KENINGAU: State Reform Party
(Star) Chairman for Sabah, Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, said all Sabah politicians are 'frogs'
and not just him, if party-hopping is what the term means.
"We are all frogs but I
have been changing parties in order to look for solutions for Sabah and not for
my own interest," he claimed, at the Star Bingkor launch, recently.
He said almost all Sabah
politicians had one way or another changed political parties in their career
and claimed that this included Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and his
brother Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan.
He noted that Musa left Usno
for Umno while Pairin left Berjaya and Pasok to start Parti Bersatu Sabah
(PBS).
Generally, he said if the
politicians stopped hopping, it is because they got positions and comforts for
themselves, some even sacrificing their struggle for the rakyat.
He said these selfish
leaders would stick with the current ruling Umno as long as the party is in
government or as long as they have their own position, but they would jump to
other parties if Umno is no longer ruling.
"They are actually 'fat
frogs' now, so they don't jump anymore..." he said explaining his
party-hopping, which he claimed had been used to discredit him for a long time.
He also defended his party-jumping
as merely seeking ways to resolve perennial problems in Sabah which he claimed
the ruling leaders failed to resolve.
Jeffrey also accused Sabah
BN component parties of being traitors to Sabahans and puppets of
peninsula-based Umno and that they have no choice but to sing Umno songs,
likening them to "buffaloes led by their nose."
"We in Star have our
'perjuangan' (struggle), but they have lost theirs.
They have forgotten because
they are full now, because they are intoxicated by projects..." he said,
and cited Pairin as being one of them.
Chiding those who ridiculed
his move from party to party, Jeffrey said none of the parties he joined would
carry his struggle to regain the independence of Sabah.
"Sabah is an
independent country by itself. Whoever subscribes to a vision of an independent
Sabah should join us in Star now," he said.
He also cautioned Sabahans
of getting "out of the frying pan into a fire" explaining that those
who are joining another peninsula-based party like PKR would only weaken Sabah
but strengthen Malaya's hegemony over Sabah, and things might just repeat for
the people here once more.
"But don't be
disheartened as the coming election is another opportunity God gave us to
change the situation. As long as we are alive, we still have hope, and it is
this hope that made the people support Star," he said.
He also claimed that in a
mere six months of its existence in Sabah, Star has garnered 175,000 members.
Jeffrey also announced that
if Star formed the next state government, it would double the monthly welfare
aid to all qualified senior citizens from RM300 to RM600.
He also announced that RM500
would be allocated as savings account for each Sabahan baby born so that the
child would have sufficient savings when he or she turns 18.
At the function, a group of
children carried a symbolic plaque of Star's seven-point Borneo Agenda and
presented it to Jeffrey.
Jeffrey was also proclaimed
by the organiser as the "Father of (the) Struggle to Reclaim Sabah
Rights".
JK sedang mencari parti yang perfect tapi realitinya memang tiada parti yang perfect.
ReplyDeletebetul tue. there is no such thing as a perfect party. Maybe Jeff should form his own party.
Deletememang tiada yang sempurna...
DeleteTapi persoalannya, siapa pemimpin yang benar2 berjuang untuk rakyat dan bukan untuk kepentingan diri sendiri??
ReplyDeleteAll these that needed the intelligent people to value and decide themself.
Deletemacam tiada...semua ahli politik sama saja..
DeleteJeffrey mmg raja katak, jadi tak perlu nak libatkan orang lain.
ReplyDeletemereka yag pemimpin USNO dan berpindah kepada UMNO bukan lompat parti. kerana USNO dibubarkan untuk memberi peluang kepada UMNO.
ReplyDeletejeff should put that in mind.
DeleteRight, USNO give way to UMNO to be formed in Sabah, the leaders did not jump ship. Unlike Jeffrey who jump from one party to another when his self interests cannot be fulfilled.
Deletehttp://sabah-go-green.blogspot.com/
wadui this is the lamest excuse to defend himself ever.
ReplyDeleteAt least Musa and Pairin has achieve a lot in helping the people. What Jeff has done so far????
ReplyDeleteits impossible for Jeff to actually help the people first hand if he couldn't stay in one party for long.
DeleteJeffrey is the biggest frog in Sabah, he jumped ship more times than we can count.
ReplyDeleteBudaya lompat parti satu kebiasaan sebenarnya.
ReplyDeletesudah jadi budaya bagi sesetengah ahli politik..antaranya ialah JK..
DeleteSejauh mana parti STAR boleh mencapai kedudukan di Sabah?
ReplyDeleteIni juga bergantung sama ada rakyat beri peluang ke tidak.
DeleteNot sure Agenda STAR really meant for the people.
ReplyDeletePerjuangan autonomy harus diperjuangkan.
ReplyDeletePRU semakin dekat, masing-masing "attack" antara satu sama lain.
ReplyDeleteJika tidak membuat perubahan kini, maka beginilah keadaan Sabah di masa akan datang.
ReplyDeleteBukan mudah untuk parti baru diterima oleh golongan ramai.
ReplyDeleteditambahkan lagi sejarah background JK yang 6 kali lompat pagar, Star meragukan.
DeleteBN contribute great development for Sabah, what about STAR?
ReplyDeleteSTAR tiada apa2 sumbangan pun..
DeleteStar masih baru lagi di Sabah, tiada apa sumbangan kepada Sabah
DeleteBut no one can challenge Jeffery Kitingan as a Party King of Frog.
ReplyDeleteKita tunggu saja setakat mana nanti STAR ini bertahan dibawah kuasa JK. Kerana kita tahu JK tidak tahan dengan parti yang tidak sehaluan dengan beliau. Jadi adakah STAR akan menjadi mangsa persinggahan JK juga nanti?
ReplyDeletea lot of the politicians will say the same thing but most of all it just a mimic to confuse the rakyat's mindset
ReplyDeletesad to say but it's true that when the politicians stopped hopping, it is because they got positions and comforts for themselves, some even sacrificing their struggle for the rakyat.
ReplyDeleteapapun, biarlah rakyat sendiri yang menentukan nasib para pemimpin ini dalam PRU13 nanti
ReplyDeletetrue, almost all Sabah politicians had one way or another changed political parties in their career
ReplyDeletesemua rakyat yang layak, undilah dengan bijak bila tiba musim PRU
ReplyDeletenot all.. only you jeffrey..
ReplyDeleteJeffrey telah berpindah parti banyak kali bermula dari PBS, PBRS, AKAR, UPKO and PKR.. kini beliau tubuhkan STAR.. malah punca beliau berpindah parti adalah kerana tidak diberikan jawatan dalam parti.
ReplyDeletedari PBS ke PBRS.. bila dia gagal mendapatkan jawatan presiden, dia keluar menyertai AKAR. akibat tidak diberikan jawatan presiden dalam AKAR, sekali lagi dia keluar menyertai PBS. ketika dalam PBS, Jeffrey berkeinginan untuk memegang jawatan timbalan presiden, namun gagal. akhirnya beliau keluar lagi dan cuma memasuki pari umno tapi permohonannya ditolak. Jeffrey akhirnya menyertai PKR, tapi seperti biasa, selepas dia gagal dilantik ke jawatan pengerusi PKR negeri, sekali lagi dia keluar..
ReplyDeleteakhirnya Jeffrey terpaksa menumpang parti STAR dari Sarawak sekaligus membolehkan beliau memegang jawatan pengerusi STAR Sabah. belumpun sampai setahun STAR bertapak di Sabah, beliau sudah berani mengarahkan parti malaya balik ke malaya semata2 untuk memberikan beliau laluan meletakkan calon di semua kerusi di negeri ini..
ReplyDeleteberdasarkan perjalanan politik JK ini, nilailah sendiri siapa yang selayak2nya digelar katak.. daripada membantu parti Sarawak untuk melebarkan sayap di negeri ini, kenapa JK tidak bergabung saja dengan SAPP?? kenapa perlu beliau umumkan akan bertanding di semua kerusi??
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