Saturday 16 February 2013

YONG REJECTS PAIRIN'S TO REJOIN BN







KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Yong Teck Lee has ruled out the likelihood of his party seeking re-admittance to the Barisan Nasional, as suggested by his Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) counterpart, Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan.

He said he considered returning to BN a gross insult to Sabahans and said that it is PBS that should leave the BN "since they failed to fulfill their promise to solve the illegal immigrant issue by l2012."

On the other hand, he said SAPP left the comforts of being in the BN government and its leaders resigned their government posts and privileges in 2008 in order to fight for the autonomy for Sabah.

He said this is the window of opportunity that Sabah has but that the BN leaders, including Pairin, are not doing anything to reclaim Sabah's rights under the Malaysia Agreement and the 20 Points memorandum.

"SAPP left the BN on Sept. 17, 2008 with our eyes wide open that we will be in the opposition and will have to face the BN giant in the subsequent elections.

"The fight is not going to be easy but we shall fight on.

Under no circumstance will SAPP ever join BN before or after the general elections," he said.

Yong said people still remember that PBS had to crawl back to BN in 2001, apologise openly to then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed at the PBS congress and that Pairin even declared himself as a "secret admirer" of Mahathir.

"Never before have I ever witnessed such self-humiliation by a once great leader who succumbed to the temptations of power.

The great Pairin that we once knew in the 1980s is not the same Pairin we see today," he said.

Pairin had said that SAPP could still return to the ruling coalition's fold if it felt belittled by the opposition Pakatan Rakyat in the current seat discussions.

In response to Pakatan de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's challenge to "leaders of Sabah-based parties" to openly declare that none of them ever benefited through timber concessions, land and contracts", Yong said:

"I hereby declare that, just like Anwar, I did not acquire any land, not even an inch, or timber concessions or contracts for myself. To do so would have been a corrupt act.

"It is well known that upon the SAPP declaration of no-confidence in Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi as Prime Minister in June 2008, the MACC conducted thorough, detailed checks on my term in office and even publicly threatened other leaders that they would face the same fate if they were to follow SAPP's lead in opposing the then PM.

"I have no fear because I know that my record is clean," said Yong who was Chief Minister from May 28, 1996 to May 27, 1998.

Yong said federal leaders, including Anwar, should not use the excuse that just because some past State leaders had abused their powers, therefore Sabah cannot be trusted with autonomy.

In the same breath, the federal leaders and leaders of Malaya parties in Sabah have little to show in terms of good governance, he said.

"As Anwar would remember, during my entire two years as Chief Minister from May 28, 1996 to 1998, Anwar was the Deputy Prime Minister and for three months in mid-1997, was Acting Prime Minister.

If there had been such abuses, Anwar would have known. In fact, Anwar should pose the same challenge to the PKR and DAP Sabah leaders.

The same question should be posed to the DAP leaders in Perak Ngeh Koo Ham and Nga Kor Ming who reportedly acquired 25,000 acres of timber concession during their short term as members of the Perak State Government.

"On the other hand, in Sabah, it is a well documented fact that 48,000 native land applications were resolved and a record number of Native Title (NT) lands were issued during my term as Chief Minister.

"What is most memorable is the mid-1997 incident at a Sandakan Sabah Hotel meeting between Anwar who was acting PM then and the Sabah Cabinet and some federal ministers.

"Anwar had protested to me that the Sabah government approved land to the Sabah Chinese Assembly Hall at Karamunsing and a number of schools.

"Never once, was any incident of award of land to myself as Chief Minister or any other Cabinet member was raised because there was no such thing (abuse of power in awarding lands to leaders).

"It was the same dramatic incident that the issue of Federal Government trying to force the Sabah government to allow a federal gambling licence company to operate in Sabah.

"I proudly declare that Sabah stood our ground in rejecting a federal decision based on the right of the Sabah government to run our local government and to determine what businesses are allowed by our local respective authorities," he said.

59 comments:

  1. Never mine, you can do whatever you want to.

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    1. Does Yong thinks BN will accept him back?

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    2. Kami menantikan perkembangan selanjutnya.

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  2. Pairin has never forced you.

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    1. pairin hanya memberikan tawaran bukan paksaan...terpulang kepada SAPP...

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    2. Lebih baik SAPP jangan kembali kepada pangkuan BN.

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    3. SAPP merupakan satu liabiliti, terutamanya Yong Teck Lee.

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    4. Jika diterima balik dalam BN, SAPP hanya akan menyusahkan parti ini sahaja.

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    5. SAPP hanya mementingkan kebaikan mereka sendiir dan bukannya mahukan terbaik untuk parti. Tiada guna menerima mereka dalam BN.

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    6. SAPP harus kerjasama dengan pembangkang.

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  3. Then good luck in your journey.

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  4. And it won't bring any problem to us.

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  5. Democratic Sabah (DESAH) will keep pushing for a one-to-one contest in the coming 13th general election despite discouraging signs in the opposition front.

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  6. Chairman Tan Sri Simon Sipaun said judging from the failed negotiations between the opposition parties, Sabah may not see any straight fight but with at least three candidates running against each other for most of the seats to be contested.

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  7. At best there will be three-cornered fights, with Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) going against each along with the other state-based parties, and not forgetting the independent candidates

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  8. The way I look at it, the fights, including in Sabah, will still be between the two giants namely BN and PR. The smaller ones will split the votes

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    1. undi pembangkang akan pecah...itu sudah pasti...

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    2. Parti pembangkang harus bersatu agar perjuangan dengan BN mencapai keputusan yang positif.

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  9. SAPP is matured enough whether to choose for re-admittance to BN or not...let him be..

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    1. YTL ada agenda politik sendiri...YTL sanggup mengetepikan kepentingan parti SAPP dengan sanggup bertanding pada pru13 atas tiket PKR..

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  10. Pairin had said that SAPP could still return to the ruling coalition's fold if it felt belittled by the opposition Pakatan Rakyat in the current seat discussions.

    tidak payahlah Pairin memujuk SAPP untuk serta semula BN jika parti ini tidak berminat

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  11. SAPP declared that under no circumstance will SAPP ever join BN before or after the general elections...

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    1. what an arrogant statement made by YTL...we'll see whether he keep his words as long as he the president of SAPP or not..

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    2. YTL will never work together with others.

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  12. whatever it is, Sabahans need to unite as one family, we shall see that the future of the Sabahans are greater and better.

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  13. Pakatan Rakyat (PR) sangat yakin mereka tidak memerlukan Parti Maju
    Sabah (SAPP) untuk mengalahkan Barisan Nasional (BN) di Sabah, negeri
    yang dianggap penting untuk merealisasikan impian mereka untuk menawan
    Putrajaya dalam Pilihan Raya 2013.

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  14. Semua pemain lain dalam pertempuran akan dianggap “tidak relevan” untuk membuat perubahan dalam undi pembangkang,

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  15. Barisan pembangkang di Sabah amat sesak, dengan tiga parti PR DAP, PKR
    dan PAS, sekutu baru APS dan PPPS, dan dua parti pembangkang lain SAPP
    dan Parti Pembaharuan Negeri (STAR) yang di pimpin oleh ahli politik
    veteran, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

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  16. Semua tujuh pergerakan politik sebelum ini mahu bersatu menentang BN
    tetapi kegagalan pengagihan kerusi menyebabkan pilihan raya akan datang
    mungkin akan menyaksikan pertandingan tiga atau empat penjuru melawan
    BN.

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  17. Sekutu PR baru berasaskan Sabah, Ketua APS Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing memberitahu The Malaysian Insider
    keengganan SAPP untuk mengalah dari permintaan yang “tamak” untuk
    bertanding sekurang-kurangnya lebih separuh darpada 60 kerusi Dewan
    Undangan Negeri (DUN) menyebabkan rundingan kerusi mereka dengan PR
    mengalami kebuntuan.

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  18. Beliau memanggil ketua SAPP sebagai “anggur masam” kerana memulakan
    peperangan mulut terhadap dirinya dan seorang lagi sekutu baru PR Sabah,
    Ketua PPPS Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, selepas menyedari permintaan kerusi
    parti mereka akan ditolak.

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  19. ketua SAPP Datuk Yong Teck Lee menyamakan kedua-dua lelaki itu sebagai
    kerbau yang dicucuk hidung, mengatakan kedua-duanya terpaksa tunduk
    kepada pemimpin-pemimpin PR di Semenanjung untuk melobi kerusi dalam
    pilihan raya umum akan datang.

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  20. Beliau hanyalah anggur masam. Mengetahui peluangnya dengan PR hampir
    gagal, beliau cuba untuk mengeluarkan kata-kata mengarut untuk
    merendahkan kami.

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  21. Ahli parlimen Tuaran itu menambah, Yong bekas ketua menteri Sabah yang
    agenda partinya hanya untuk mempertahankan Sabah ditangan parti
    berasaskan Sabah, tidak pernah berminat dengan perjuangan pembangkang.

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  22. “Beliau hanya mahu menyertai perjuangan dengan cara ini kerana mahu
    menjadi ketua menteri sekali lagi ... ia hanya kepentingan peribadi
    beliau. Jadi beliau begitu terdesak untuk mempunyai cara beliau ... ini
    adalah peluang peluang terakhir untuk beliau menjadi ketua menteri
    lagi,” tegas Bumburing.

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  23. Tetapi lihatlah, walaupun dalam sejarah politik Sabah, tidak pernah ada
    pertembungan satu lawan satu. Tetapi rakyat Sabah sentiasa mengundi
    untuk kedua-dua pihak utama dalam pertempuran.

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  24. Pemimpin Kadazandusun terkenal itu menegaskan pemerhatian beliau di
    Sabah, termasuk sebelum meninggalkan jawatannya sebagai timbalan
    presiden Pertubuhan Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun dan Murut Bersatu (UPKO)
    dari BN, pilihan raya akan datang adalah diantara BN dan PR

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  25. PR, gabungan longgar yang ditubuhkan selepas DAP, PKR dan PAS menang
    secara signifikan dalam Pilihan Raya 2008, terutamanya di Semenanjung,
    berkembang dengan ketara dalam kekuatan dan angka dan telah pun
    melebarkan sayapnya merentasi Laut China Selatan ke Malaysia Timur untuk
    meningkatkan sokongan.

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  26. “Saya tahu dengan pasti rakyat kini sedang membuat keputusan, dan bagi
    kebanyakan, mereka sudah membuat keputusan ... jadi apabila kempen
    bermula, pilihan adalah diantara PR dan BN. SAPP dan lain-lain, hanya
    akan membuat sedikit perbezaan.

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  27. “SAPP dan STAR hanya bermain politik di celah-celah ... mereka akan kekal hilang di tengah-tengah,” kata Bumburing.

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  28. Kami telah sentiasa berminat dalam berkongsi kerusi dengan SAPP tetapi
    malangnya, mereka tidak dapat menyertai kami. Jadi sekarang, kita tidak
    mempunyai pilihan tetapi untuk bergerak ke hadapan antara PR, APS dan
    PPPS,” katanya.

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  29. Minggu lalu Timbalan Presiden PKR Mohamed Azmin Ali mengatakan SAPP
    telah secara rasmi dikeluarkan dari rundingan kerusi bersama PR, oleh
    kerana parti berasaskan Sabah itu enggan mengalah dari menuntut
    sekurang-kurangnya separuh daripada 60 kerusi DUN Sabah.

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  30. Hujah Yong adalah kuasa pentadbiran Sabah untuk kekal di tangan rakyat
    Sabah, hanya parti berasaskan negeri perlu bertanding sejumlah besar
    daripada 60 kerusi.

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  31. PR berasaskan Semenanjung, katanya, boleh mengambil majoriti 25 kerusi
    parlimen Sabah, membenarkan impian mereka untuk mewakili negeri tersebut
    di Parlimen dan untuk merampas Putrajaya.

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  32. Dalam Pilihan Raya 2008, BN menyapu 59 daripada 60 kerusi DUN dan 24
    daripada 25 kerusi parlimen. Kemudiannya dalam tahun 2008, SAPP menarik
    diri dari BN, membawal kedua-dua ahli parlimen dan dua kerusi DUN
    bersama mereka.

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  33. Pertandingan dalam pilihan raya akan datang akan menjadi paling sengit
    antara BN dan PR dan semua mata akan tertumpu kepada keputusan di Sabah,
    Sarawak dan Johor, tiga negeri di mana BN masih mempunyai perwakilan
    yang kuat.

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  34. Pakatan Rakyat (PR) tidak akan berpeluang untuk membentuk kerajaan walaupun memenangi Pilihan Raya 2013 selagi tidak dapat membuat keputusan bersama siapa yang akan menjadi perdana menteri.

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  35. Pertelagahan antara PAS, DAP dan PKR berhubung calon perdana menteri sama ada Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang atau Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim memberikan isyarat bahawa PR tidak akan membentuk kerajaan walaupun memenangi pilihan raya umum (PRU) ke 13.

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  36. Katanya, keadaan itu jelas berbeza dengan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang sepakat memilih Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai perdana menteri.

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  37. BN adalah sebuah parti yang berdaftar, bergerak atas satu logo, manifesto dan bendera sejak lebih lima dekad lalu... keadaan ini amat berbeza dengan PR, yang sehingga ke hari ini, masih belum didaftar.

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  38. Ini bermakna, hanya parti yang memenangi kerusi paling banyak dalam PRU 13, akan dipilih untuk membentuk kerajaan dan walaupun PR iaitu DAP, PAS dan PKR, boleh membentuk kerajaan sekiranya bersepakat memilih seorang ahli parlimen sebagai perdana menteri tetapi sehingga ke hari ini, mereka masih bertelagah mengenai calon berkenaan.

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  39. “Jadi, sudah pasti BN yang akan dipilih untuk membentuk kerajaan sebagai sebuah parti tunggal serta kestabilan yang dibuktikan selepas PRU 13.”

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  40. PR tidak akan mencapai kata sepakat dalam melantik siapa yg menjadi Perdana Menteri berikutan agenda dan perjuangan parti yang berbeza.

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  41. “Atas sebab itu, saya berkeyakinan bahawa BN akan menjadi parti tunggal memiliki kerusi yang terbesar di Parlimen sekaligus dipanggil untuk membentuk kerajaan,” katanya.

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