By : DONNY YAPP
THE ACTION taken by some pioneers of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) from Kepayan area to finally leave the party and joined an opposition State Reform Party (STAR) is laudable, a pleasant shock to many yet a historic brave move that signaled the Chinese warming up to Dr Jeffrey Kitingan's untiring struggle to fight for the state rights and autonomy.
As a social and consumerism activist that always want the best for Sabahans, I am quite moved by the decision taken by John Ho and his friends in ditching a ruling party they co-founded in 1985.
I know it is not easy for founding members like John Ho to leave when he has been with the party for 27 years. It must be for a greater cause that they left and join STAR.
Their acts would further vindicate and reinforce the action by another local Chinese leader, Dr Felix Chong, who left DAP to join STAR recently. This development has injected a new stronger spirit within STAR, and especially so to the Chinese community not only in Kepayan but in the whole of Sabah.
It is a step forward for all of us Sabahans to the clarion call of our much-misunderstood fighter, Dr Jeffrey. Though I am not a member of STAR, it is my prayer that this Party would be able to show the way for Sabahans, regardless of colours and backgrounds, to unite under a common struggle to free us from the clench of a hegemonising outside power.
We have seen PBS and UPKO failed to make it happens for Sabah such as in the case of setting up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the large presence of illegal immigrants and the issuance of MyKads to these people. It is time to give Dr Jeffrey a chance to prove his worth in politics.
Give him one term to prove himself, and if he renegade from his struggle, we can always replace him and his team United Borneo Alliance (UBA) in the next poll.
After watching as a skeptic for a long time, I myself am now convinced Dr Jeffrey is sincere and would do his best to safeguard our rights and our future, not his. I am also convinced that unlike other Sabahan politicians, Dr Jeffrey is even prepared to sacrifice himself for Sabahans. This same realisation must also have hit John Ho and his friends and compelled them to join and help Dr Jeffrey in STAR.
Jeffrey and Yong Teck Lee looks happy in this picture. Wonder if they can work together happily when it comes to politics?
ReplyDeleteJeffrey will be given a chance to prove himself if only he can get enough support from the people during the next GE.
ReplyDeletejeffrey, nama yang tidak asing lagi dalam politik di Sabah, namun dia juga sering dikenali dgn sikap lompat partinya dan ia adakakalanya menmbulkan keraguan akan perjuangan sebenarnya.
ReplyDeleteJK juga diragui hanya mengejar jawatan dan kedudukan dalam parti yang disertainya setelah beberapa kali lompat parti. apapun, semoga perjuangannya dalam STAR akan berjaya.
Deletejeffrey kena buktikan perjuangan sebenarnya, jgn sering berubah2 seperti orang tiada pendirian.
ReplyDeleteharap parti STAR ni lah parti terakhir untuk Jeffrey.
DeleteJK sentiasa kalah dalam PRU, tidak tahu kali ni bagaimana.
ReplyDeleteKita tunggu saja PRU 13 nanti mampukan JK memberikan kejutan. Yong Teck Lee rasanya tidak perlu dirisaukan kerana SAPP hanya bergantung dengan parti lain.
ReplyDeleteI doubt whether they can cooperate well or not. They have their own political interests.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to all parties. May the best party wins!
ReplyDeleteteruskan menarik lebih ramai pemimpin lompat(katak).. kadang2 rakyat tidak boleh percaya sangat dengan pemimpin2 jenis ini..
ReplyDeletemacam mana ramai sekalipun ahli2nya, jika pembangkang terpaksa bersaing dengan pembangkang yang lain, hasilnya tetap sama juga..
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