The Wool Over Sarawakians Eyes And The Two Third Majority In The DUN
I chanced upon a comment made a facebook user in which he said, ‘That is your takes, not hers. Whatever they found in England is not supposed to be broadcast like a football match. Not everything Government knows have to be told to all and sundry. What Government in the world does that? Even what is privy to your own party leaders are not told to all the party members for your adversaries to plan your failure. What a foolish notion. This is nothing more than a cheap political talk.
Senang kan? If that was easy to show GPS the exit - it would have been done long time ago. Hallo, they are still the Government with two third majority. What do you have? Nothing!
I shall refer to him as Enc Banyak Untung (BU).
He was responding to an article in which Sarawakians were invited to show the exit door to GPS in the looming PRN-12. The article referred to was a response to a statement made by a GPS lawmaker Datuk Sharifah Hasidah on the need to update the definition of ‘natives’ in the federal constitution.
While I do not think it was the intention of the Enc BU to openly and brazenly say that the acts of government politicians hiding important matters from the eyes of the electorates is a commonly accepted practise among GPS politicians, it does however highlights certain facts about Sarawakians’ involvement in politics and the impact on their lives.
The one episode that comes to mind is the supposedly facts finding mission to London by a high powered delegation led by Datuk Sharifah Hasidah in July 2017. Upon their return they were unable to tell Sarawakians what they found or did not find in, relation to the MA63.
The sum total of what he said is GPS (and its predecessor, the Sarawak BN) is able to maintain its two third majority in the Sarawak DUN by hiding from the general Sarawakian public important matters that otherwise may cause them to lose their two third majority or even lose their grip on the governance of the state. And Enc BU took the opportunity to thumb his nose at the opposition and rub salt of their wounds by saying that inspite of all that the opposition are saying, they really have nothing to show for it.
Before I proceed further I wish to categorically say that in no way am I saying or even suggesting that what Enc BU said is the truth. I invite readers to make their own conclusion.
What we do know as a fact is this: As far as enjoying a two third majority in the dewan undangan negeri is concerned, BN Sarawak (now GPS) holds an enviable unbroken record. Is the overwhelming support from the general Sarawakian public the result of uninformed or under-informed electorate? I would say there is a possibility of that happening. Why? The performance of the GPS government (previously the Sarawak BN) leaves a lot to be desired but they continue to enjoy their two third majority in the Sarawak’s DUN. That makes them supremely confident about themselves and gives them enough power to pretty much do what they want to do.
Signs of incompetence, corruption, misuse of office and power are hard to miss. Sarawak has among the highest rate of incidence of hardcore poverty. Based on the recipients of the various aids programme from both the federal and state government, the number of the so-called B40 households in Sarawak today has exceeded 50%. The vast majority in this group are the dayaks and mostly rural based. The dayaks are also far from happy with the situation involving their NCR land and with a host of other issues.
Recently, the GPS government was put into a spot when the Batang Baleh log jam that threatened the safety of the Baleh Dam was shown to be caused by negligence of a state government linked agency. The education sector in Sarawak is plagued by the problem of a severe shortage of teachers and unsafe schools buildings and the list go on and on. You would have though that with all the natural resources that Sarawak possess or should possess, our living standards would at least equal if not surpass that of the Singaporeans.
What are we to do about this? Obviously Sarawakians must show GPS the exit door in the coming PRN. It is unacceptable that a government that cannot bring itself to govern with transparency is allowed to continue to govern us.
Wake up Sarawakians. Start the process to show the exit door to GPS now and you can start by sharing this write-up.
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