Wednesday 22 August 2012

PENINSULA MALAY DETERMINE FEDERAL GOVT





KUCHING: The question of who will lead Putrajaya now lies in the hands of the Malays in Peninsular Malaysia, said Deputy Speaker of Parliament Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

He said whilst the majority of Malays in Sarawak and Sabah are solidly behind BN, Malays in the Peninsula are divided into three major factions; namely Umno, PAS and PKR.

“If the present government ever falls it’s because the Malays in Peninsular Malaysia are divided.

“They are divided into three factions now; namely PAS, Umno and PKR. Those in the urban areas tend to support PKR and the kampong people are split into two, by supporting Umno and PAS.

“So I hope the Malays in Peninsular Malaysia will be united in supporting BN if they want the present government to continue to lead the country,” Wan Junaidi told the media at his Hari Raya open house here yesterday.

He also hoped that the people in Sarawak would not be hoodwinked by Peninsula-based opposition parties who came here only to split them.

“When they come here, it’s not only the Malays that they divide but also the Dayaks as well,” he said.

Wan Junaidi, who is also Santubong MP, said he would leave his political future to the top leadership of BN to decide.

“All these while, I have been serving the people of all races and I have been allocating my MPR grants to them regardless of their religious background, be they Muslims, Christians or Buddhists.

“So, I hope BN leaders will get the feedbacks from the people at the grassroots whom I have served faithfully,” he added.

He said the RM1.5 million ‘touch-point’ allocation for each MP under Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun Razak’s administration had been fairly distributed to his constituents.

Santubong has 112 Malay villages, 40 Iban and Bidayuh villages and three major Chinese settlements.

Meanwhile, Wan Junaidi, who is a lawyer by profession, refused to comment on the state’s official religion as debated by some opposition members because Islam was already the official religion of the federation.

“We are free to practise whatever religions in Sarawak, much freer than west Malaysia. So we should not politicise this issue here,” he said. (theborneopost)

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