KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu
Sabah (PBS) has defended the state Immigration Department’s decision not to
allow PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar to enter Sabah last week.
Its Information Chief, Datuk
Johnny Mositun, said that the party supported the decision because it had to do
with the security of the state being threatened.
“We support the decision as
we believe the Immigration Department has justification not to allow her to
enter Sabah,” he said when asked to comment on the incident that occurred on
the eve of Kaamatan.
Mositun also said that this
was not the first time that an individual had been barred from entering Sabah
and some of the individuals had in fact been allowed in the state after the
threat that they posed was deemed to be over.
He cited for example DAP
advisor Lim Kit Siang who had been deported from Sabah before and is now
allowed entry into the state.
“I believe this is not a
total ban, it was just for that day because of the threat to the state’s
security,” Mositun added.
The Deputy State Assembly
Speaker called on all to respect the decision as it is part of the 20-point
agreement that was formed in relation to establishment of Malaysia in 1963 and
pointed out that under the agreement, the state government does not have to explain
why an individual is barred from entering Sabah.
On Sunday, Chief Minister
Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said Sabah’s doors are always open to those who want
to see and embrace its ethnic and cultural diversities as well as participate
in the state’s festivities.
He said Sabah also welcomed
those who respect a civil society, where law and order prevailed to uphold
peace and harmony.
“However if we have reason
to believe that your presence here will pose a threat to these ideals that
Sabah has enjoyed all these while, you are not welcomed here,” he said and
stressed that contrary to what was being spread in the social media, the ban on
Nurul Izzah from entering the state was not politically motivated.
“Other opposition leaders
have come and moved freely throughout Sabah, especially during the run-up to
the elections. They spread the same old recipe of lies, deceit and slander to
hoodwink the people. We didn’t stop them,” he said.
“Now that the elections are
over, their leader refuses to accept the verdict. It is a case of sour grapes
and ungentlemanly conduct. He wants to rile up the masses to rally throughout
the country to show his, and I repeat, his discontent,” he said.
“We have reason to believe
that Nurul Izzah’s intentions to come to Sabah this time round may not be as
innocent as she or her fellow opposition members make it out to be,” he said.
Musa said Sabah and its
people do not need endless propaganda by the opposition to incite hatred and
mistrust among the people against the Barisan Nasional government.
“Enough is enough. We need
to move on. The opposition has been politicking for the last five years. Are we
going to get bogged down by more politicking in the next five years? There’s
work to be done. The country needs to be administrated, the economy needs to
grow and the people’s welfare taken care of,” he said. (UB)
Larangan kemasukan Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Nurul Izzah Anwar ke Sabah bukan satu larangan tetap, kata Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri, Tan Sri Sukarti Wakiman.
ReplyDelete"Pengharaman Nurul Izzah hanya untuk satu ketika iatu pada malam majlis penutup sambutan Kaamatan peringkat negeri (30 Mei)," katanya pada Isnin.
Menurut Sukarti, keputusan menghalang Nurul Izzah daripada memasuki Sabah dilakukan atas sebab keselamatan berdasarkan laporan yang diterima oleh kerajaan daripada pegawai keselamatan.
ReplyDelete"Tidak ada larangan tetap ke atas beliau atau mana-mana pemimpin parti pembangkang yang lain untuk datang ke Sabah selagi mereka tidak menimbulkan ancaman keselamatan," katanya.
Tidak ada dinyatakan dalam mana-mana peraturan Ketua Menteri Sabah perlu memberi penjelasan atau mewartakan sebab musabah menahan 'Persona Non Grata' daripada memasuki Sabah kerana terletak di bawah bidang kuasa istimewa beliau; Pengarah Imigresen hanya melaksanakan tugas mengikut .undang-undang.Isu kuasa istimewa Ketua Menteri ini telah berlarutan sejak 1963 namun jarang dipedulikan oleh Ahli Politik Pembangkang, melainkan setelah mengalami 'gangguan emosi' dan merasa malu kerana dikategorikan sebagai 'Persona Non Grata'.
ReplyDeleteTindakan menyaman Ketua Menteri Sabah atau Kerajaan Negeri Sabah tidak memberikan sebarang makna kerana hak-hak khas Perlembagaan dibenarkan di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan.di dalam menjalankan kuasa-kuasa yang diberi kepada Kerajaan Negeri Sabah oleh Seksyen 65(1)(c) Akta tersebut, Kerajaan Negeri Sabah tidak perlu memberikan sebarang alasan.
ReplyDeleteTimbalan Ketua Perhubungan Umno Sabah Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak
ReplyDeletemenyokong penuh keputusan kerajaan negeri meminta Pengarah Jabatan
Imigresen Negeri menghalang naib presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
Nurul Izzah Anwar memasuki Sabah
Beliau berkata kuasa menghalang seseorang daripada memasuki Sabah disebut dengan jelas oleh Seksyen 66 Akta Imigresen.
ReplyDeleteBagaimanapun, peruntukan undang-undang berupa rayuan, sentiasa ada bagi
ReplyDeleteNurul Izzah. Saya percaya keputusan ini bukan bersifat politik, tetapi
untuk menjaga kepentingan dan kestabilan Sabah.
Sabah perlu menyekat kemasukan mana-mana ahli politik dari luar negeri
ReplyDeleteini tanpa mengira kecenderungan politik mereka, yang datang ke negeri
kami dengan niat untuk menanam perasaan curiga dan benci dalam kalangan
rakyat kami
Sambil menegaskan bahawa rakyat Sabah tidak mahu mengamalkan budaya
ReplyDeletepolitik 'pecah dan perintah' seperti yang terdapat di tempat lain,
Sabah merupakan sebuah negeri yang sentiasa aman serta harmoni dan "kami
ReplyDeleteberbangga dengan perpaduan dalam kepelbagaian kami".
Kami tidak boleh membiarkan kepentingan Sabah dipermainkan oleh ahli
ReplyDeletepolitik tidak jujur dari Semenanjung Malaysia yang ingin memburu
kemegahan politik peribadi