“STAR Sabah’s direction is
crystal clear and the clearest amongst all the parties in Sabah. STAR Sabah seeks the restoration of Sabah as
1 of 3 equal partners in Malaysia and its struggle is made clear with the
Borneo Agenda and its 7 core demands” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR
Sabah Chief, in response to Lajim’s statement published in the Daily Express
yesterday.
Unlike the recent remarks by
a Sabah Umno leader, Sabah and Sarawak are not equal to the States in
Peninsular and, more importantly, Sabah and Sarawak did not join Malaysia as
the 12th and 13th States.
“If Lajim is not clear and
does not understand the direction and struggle of STAR for Sabah, he is most
welcome to attend any of the presentations during the Borneo Tea Parties that
are held throughout the entire State,” added Dr. Jeffrey.
The struggle of STAR for
Sabah is well understood even in the rural and remote parts of Sabah and that
is why the people are flocking to support STAR.
Sabah and Sarawak are now the kingmakers and our lawmakers need to
leverage on this unique window of opportunity to demand the restoration of
Sabah’s rights, autonomy and constitutional safeguards.
In fact, since 2008 if the
lawmakers in Sabah and Sarawak were to switch camps, it will result in the
change of the Federal government in Putrajaya.
If they were to demand for the restoration of Sabah and Sarawak’s rights
and autonomy including a review of the oil revenue sharing with Petronas, the
Barisan Nasional government will have to accommodate these demands lest they
wish to be changed to be the opposition in Parliament and allow a change of
government.
The window of opportunity
for Sabah and Sarawak to leverage on their role as kingmakers will remain and
unlikely to be changed in the forthcoming 13th general elections.
STAR Sabah will even seek
the restoration of Sabah as an autonomous nationhood state within Malaysia. Our
TYT will be restored as the Yang Di Pertua Negara and Sabah will be divided into
5 administration regions similar to the old residencies to spearhead and
expedite development and growth.
Reforms will introduced to
revamp the system of government and administration to advance Sabah as a safe,
autonomous and progressive nation-state contributing positively to the overall
progress of Malaysia.
The outflow of revenue
collected from Sabah to the Federal government and the collection of 95% of
Sabah’s oil revenue are key demands under the Borneo Agenda. It is nothing new as we have been explaining
them to the people since 2 years ago.
Neither is any expertise
needed from Pakatan on the 'loss' of these revenues, some RM15 billion in oil
revenues and RM22.7 billion in revenue collected from Sabah for 2011 as these
are actual facts.
The problem is the Umno/BN
Federal government refuses to acknowledge the status of Sabah under the
Malaysia Agreement as an equal partner to Malaya and entitled to its revenue
collections. The problem is compounded by the refusal and inaction of the
Umno/BN government to correct the injustice done to Sabah.
Many of our Sabah leaders
are mere stooges and proxies of Kuala Lumpur leaders. These Sabah leaders, no longer have the heart
and desires to fight for the special rights and position of Sabah and Sarawak
in Malaysia.
If Lajim is still unclear,
he is most welcome to discuss with me or any of our divisional leaders who are
all well versed with STAR’s direction and the Borneo Agenda.
It appears that Lajim and
Bumburing are still unclear about how to go about with their direction and
struggle for Sabah. Under the Pakatan
manifesto, it pledges to:-
“Restore autonomy to Sabah
and Sarawak in line with and within the framework of the Federal Constitution
and the Federation Agreement”.
The autonomy pledged by
Pakatan is no different with that now under Umno/BN regime as under the present
Federal Constitution, Sabah is 1 of 13 states in Malaysia.
If Lajim finds it in his
heart to defend the position of Sabah as an equal partner of 3 entities with
its own autonomy and special rights, he should work with STAR and join our
struggles to restore these rights and not fall into the same trap as before
with the politics and agenda of Malaya parties.
jika Lajim ingin keluar dari UMNO, ramai parti pembangkang sedia menerimanya. PAS, PKR dan STAR berminat dgn Lajim.
ReplyDeleteMemang laku juga Lajim ni. semua pun sudah membuka pintu seluas2nya untuk beliau.
Deleteberebut sudah pembangkang di sabah untuk tarik si lajim menyertai mereka...tapi mana satu yang bagi tawaran lebih baik kepada lajim?
Deletesemua pun mahu si Lajim..tunggu dan lihat sajalah.
DeleteBiarkan Lajim sendiri menentukannya.
Deleteada baiknya jika lajim bersara saja dari politik..bagi peluang kepada pemimpin muda..
ReplyDeletebiarlah Lajim sendiri tentukan halatuju politik beliau.
ReplyDeleteLet see where Lajim will go after leaving BN.
ReplyDeleteTeramat banyak tumpuan diatas Bumbering & Lajim. Bukannya mereka ini ada influence besar di politik Sabah?
ReplyDeleteKamimenantikan sejauh mana STAR di Sabah.
ReplyDeletePerjuangan Jeffrey dan STAR mendapat saingan hebat antara BN & parti pembangkang yang lain.
ReplyDeleteLajim harus beri laluan jika berhasrat untuk keluar dari Bn.
ReplyDeleteNampaknya STAR pun macam berminat dengan Datuk Lajim untuk menyertai mereka.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Lajim tahu apa yang patut dipilih. Mungkin STAR masih baru untuk beliau, jadi kita tunggu saja apa yang Datuk Lajim akan lakukan.
ReplyDeleteSemua katak masuk Star, memang sesuai.
ReplyDeletemungkin ada lagi berita panas dalam masa terdekat sebelum PRU13 mengenai Lajim dan Bumburing.
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