RCI ON PROJECT IC IS THE VEHICLE

By : JOSHUA Y.C. KONG

WE ALL know how difficult it is to have this Royal Commission of Inquiry on dubious citizens.  Many of us have been calling for it for decades but not until 11 August, 2012 that it was announced and confirmed by the Prime Minister.

While many disagree with the Terms of Reference for the RCI and called it whatever names, it is still some sort of ‘animal’ to bring us towards some sort of solution locally, nationally and internationally.  RCI has been belatedly in coming and why we should not work on it? 

Many worked very hard when there was the panel under the Parliament Selective Committee which was aborted at the end.  We were working individually and in small groups.

So why not now we work in a different strategy in groups under RCI Coalition (RCIC) for better results? We have seen how Bersih, Bersih.2 or even Bersih.3 now for Sabah to work something in earnest for the Sabah people and Malaysians in general.

There are so much to do in the joint effort with RCI rather than oppose it for the sake of opposing it as it is more important in substance (in the proceedings) rather than the form that it may be misleading initially.

If we study the Commissions of Enquiry Act 1950 Act 119 in details, we may achieve win-win-win scenario with what we can do together at the RCI and we have ourselves to be blamed if after the end of the effort of the RCI, the Government of the day would claim it has done what we asked for it and that we have missed it for whatever reasons.

So with the RCI, RCIC can come up with our own more detailed Report together with whatever recommendations for the Government – the present or the incoming one to implement our own version if we are not satisfied with the Official Report of the RCI.  

If we are still not satisfied with what the national government can do to implement tough decisions, and with our own report we can approach international bodies for proper resolution for our decades old crisis.

So it is left for each one of us to act accordingly with urgency in RCIC to make another landmark effort and don’t leave it to others to implement anything.  Do you know what was done in the landmark decision of the N13- Likas Court case, and those few confirmed illegal and project IC holders are still likely in the Electoral Roll.today. I checked that out in 2008 after the Cour’st Judgement in 2001.

So together we can achieve something for this generation and many generations to come peacefully in the harmony of Sabah despite we face decades of hidden agenda of some Trojan horses including top leaders past and present.