. But let's see if money and other such carrots can succeed this time," PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
Indeed, even as news broke that Deputy Prime Minister Muhyddin Yassin would be making a one-day working trip to Sabah on Saturday, the national news agency reported in a separate bulletin that a group of Kadazandusuns would be announcing on Sunday the formation of a 'new political movement'.
Citing unnamed sources, Bernama reported that the movement - to be called Sabah Reform Front - may align itself with the Pakatan Rakyat led by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. The movement would be formally launched in Dalit, Tuaran where Anwar is also due to visit this weekend.The 64-year-old Anwar is also expected to attend another function in Beaufort.
Sabah Reform Front
Speculation is red-hot that Tuaran MP Wilfrid Bumburing is behind Sabah Reform Front and will be joined by Beaufort MP Lajim Ukin. Both men have not responded to the latest queries from the press but were busy on Monday.
Wilfred, who is also the UPKO deputy president, quit as the BN Tuaran chief at the start of the week. He had also said he would make an "important announcement" this Sunday to reveal his next move.
"I have hereby effective today, July 23, 2012, resigned from the post as Barisan Nasional chairman for P170, Tuaran. My resignation will enable the new BN leadership of Tuaran to make preparation for the coming 13th general election," said Bumburing in his resignation letter.
Lajim too has tendered his resignation as Kerambai Kebatu Umno branch chief, saying he would not seek re-election as the Beaufort Umno division chief. The Beaufort MP took time out to meet PAS spiritual adviser and Kelantan MB Nik Aziz Nik Mat at the latter's office in Kota Bharu on Monday, sparking talk that he may join the Islamist party.
"Letter of resignation as chief branch Umno has been sent to the secretary of Umno Beaufort a few days ago. The first step is not to defend the division chief post and the second is to quit as the Umno branch chief and the third step - wait and see," Lajim was quoted as saying by news portal New Sabah Times.
Historic step that not even money may be able to stop
If it is true that the duo will helm the Sabah Reform Front, it will also mean Wilfrid will leave Upko which is a BN component party, while Lajim will be quitting Umno, which is the boss and biggest party in the BN coalition.
So far, Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, who is also the state BN chairman, has insisted he has not received any formal communication from the two MPs. But this is not unexpected. Musa, like Muhyiddin, is bound to try his best to negotiate a deal with Wilfrid and Lajim to stop them from leaving.
The fear is high that the two men will create history of sorts for Sabah with their move. Political observers warn that the spunk displayed by the duo will inspire their colleagues and other Sabah lawmakers to dump the BN, triggering a long and much-anticipated exodus into the Pakatan side of the divide.
Malaysia is due to hold general elections soon, the latest by April 2013, and obviously a break in the Sabah BN ranks would make the outcome even more dicey for the already-embattled Najib, who had previously revealed he considered Sabah and Sarawak to be his coalition's "fixed deposits". But it looks like neither Sabah nor Sarawak relishes being regarded or thought of as Umno's poodle.
"As we have said, it is now or never. Malaysia needs to break BN's stranglehold on the country and I foresee this happening with the first step taken by Wilfrid and Lajim. Both men are taking enormous risks by doing this. But I think is very evident who the people want as their next government and if Sabah leaders care about their people, they have to be courageous and make the break," said Tian Chua.
"If it was a question of money, we would not even be at this stage. The Umno elite - Musa Aman, Taib Mahmud, Najib and Mahathir - are all fantastically rich, what money could Anwar offer Wilfrid or Lajim by comparison. But he was able to convince them they could work for a better Malaysia from the Pakatan side of the fence whereas if they stayed in BN, Sabah would only get poorer and the people would suffer more."
Misrule and corruption
The Umno-led BN has ruled Malaysia with a fist of iron since 1957. Sabah and Sarawak joined the federation of Malaya on May 16, 1963 but despite their enormous natural resources and oil wealth, the two are among the country's poorest states.
Many of the Sabah people are also disgusted at the racism and Malay supremacy policies promulgated by Umno at their expense when the majority of Sabahans are the 'original people' or natives of the land. To them, the Malays are the migrants - little different from the Chinese or Indians who arrived and settled down decades and even centuries ago.
Such racial resentment felt by Sabahans has been heightened by the arrogance of the ruling elite and also by the hardship and poverty caused by the federal government's neglect over the decades.
State leaders including current Chief Minister Musa Aman were given free rein to govern as they pleased so long as they delivered the votes to the BN at general elections. This spawned massive corruption in the state government and it is evident that leaders from the federal government too enjoyed a slice of the illicit gains.
Another sore point with Sabahans is the so-called Project M, a citizenship-in-exchange-for-votes scam that former premier Mahathir Mohamad has been accused of initiating in the 80s to shore up Umno's power in the state. The granting of hundreds of thousands of Mykad - citizenship or permanent residency papers - to impoverished illegal migrant workers has created great social turmoil including widespread crime that the state government is still unable to resolve to this day.
Malaysia Chronicle
Wilfred & Lajim mampu pecahbelah pengundi BN.Tetap** tetapi untuk menang dalam PRU13 kedua-dua ini akan tumbang jika dicalon. Tetap**
ReplyDeleteLaluan mereka untuk menang sangat sukar jika mereka berdiri sendiri.
Deletejka Lajim dan Bumburing nk keluar, ia hak2 mereka.. mereka tentukan hala tuju mereka.
Deletekalau kedua2 masuk pembangkang dan tubuhkan parti sendiri, mereka lagilah yang akan pecahkan undi rakyat untuk pembangkang.
DeleteFixed deposit di Sabah dan Sarawak sudah mula jadi loose deposit. Hantar DPM tidak akan menyelamatkan fixed deposit.
ReplyDeleteSabah shouldn't be called as a 'fixed deposit'.
DeleteJangan saja PATI yang jadi fixed deposit.
Deletewalaumacamanapun kedua mereka ini adalah pejuang untuk kebebasan terutama sekali daripada UMNO/BN. Dalam perkara ini Negara SABAH akan menjadi kenyataan jika semua kita di sabah ini berpadu bersatu tak kira pembangkang atau penyokong BN negeri.
ReplyDeleteLajim dan wilfred, kami akan berdiri bersama tak kira apa kesannya nanti kita orang sabah harus berani berhadapan dengan pemerintah kejam seperti BN/umno yang telah mengikis aset dan harapan serta maruah negara SABAH yang kita cintai.
Marilah bersama-sama bangkit...
Kita teruskan semangat perjuangan ini........!!!
tiada lagi lain kali, ini kalilah...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ini kalilah...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ini kalilah...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Macam mana mahu kalahkan BN jika pembangkang di Sabah siok sendiri berjuang dan tidak dapat bekerjasama?
DeletePati akan bersungguh sungguh tolong BN supaya BN kekal berkuasa. Inilah maksud "u help me I help you"
ReplyDeleteHarap orang Sabah terutamanya orang kampung sudah sedar dan jangan mudah terpedaya dengan janji janji kosong dan duit duit yang diberi ....
Kewujudan projek ic dan pengundi hantu mencanang ketelusan sistem pengundian.
DeleteBN Sabah lama suda retak. Sekarang mula suda perpecahan.
ReplyDeleteHumpty Bumburty sat on the wall. Lajimty Bumburty had a great fall. All the PM's men and all the PM's Deputy could not put Lajimty Bumburty back again. Bye bye BN, Bye bye Lajimty Bumburty.
Save Sabah, restore Sabah as equal partner with Malaya and Sarawak. Vote wisely. Don't vote to keep Sabah as 1 of 13 states. Don't vote to give Petronas 95% of Sabah's oil revenue. Don't vote to allow the government to continue Sabah's lands to be taken by outsiders and companies and making natives landless and homeless. Remember, vote wisely.
Selamatkan Sabah, pulihkan Sabah sebagai rakan kongsi sama taraf dengan Malaya dan Sarawak. Undi dengan bijaksana. Jangan undi untuk kekalkan Sabah sebagai 1 daripada 13 negeri. Jangan undi untuk memberi 96% hasil minyak kepada Petronas. Jangan undi untuk membenarkan keraajaan berterusan membenarkan tanah Sabah dirampas oleh orang luar dan kompeni sambil menjadi anak negeri tinggal tanpa rumah dan tanah. Jangan lupa, undi dengan bijaksana.
Kejatuhan Sabah bermula daripada pentadbiran si Harris!
DeletePEMBETULAN:Kejatuhan Sabah bermula drp pentadbiran si PAIRIN Sabah dibawah kerajaan Berjaya 1976-1985 adalah negeri no.2 terkaya di M'sia dibelakang Selangor.Bila Pairin NAIK Sabah mulai TURUN sehingga jadi UNCIT,negeri termiskin di M'sia.Thanks to Pairin & kuncu2x di BN
DeleteMasalah sekarang ialah si Jeffery masih enggan bekerjasama dengan PR. Nak pecah pecah undi kah atau apa?
ReplyDeleteAgenda JK memang baik untuk Sabah tapi kalau nak capai hasrat itu, kenalah turunkan BN dulu. Lepas itu boleh lah kita capai Sabah autonomi !!!!
Kesimpulannya jangan siok sendiri mahu berjuang. No man is an island.
Deletejgnkan dgn PR, dgn SAPP pun tak dpt bekerjasama.
Deleteparti-parti pembangkang di Sabah seperti tidak mahu bekerjsama sesama mereka.
DeleteIni semua kerja Kalakau. Bumburing patut dengar macam mana Dr Jeffrey di permainkan oleh Anwar. Jangan menyesal tiada orang lain boleh tolong Sabah melainkan kita sendiri. Kita sudah di permainkan oleh KL selama 49 tahun masih buta kah!!!
ReplyDeleteBukan kerana Kalakau. Bumburing sendiri tamak mahu jadi KM. Apa lagi tidak dapat calun lagi, keluar BN lah, pura2 bilang mahu pertahankan Sabah. Pertahankan apa? Itu semua sandiwara. Konon pertahankan Sabah dalam Perlembagaan maksud Sabah kekal sebagai 1 drpd 13 negeri. Mahukah kita terima hakikat ini manakala Sabah rakan kongsi sama rata dengan Malaya dan Sarawak bukan sama dengan negeri2 diSemenanjung. Jangan kita terpedaya oleh Bumburing. Kalau tidak tamak mahu bertanding, mahu jadi KM, dia akan keluar BN kah? Dia akan ikut cadangan Kalakau kah? Kami diTamparuli lama sudah menolak Bumburing.
DeleteTerpulanglah kepada Bumburing apa tindakan beliau selepas ini.
DeleteAnwar pun terlibat dengan Projek M. Macam mana mahu percaya orang yang suatu ketika dulu menjadi punca kejatuhan Sabah? Parti Keadilan beliau itu adalah platform untuk membalasa dendam mereka yang pernah 'menjatuhkan' Anwar. Perjuangan diri sendiri, bukan untuk rakyat.
DeleteYang Anuar paling suka ialah orang PALUI saja. Sebab ORANG seperti ini Anuar senang kasih KUSKUS. Itu orang macam Lajim ,bumburing. Orang macam Jeffrey lah yang dia paling tidak suka, sebab dia ini (Jeffrey) bukan senang di kukus hidup-hidup macam ayam di KUKUS. Tetap**
ReplyDeleteAnwar memang suka mengutip pemimpin kitar semula seperti Jeffrey Kitingan, Lajim Ukin, Wilfred Bumburing etc.
DeleteSabar bah kalau mau beri komen tu. Belum tentu Dr. Jeffrey ini memperjuangkan untuk orang Sabah. Silap-silap haribulan, beliau ini akan memecah undi untuk BN supaya pembangkang kalah dan BN kekal memerintah bah.
DeleteItulah mereka tidak dapat bekerjasama sebab Anwar ada hidden agenda. Orang macam Jeffrey dan Bumburing hanya akan mengganggu rancangan Anwar untuk kawal Sabah.
DeleteAu aasil popopisuk tokou. Tungag tokou songovian. Baino no iti
ReplyDeleteWe'll only have ourselves to blame if we remain as pushovers. We decide our own 'quality'. Now.
Memang tak aci lama dah. Asyik terpinggir di ceruk-ceruk kita kempuunan pemandangan yang indah. Buatlah apa yang terbaik untuk tampil ke depan. Sekarang
Rakyat sendiri yang akan membuat pemilihan pada PRU-13.
DeleteKalau Wilfrid Bumburing mau keluar parti, bagilah dia keluar. Tiada gunanya kekalkannya dalam parti jika beliau tidak lagi ikhlas berjuang bersama BN.
ReplyDeleteNegara demokrasi bah. Kebebasan masing2 untuk pilih parti yang disukai.
DeleteTiada yang akan menghalang beliau. ahad ni pasti WB akan mengumumkan hala tuju beliau.
Deleteyang penting rakyat harus bijak memilih mana yang terbaik.
DeleteTidak kira apa yang Lajim dan Bumburing buat selepas ini, ia tiada kaitan langsung kepada BN-UMNO.
ReplyDeleteSemakin panas politik disabah, pasti ada kejutan bila tiba masa mengundi nanti.
ReplyDeleteTidak ada bezanya pemergian kedua2 mereka kerana selama ini bukan juga banyak pembaharuan yang mereka buat di daerah masing2.
ReplyDeleteMasih ada pemimpin lain yang boleh menggantikan mereka ni.
Deletebetul, masih ramai pemimpin yang boleh diketengahkan jika mereka keluar.
DeleteHow can they struggle for the people if they are not in BN? The oppositions don't have the power.
ReplyDeleteTanggal 29 Julai semakin hampir utk menjadi penentuan perjuangan DSP Wilfred M Bumburing dan DSP Lajim Okin dimana kedua dua pemimpin berpengaruh ini akan meninggalkan "Bahtera" BN yang sudah hilang haluan dlm pelayarannya.
ReplyDeleteBumburing merupakan pemimpin KDM yang disegani kerana prinsip perjuangannya menjurus kpd hasratnya utk mempertahankan hak asasi rakyat dan kedaulatan negeri Sabah daripada pencabulan rakyat asing yg mencuri kerakyatan negeri ini atas bantuan pemimpin pemimpin Malaya yg tdk senang melihat Sabah sering membantah kemahuan mereka.
Bumburing bersikap lantang dan berani bersuara di Parlimen mengenai isu Kad Pengenalan palsu, Projek IC dan kerakyatan songsang namun pemimpin2 Malaya terutamanya Umno begitu degil tidak memberi muka kpd Bumburing membincangkan masalah kronik yg sedang melanda Sabah.
Bukan kali ini Bumburing menyuarakan perkara ini malahan isu ini diperjuangkannya sejak beliau berada dlm kerajaan PBS lagi. Apabila Bumburing berulang kali menyuarakan isu yg sama di Parlimen...barulah PM kata, "Kita setuju tubuhkan RCI utk menyiasat dakwaan2 mengenai pemalsuan KP dan kerakyatan songsang"...tetapi bilakah RCI akan dilaksanakan atau PM sengaja umumkan penubuhan RCI semata mata mahu menutup mulut Bumburing supaya tidak mengungkit isu itu lagi diParlimen.
Bumburing yg mempunyai prinsip dan pendirian yg kental...tidak ragu2 rela melepaskan jawatannya dalam parti UPKO selaku Timbalan Presiden, Pengerusi Superwood sebuah GLC dengan tidak kurang RM20 ribu imbuhan bulanannya ditinggalkan begitu sahaja kerana semata mata prihatin kpd masalah keselamatan negeri Sabah dan hak asasi rakyat.
Jarang sekali kita lihat seorang pemimpin sanggup meninggalkan keistemewaan yg dinikmatinya dan kembali bersama rakyat dgn tiada ganjaran diterima setiap bulan. Syabas! Bumburing kami tetap bersama mu!!
Timbulnya satu lagi katak lompat.
ReplyDeletekalau mereka mahu keluar biarkan..itu pilihan mereka sendiri.
ReplyDeletemasih banyak lagi pemimpin lain yang boleh menggantikan mereka tu.
ReplyDeleteRamai calon2 muka baru akan bertanding pada PRU13.
DeleteMusa also stressed that Umno will be BN’s backbone and to work hard to assure the ruling government stayed in power in Sabah. Umno and the component parties of BN will prove that BN is the best choice for the people through its continuous development programmes.
ReplyDeleteSudah terjawab juga akhirnya kes 2 MP yang keluar parti ini.
ReplyDeleteLajim dan Bumburing telah mengesahkan yang mereka keluar dari BN.
ReplyDelete