Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts
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Monday, July 26, 2021

Abg Johari & Hari Kemerdekaan Sarawak 2021

 Abg Johari & Hari Kemerdekaan Sarawak 2021




Kenyataan Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari berkenaan hak-hak Sarawak akan lebih bermakna kepada warga Sarawak jika ia membawa makna bahawa kerajaan persekutuan sudah mengambil keputusan dan sudah mulai proses mengambalikan hak-hak Sarawak yang dirampas sejak dulu dulu lagi.

https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/sarawak-thanks-putrajaya-for-understanding-states-rights/

Agak menarik juga Abang Johari menyebut bahawa Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) adalah dokumen asas diatas mana hak hak Sarawak telah dicipta atau diundangkan. Ini perkara menarik kerana sehingga hari belum ada hak hak Sarawak dikembalikan walaupun 57 tahun sudah berlalu.

Secara ringkasnya, ini yang saya ingin katakan: Sarawak tidak perlu berterima kasih kepada kerajaan persekutuan berkenaan dengan hak-hak Sarawak.

Apakah punca sebenar Sarawak kehilangan hak? Jawapan ringkas nya adalah melalui satu pindaan kepada perlembagaan persekutuan pada Ogos 1976.

Semasa Malaysia dibentuk pada 16 September 1963 (iaitu sebelum Ogos 1976) bacaan asal perlembagaan persekutuan berbunyi: “Negeri-negeri Persekutuan adalah - (a) Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu, iaitu, Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang , Pulau Pinang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor dan Trengganu; dan (b) Negeri-negeri Borneo, iaitu Sabah dan Sarawak; dan (c) Negeri Singapura. "

Pendek kata, terdapat tiga (3) entiti wilayah yang terlibat iaitu- Tanah Melayu, negeri-negeri Borneo dan Singapura.

Selepas Ogos 1976, Artikel 1 (2) mengatakan: "Negeri-negeri Persekutuan adalah Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor dan Terengganu."

Negeri-negeri Borneo iaitu Sabah dan Sarawak diturunkan statusnya menjadi negeri didalam persekutuan semata-mata dan bukan lagi sebuah wilayah. Mengapa ini penting?

Pendek kata, sebelum Ogos 1976, Sarawak adalah 'negara berdaulat dalam sebuah persekutuan' seperti situasi UK (United Kingdom) di dalam EU (European Union). Oleh kerana UK adalah negara yang berdaulat, ia dapat melakukan “Brexit” ( British Exit) ketika menyedari bahawa EU bukanlah satu gabungan terbaik bagi mereka. Dengan hanya menjadi negeri dalam persekutuan, kedudukan Sarawak seperti seekor lembu yang dicucuk hidung.

Dan kerana itulah masih menjadi sebab mengapa penggantian kerugian dan pemulihan hak atas sumber semula jadi Sarawak, yang utama di antaranya adalah minyak dan gas, merupakan satu proses yang mana penhujungnya masih jauh dihadapan.

Bagaimana pindaan perlembagaan persekutuan Ogos 1976 berlaku? Pindaan itu berjaya dibuat atas pengkhianatan Ahli Parlimen Sarawak dari blok kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) di parlimen. Mereka memilih untuk menyokong pindaan itu.

Isu Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) dan status negeri-negeri Borneo menjadi perkara yang hangat dalam politik Malaysia, khususnya di Sarawak dan Sabah selepas PRU12 pada tahun 2008. Gabungan Pakatan Rakyat ketika itu menjadikannya agenda utama mereka di dua negeri Borneo ini. Kesedaran mengenai pengkhianatan oleh Ahli Parlimen BN dari Sarawak meningkat ke tahap yang lebih tinggi lalu kerajaan BN Sarawak tiada pilihan selain merampas isu tersebut dan berusaha memperjuangkannya. Malangnya bagi mereka, kesan buruk pengkhianatan itu telah sampai pada tahap yang mereka tidak dapat menyembunyikan lagi.

Ujian “litmus” berlaku pada tahun 2019 ketika Pakatan Harapan mencadangkan pindaan terhadap perlembagaan persekutuan. Pindaan itu sepaputnya telah menggerakkan proses mengembalikan hak-hak Sarawak yang hilang tetapi ia gagal. Ia gagal kerana ahli parlimen Sarawak dari GPS memutuskan untuk mengabadikan tradisi mereka untuk terus mengkhianati Sarawak - mereka tidak mengundi di parlimen.

Wikipedia mencatatkan pengkhianatan ini dengan kata-kata berikut 'Pada 4 April 2019, rang undang-undang yang mengusulkan pindaan terhadap Perlembagaan Malaysia telah dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat Parlimen Malaysia. RUU itu mencadangkan untuk meminda Artikel 1 (2) untuk mengembalikan status kedua-dua negeri Malaysia Timur Sabah dan Sarawak mengikut kandungan asal Perjanjian Malaysia yang ditandatangani pada tahun 1963.

Walaupun perbahasan berlangsung selama 6 jam di Parlimen semasa pembacaan kedua RUU pada 9 April, hanya 138 anggota parlimen yang menyokong RUU itu, 10 undi kekurangan majoriti dua pertiga, 148 suara, diperlukan untuk pindaan Perlembagaan. Selebihnya 59 (tidak hadir) undi tidak hadir, semuanya berasal dari parti pembangkang.

Oleh itu, apa sebenarnya yang telah dicapai oleh kerajaan GPS Sarawak dalam usaha mendapatkan kerajaan persekutuan pimpinan Malaya untuk mengembalikan hak-hak yang telah hilang dan mendapat ganti rugi atas kerugian yang dialami sejak September 1963? Tiada apa-apa pun. Bolehkah 2 konsesi gas asli di darat,  yang mana telaga nya belum terbuki mengandungi rizab gas asli yang berbaloi, dibandingkan dengan ladang minyak yang terbukti (E11) yang mana kontrak perkongsian pengeluaran (PSC) baru-baru ini berakhir dan kemudian diberikan kepada Petronas Carigali untuk terus mengeksploitasi? Bolehkah hak pengedaran LNG dibandingkan dengan itu?

Dalam analisis terakhir, pengajaran disini ialah, selama anda memilih untuk menjadi ulun Malaya, anda akan kekal seperti lembu yang dicucuk hidung. Anda tidak akan menjadi lembu gagah yang berusaha bermati-matian untuk menjaga kesemua kawasan yang telah menjadi hak milik nya.

Persoalanya di sini, adakah terdapat sesuatu erti meraikan Hari Sarawak semalam? Jawapan anda kemungkinan akan jadi asas undi anda pada pilihan raya negeri akan datang.

Monday, July 12, 2021

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) - ULUN MALAYA

 Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) - ULUN MALAYA

 *Skroll Untuk Bahasa Melayu*






(Bahasa Iban)

Diatu maioh Yb ari GPS, kelebih agi sida ke nyadi wakil ADUN menua pesisir kala madah ngagai rayat ba endur sida ia senentang sida ba Malaya din udah enda nguli Sarawak agi. Perintah GPS ia ke diketuai Abang Johari madahka diri udah mujur ngelaban Malaya ianya pasal ngambi baru hak ba MA63 kelebih agi bagi isu autonomi. Tang, kebendar ia, utrai ke disebut sida nya semina jaku kusung serta jaku bula aja. Utai ke amat, GPS Sarawak semina nyadi Ulun Malaya, enda lebih enggau enda kurang ari nya.

 Ba isu minyak & gas, Petronas agi megai kuasa penuh ngagai sumber minyak enggau gas Sarawak laban akta parlimen (Petroleum Development Act 1974) agi diguna nyentuuka saritu. Kepala Menteri Abang Johari madahka Sarawak mujur ngulihka “ganti rugi” ari Sales & Service Tax (SST) ngagai asil minyak enggau gas enggau kadar 5%. Diatu kitai udah masuk ngagai tengah taun 2021 lalu kitai nadai ninga rita sida Petronas mayar SST maya bagi taun 2020. Dua iti konsesi gas on-shore ia ke baru diberi ari Petronas ngagai Petros kala dipungkar kompeni minyak jepun tang sida mutus ati deka mulaika baru konsesi nya ngagai Petronas laban udah sida mansik, telaga gas nya tadi enda chukup dikena sida ngaga kerja pengeluaran tauka ngeluarka asil.

Projek andau Batang Lupar enggau Projek Sabah Sarawak Link Road ia ke nelan belanja berbilion ringgit ia ke patut dipelanja perintah persekutuan Perikatan Nasional, tang diatu, projek nya nyau dipelanja GPS Sarawak.

Ai Sarawak ia ke baruh akta parlimen Territorial Sea Act 2012 agi bekuatkuasa enggau perintah GPS nadai ngeluarka siti jaku nyakal utai tu ba parlimen. Danji PM Muhyiddin ia ke deka ngrembaika Sarawak ngena chara meri autonomi, tang semua nya semina danji kusung.

Bisi mega ADUN GPS madah sepengudah sida menang PRN 2016, sida udah ngaga master plan tauka pelan ke besai ungkup pasar ba alai endur sida bediri. Pelan besai ke digaga sida nya keno ke ngambi masa 10 taun deka nyadi. Amat manah pelan sida nya, tang kebendar ia, ba dalam kandang 10 taun nya, sida kebendar deka nyadi Yb ba alai endur sida bediri sekurang-kurangnya 2 penggal. Siti penggal, 5 taun. Dua penggal, 10 taun. Kesemua projek ke deka digaga ba kawasan sida semina nguntungks sida empu aja, secara langsung enggau enda langsung.

Utai ke terang ulih dipeda kitai diatu, perintah GPS meri sukung penuh ngagai perintah ia ke masuk nengah jalai pintu belakang ianya perinntah persekutuan Perikatan Nasional (PN). Perintah PN ianya perintah ke nadai bulih mandat ari rayat lalu pekara tu nyau ngujungka utai digaga sida ba parlimen nyau enda dikarapka rayat. Perintah PN ianya perintah ke enda stabil, nya meh kebuha perintah tu semampai kena ancaman, ancaman ari kaban sida ia empu ia ke semampai nganti peluang deka ngaga maioh peminta ia ke semina mai penyenang enggau penguntung ngagai sida ia empu aja.

Dinga kita rayat Sarawak, kelebih agi rayat ke diau ba pesisir, buka meh utai ke mampul mata kita ia ke GPS tu( suba BN Sarawak) nyau udah ngindik pala kitai. Peda enggau mata kitai empu, berunding enggau runding ke tebuka enggau peda meh pemula wakil rayat enggau perintah GPS.

Aram meh kitai beserakup ngemaduka GPS megai perintah Sarawak. Aram meh kitai beserakup nguburka sida sebedau sida ngubur ke kitai dulu.

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(Bahasa Melayu)

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) - ULUN MALAYA

Sekarang ramai Yb dari GPS, terutama sekali yang mewakili kawasan ADUN di luar bandar berkata kepada rakyat dikawasan mereka bahawa era Malaya buli (membuli) Sarawak sudah berakhir. Kerajaan GPS yang diterajui Abang Johari sudah berjaya menentang Malaya dalam isu MA63 terutama dalam isu autonomi mereka kata. Namun apa yang mereka kata itu semua nya percakapan kosong dan pembohongan semata-mata. Yang nyata, GPS Sarawak hanya ulun Malaya. Tidak lebih dan tidak kurang dari itu.

Dalam isu minyak & gas, Petronas masih mempunyai kuasa penuh keatas sumber minyak & gas Sarawak kerana akta parlimen Petroleum Development Act 1974 masih berkuatkuasa dengan sepenuhnya. Ketua Menteri Abang Johari kata Sarawak berjaya dapat ‘ganti rugi’ melalui Sales & Service Tax (SST) keatas produk minyak dan gas dengan kadar 5%. Sekarang kita sudah masuk pertengahan kedua tahun 2021 dan belum ada khabar berita Petronas sudah membayar SST untuk tahun 2020. Dua konsesi gas on-shore yang baru baru ini diberi oleh Petronas kepada Petros pernah diterokai oleh syarikat minyak Jepun tetapi mereka mengambil keputusan untuk menyerah balik konsesi tersebut kepada Petronas kerana data penemuan dari usaha mereka menunjukan bahawa telaga gas dikedua konsesi itu tidak mencukupi untuk melaksanakan kerja pengeluaran.

Projek jambatan Batang Lupar dan projek Sabah Sarawak Link Road yang mana kos nya berbilion ringgit dan yang sepatutnya dibiayai kerajaan persekutuan Perikatan Nasional sekarang dibiayai kerajaan GPS Sarawak.

Perairan Sarawak dibawah akta parlimen Territorial Sea Act 2012 masih berkuatkuasa dan kerajaan GPS Sarawak langsung tidak menyuarakan sebarang bantah di parlimen. Janji-janji PM Muhyiddin untuk memperkasakan Sarawak melalui pemberian autonomi semua nya janji janji kosong.

Terdapat juga ADUN GPS yang berkata sebaik saja mereka menang dalam PRN 2016 mereka telah menyediakan master plan atau pelan induk untuk pekan utama dikawasan mereka. Pelan induk mereka dikatakan memerlukan jangka masa 10 tahun untuk direalisasikan. Bukan main cantik lagi pelan mereka, tetapi kebenaran dibelakang jangka masa 10 tahun ialah mereka berhasrat jadi Yb di kawasan itu sekurang-kurangnya selama dua penggal. Satu penggal, 5 tahun. Dua penggal 10 tahun. Segala projek yang dilaksanakan di kawasan mereka menguntungkan mereka sendiri, secara langsung atau tidak langsung.

Yang kita boleh lihat dengan terang sekali sekarang ialah sokongan padu yang diberikan oleh kerajaan GPS Sarawak kepada kerajaan pintu belakang Perikatan Nasional (PN) diperingkat persekutuan. Kerajaan PN sekarang ialah kerajaan yang tidak mempunyai mandat dari rakyat dan kelebihan mereka diparlimen sangat diragukan. Kerajaan PN merupakan kerajaan yang tidak stabil dan oleh kerana itu kerajaan ini terdedah kepada ancaman dalaman, ancaman dari rakan kongsi yang sentiasa menunggu peluang untuk membuat pemintaan yang cuma membawa kebaikan atau keuntungan untuk mereka sendiri sahaja.

Wahai rakyat Sarawak, terutama sekali rakyat dikawasan luarbandar/pesisir, buka lah penutup mata yang GPS (dulu BN Sarawak) telah letak keatas kepala kita. Tengok dengan mata sendiri, fikir dengan minda yang terbuka dan lihat lah pembohongan wakil rakyat dan kerajaan GPS.

Mari lah kita bersama-sama menamatkan riwayat GPS sebagai kerajaan Sarawak. Marilah kita sama sama kuburkan mereka sebelum kita dikuburkan oleh mereka.

 

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic Management - GPS, Show Your Mettle Now!

 COVID-19 Pandemic Management - GPS, Show Your Mettle Now!



 

The KPIs Of The GPS Government And Of The SDMC

There was a time in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sarawak when Sarawakians honestly believed that the GPS government of Sarawak and the SDMC (Sarawak Disaster Management Committee) were doing an excellent job in controlling the spread of the virus in Sarawak. For example, throughout year 2020, the highest number of positive cases for a single day in Sarawak was 32, reported on the 01/04/2020 whereas Selangor reported figures in excess of 1200 on the 23/11/2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sarawak

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/11/643651/malaysia-records-whopping-1884-new-covid-19-cases-highest-single-day

In year 2021, Sarawak went downhill. In Jan 2021, the highest single day tally was 255, reported on the 24/01/2021. In February 2021, the highest single day tally was 353, reported on the 24/02/2021. On the 28/03/2021, Sarawak emerged as the champion with 426 new positive cases reported. Covid.19 related death toll totals 107 as at today while the total positive cases stands at 16,214 (out of the 28,887 cases of Persons Under Investigation or PUI).This is beginning to look like a very perplexing anomaly as the COVID.19 vaccination is already underway. It certainly looks like the GPS government has seriously blundered in its management of the pandemic. As can be seen quite clearly, the figure reported in March 2021 is nearly 14 times the highest for the whole of year 2020.

Where did it go wrong?

Breaking The Chain Of Transmission - Was There A Serious One In Place?

The blame for the spike in the numbers of new positive cases was blamed mainly on social gatherings like Chinese New Year visits, cock fighting sessions, a birthday party and funerals. What were also mentioned in the daily reports but not assigned blames in similar fashion to the events mentioned above are the asymptomatic people detected among the positive cases identified during screenings. It does not need nuclear science to tell that these asymptomatic people were significant contributors to the statistics of positive cases in Sarawak. So why were these asymptomatic people, who were moving freely in the state not detected? Simply put, the screening processes that were put in place by SDMC and the Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) were not ‘designed’ to identify ALL the asymptomatic people in the state. The screenings were knee-jerk responses to positive cases identified after ad-hoc cases were tested as positive  in hospitals and clinics.

The obvious solution to the problem was to mass screen the entire population of Sarawak but for reason best known to the Sarawak government and to the SDMC this was not done.

Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing advocated for mass screening although he limits his recommendation to the locality where Covid.19 positive cases have emerged but as said above, his recommendations fell on deaf ears.

https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/01/20/tiong-stresses-mass-screening-in-curbing-spread-of-covid-19-virus/

Where or what were the constraints that prevented them from doing mass screening? The SDMC obviously have enough wisdom to divide Sarawak into zones, color code the zones and restrict movement of people between zones. The basic foundation for mass screening was already in place. They could have isolated the zones and conduct the mass screening zone by zone and identify all the positive and asymptomatic people as they moved through the zones. What was it that prevented them from optimising what they have already put in place? Only they know.

 The Vaccines

The general Sarawak public knew that in Malaysia and for now, it is only the PN federal government that has the locus standi to import the Covid.19 vaccine. So when CM Abang Johari announced that the Sarawak government will foot the entire cost of the vaccines for Sarawak, they were simultaneously glad and perplexed. Glad because it appears Sarawak did not have to worry whether or not the federal government actually have the financial resources to import sufficient vaccines. Sarawak apparently has sufficient resources of its own or so it seems. It certainly look that way as the GPS government had earlier decided to fully finance the construction of the Batang Lupar bridge by themselves after they failed to convince the PN federal government to shoulder its burden on the bridge. At the same time, Sarawakians were understandably perplexed as without the cooperation of the federal government on the matter, Sarawak will not get the vaccine in the amount they want. So when CM Abang Johari said they are waiting for an official reply from the federal government on the matter you can almost hear Sarawakians saying, ‘ Told you so ‘.

You would have expected CM Abang Johari and his GPS government to immediately exploit their kingmaker’s clout, especially now when the PN federal government is tottering on the edge of the abyss, and force the federal government to quickly make arrangement to import the vaccine for Sarawak but they did not.

https://dayakdaily.com/free-covid-19-vaccine-for-all-sarawakians-swak-govt-to-foot-bill-for-all-costs-involved/

https://www.thesundaily.my/local/covid-19-sarawak-to-mobilise-vaccination-team-to-interior-areas-soon-CE7336316

Vaccination - Targeted Groups And Prioritising

‘ Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas is calling upon companies or industries with many workers operating in the state to submit the name list of their workers to the nearest resident offices in their respective division to be included in the state Covid-19 vaccination programme ‘

https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/03/28/uggah-companies-industries-urged-to-submit-name-list-of-workers-to-respective-resident-offices-for-vaccination/

In most countries in UK and in the EU countries, the government are prioritising their frontliners and the vulnerable among their citizens. Among those considered as vulnerable are the elderly, especially those with underlying medical issues. In Sarawak the elderly do not seems to be on the priority list. Are the elderly in Sarawak considered as not deserving of the vaccines because economically they are past the age where they are able contribute positively to the economy?

Rural Folks - Registration Via Sejahthera and Connectivity

DCM Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas is reported to have said registration for the Covid.19 vaccination can be done through the MySejahtera application or at the nearest hospital, health clinic or district office.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/02/667440/sarawak-opens-registration-covid-19-vaccination

It is common knowledge that for the vast majority of rural based Sarawakians, good internet connectivity is something that they continue to dream of only. Registration for the vaccination via MySejathera is out of the question. And there are those for whom registration through the nearest hospitals or clinics or the district office is also a major challenge, either because of poor or non-existent road connectivity. Best as we can tell, there is no mention of government reaching out to these rural based Sarawakians to get them registered. The stated desire of CM Abang Johari to have all Sarawakians vaccinated somehow rings hollow in the face of this.

In conclusion and in the matter of the management of the Covid.19 pandemic, the GPS government has failed and failed miserably too and the only way to deal with these pretend kingmakers is to make them into deep fired frogs @ katak goreng kering with cili kering as optional flavour enhancer. Deep fry them in the coming PRN and serve them up to their buddies in Malaya.

Monday, March 29, 2021

Frogs And Malaysian Politics (English/Malay Version)

 Frogs And Malaysian Politics



There is a rumour going around in the grapevine that in Frogs Nation today, there is a bill about to be debated in their parliament and if passed into law, it will be mandatory for all frogs to leave Malaysia.

The reasons: Malaysia is largely responsible for the unsavoury reputation that frogs are burdened with now and for the bad press frogs have been receiving. They are praying that their exodus from Malaysia will attract swarms of flies towards the stench that is the Malaysian politics. Frogs are among the most environmental friendly of God’s creatures and they help to keep down the population of the disease bearing flies. The only reason why they are associated with the dirty politics in Malaysia is because they move about by hopping.

Frog or frogs have been used as a term, and used rather very frequently too, to describe lawmakers in Malaysia who betray their party and its struggles, betray voters who gave them the mandate to speak on their behalf, in order to dramatically increase their own personal benefits from politicking. It must be noted here that the bad and negative side of ‘frogging’ is in the betrayal for immense personal benefits, like from being an ordinary member of parliament to becoming a full minister with instant pocket money in the millions of ringgits or from being an ordinary encik or tuan to a celebrated Datuk. So that we will not forget, let us remind ourselves that the unsavoury side of being a political frog is in the gaining of immense personal benefits, at the expense of their voters.

Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) has been very unfairly labeled as a party of frogs, not because they consist of people who betrayed their mandate so as to gain immense benefits for themselves but because their main opponent GPS believe that by continuously repeating what is not true to uninformed voters, these voters will eventually think it is the truth. There is however a frog that hopped out of PSB and that frog went on to join the biggest clan of frogs in Sarawak. From an ordinary ahli dewan undangan negeri (ADUN) with PSB he went on to become an assistant minister in the GPS government of Sarawak.

In order for us to identify who the real political frogs in Sarawak are, we need to go back in time to May 2018, to the conclusion of the GE14,  a backward journey of about 34 months.

Barisan Nasional (BN) lost in that general election and Pakatan Harapan (PH) was sworn in as the new federal government. BN in Sarawak suddenly find themselves in very unfamiliar territory. They found themselves in the frightening position of an opposition in the Malaysian parliament. Many of their members who were ministers and deputy ministers in the Najib led BN federal government were stunned to find themselves as ordinary members of parliament without any privileges to speak of or clout with which to throw their weight around. But politicians, being what they are and having been sufficiently schooled in political maneuvering, mostly during their times with BN made short of PH’s term of governance. The PH government was shown the exit door after just 22 months.

Shouts of joy broke out within the Sarawak BN, which by now had been rebrand as Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Suddenly the door leading to a life of privileges was again opened to them and all they need to do is to hop, which they did. And lest we forget, it was at the expense of the majority of Sarawakians. For the first time ever, Parti Islam Se-Malayia (PAS) became part of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) federal government. Non-muslim Sarawakians are now beginning to pay the price of GPS frogs jumping to PN but to the frogs, it is a very small and inconsequential price.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/09/fadillah-gps-ministers-deputies-will-fight-for-sarawak039s-rights

‘Besides Fadillah, Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi was appointed as Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar as Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister and Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri as Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister. All four are from PBB, the biggest party in the state coalition.

The deputy ministers from GPS are Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department), Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (National Unity), Hasbi Habibollah (Transport), Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang (Health) and Datuk Henry Sum Agong (Rural Development)’

This is a glimpse into the monetary benefits from being part of the Malaysian federal government :

Members of Parliament (MP), monthly allowances

1.Senate (Dewan Negara): RM11,000

2.House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat): RM16,000

Taking that into account, if they also hold a position in the government, a Malaysian parliamentarian would also earn a monthly salary based on the administrative or executive government position that they hold;

Members of the Administration, monthly salary

1.Prime Minister: RM22,826.65

2.Deputy Prime Minister: RM18,170.20

3.Minister: RM14,907.20

4.Deputy Minister: RM8,847.65

https://www.therakyatpost.com/2019/12/27/just-how-much-do-malaysian-lawmakers-earn/

This bunch of hoppers said that their presence in the PN government is no less than being a kingmaker. Unfortunately for them and for Sarawakians, being frogs @ katak had removed their kingmaker’s edge and clout. This very much evident in their inability to champion Sarawak’s rights vis-a-vis their malayan counter-parts. There is not even the slightest sign that Sarawak has benefited from their hopping.

The RM848 million Batang Lupar bridge was supposed to be fully finance by the federal government but the Sarawak GPS government is now financing the bridge. The federal minister in charge is from GPS. Why did he not get the PN federal government to finance it. As for the hundreds of dilapidated schools in Sarawak, it is still far from being resolved. We Sarawakians were waiting anxiously for the TELCO license which CM Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari said MCMC had agreed to grant Sarawak. Until today nothing has come out of it and internet connectivity in rural Sarawak remains unchanged.

Now that we have the list of hoppers and we now know how much they officially earned in cash every month, we can therefore conclude that they hopped as political frogs. The benefits in kind, not possible to put a ringgit value to them, will be equally attractive to these political frogs.

PSB’s lawmakers (MPs and ADUNs) suffered a fate which is the direct opposite of the fate of GPS’s lawmakers. Yb Baru Bian, MP for Selangau was a Minister of Works in the PH government but being a man of high principles who had his feet firmly on the high moral ground, he refused to hop and he went back to becoming an ordinary MP. The President of PSB, Dato’ Seri Wong Soon Koh was the state Minister of International Trade and E.Commerce and 2nd Finance Minister. When he left BN (now GPS) to form PSB, he went back to become an ordinary ADUN without any special privileges.

Now that you have a clearer picture of what it takes to become a political frog, you can now safely identify who the real frogs are.

Do you still want frogs to represent you in the dewan undangan negeri after the next PRN? If not, do yourself a favor. Vote GPS out. Keep this frogs out of our lives.


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(Bahasa Version)

                                                             KATAK DAN POLITIK SEMASA MALAYSIA


Didengar melalui khabar angin bahawa parlimen negara Frog Nation sedang bersedia untuk membuat satu undang-undang yang bakal mewajibkan semua katak yang sekarang bermastautin di Malaysia berhijrah ke negara lain.

(Salah satu sebab Frog Nation mengambil tindakan ini adalah kerana, reputasi atau nama baik katak katak sudah tercemar dan saluran berita tidak berhenti-henti memfitnah mereka. Mereka berdoa agar pemergian mereka dari Malaysia akan menarik kawanan lalat ke arah bau yang merupakan politik Malaysia. Katak adalah antara makhluk Tuhan yang paling mesra alam dan mereka membantu mengurangkan populasi penyakit yang disebabkan oleh lalat. Satu-satunya sebab mengapa mereka dikaitkan dengan politik kotor di Malaysia adalah kerana mereka bergerak dengan melompat.

(Katak adalah satu-satunya perkataan yang sering digunakan untuk melabel wakil rakyat di Malaysia yang bertukar wadah dan melompat ke parti politik yang lain demi keuntungan mereka sendiri. Dalam proses melompat, mereka mengkhianati pengundi yang memberi mereka mandat untuk menjadi wakil mereka di parlimen atau di dewan undangan negeri. Perlu diambil perhatian bahawa makna buruk dalam perkataan katak dalam konteks ini ialah kerana pengkhianatan demi keuntungan sendiri. Salah satu dari aksi pengkhianatan yang dipandang dengan keji ialah apabila wakil rakyat melompat bertukar parti supaya dapat ganjaran wang ringgit berjuta juta atau gelaran seperti tinggi "Datuk"

Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) telah lama dilabel sebagai satu parti yang penuh dengan katak. Tuduhan ini tidak betul sama sekali dan ianya merupakan fitnah. Namun GPS, musuh politik PSB percaya jika fitnah ini disebut tanpa henti, para pengundi yang kurang arif dengan politik di Sarawak, terutama sekali mereka diluar bandar, akan percaya PSB adalah parti katak yang tidak boleh dipercayai. Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa memang ada seorang katak dari parti PSB. Dia melompat keluar dari PSB dan berpindah rumah ke rumah katak yang terbesar di Sarawak. Dengan serta merta dia bertukar kedudukan dari ahli DUN biasa ke menteri muda dalam kabinet kerajaan GPS.)

(Supaya kita boleh kenal pasti siapa katak sebenar ini, Sarawak perlu kembali ke sejarah politik Malaysia dalam 34 bulan yang lepas.)

(Barisan Nasional tewas dalam pilihanraya umum ke-14 pada bulan Mei 2018. Selepas pilihanraya tamat, Pakatan Harapan diisthiharkan sebagai kerajaan persekutuan baru Malaysia. BN terkejut apabila sedar bahawa mereka sedang berada diposisi yang tidak pernah dipikirkan sebelum itu. Menteri dan timbalan menteri mereka semasa kerajaan BN pimpinan Najib tiba-tiba menjadi ahli parlimen biasa sahaja, tanpa sebarang keistimewaan. Namum selepas 22 bulan mereka kembali berkuasa sebagai kerajaan persekutuan kerana terlalu mahir bermain dalam selok-belok politik Malaysia)

Teriakan kegembiraan muncul dalam BN Sarawak, yang sekarang telah dijenamakan semula sebagai Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Tiba-tiba pintu yang menuju keistimewaan sekali lagi dibuka untuk mereka dan apa yang mereka lakukan adalah hanya melompat, seperti yang telah mereka lakukan. Dan jangan kita lupa, tindakan mereka ini telah mengorbankan sebahagian besar rakyat Sarawak. Buat pertama kalinya, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) menjadi sebahagian daripada kerajaan pusat Perikatan Nasional (PN). Orang Sarawak bukan Islam kini mulai membayar harga katak GPS melonjak ke PN tetapi pada katak, itu adalah harga yang sangat kecil dan tidak penting.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/09/fadillah-gps-ministers-deputies-will-fight-for-sarawak039s-rights

Selain Fadillah, Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi telah dilantik sebagai Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar sebagai Menteri Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi dan Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri sebagai Menteri Pelancongan, Kesenian dan Kebudayaan. Keempat-empatnya adalah dari PBB, parti terbesar dalam gabungan negeri.

Timbalan menteri dari GPS adalah Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib (portfolio Hal Ehwal Sabah dan Sarawak di Jabatan Perdana Menteri), Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (Perpaduan Nasional), Hasbi Habibollah (Pengangkutan), Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang (Kesihatan) dan Datuk Henry Sum Agong (Pembangunan Luar Bandar) '

Ini adalah gambaran mengenai keuntungan wang daripada menjadi sebahagian daripada kerajaan persekutuan Malaysia:

Anggota Parlimen (MP), elaun bulanan

1. Senat (Dewan Negara): RM11,000

2.Rumah Perwakilan (Dewan Rakyat): RM16,000

Dengan mengambil kira itu, jika mereka juga memegang jawatan dalam kerajaan, seorang anggota parlimen Malaysia juga akan memperoleh gaji bulanan berdasarkan kedudukan dalam kerajaan  atau eksekutif yang mereka pegang;

Anggota Pentadbiran, gaji bulanan

1. Perdana Menteri: RM22,826.65

2.Pegawai Perdana Menteri: RM18,170.20

3. Menteri: RM14,907.20

4. Menteri Bertugas: RM8,847.65

https://www.therakyatpost.com/2019/12/27/just-how-much-do-malaysian-lawmakers-earn/

Mereka mendakwa bahawa mereka melonjak untuk kebaikan rakyat Sarawak tetapi tidak ada tanda sedikit pun bahawa Sarawak mendapat keuntungan dari lompatan mereka.

Jambatan Batang Lupar yang bernilai RM848 juta sepatutnya dibiayai sepenuhnya oleh kerajaan pusat. Namun, kini, kerajaan GPS Sarawak telah membiayai jambatan tersebut. Menteri persekutuan yang bertanggungjawab adalah berasal dari GPS. Persoalannya, mengapa dia tidak meminta kerajaan persekutuan PN membiayai jambatan tersebut? Bagi ratusan sekolah yang usang di Sarawak, masih belum dapat diselesaikan. Kami rakyat Sarawak menunggu dengan penuh gelisah untuk mendapatkan lesen TELCO, sepertimana yang dikatakan oleh CM Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari, SKMM telah bersetuju untuk memberikan lesen TELCO untuk Sarawak. Malangnya, sehingga hari ini, tidak ada usaha yang dilakukan dan hubungan internet di luar bandar Sarawak tetap tidak berubah.

Sekarang, kita mempunyai senarai pelompat dan kita tahu berapa banyak yang mereka peroleh secara tunai setiap bulan. Oleh itu,  kita dapat menyimpulkan bahawa mereka melompat sebagai katak politik. Dengan keuntungan sebegini, agak mudah untuk menarik atau membeli katak-katak sekiranya penawaran wang yang lumayan.

Ahli parlimen PSB (MP dan ADUN) mengalami nasib yang bertentangan dengan nasib ahli parlimen/DUNGPS. Yb Baru Bian, Ahli Parlimen Selangau adalah Menteri Kerja Raya dalam kerajaan PH. Tetapi, sebagai seorang yang berprinsip tinggi dan berdiri teguh di landasan moral yang tinggi, beliau tidak melompat dan beliau lalu kembali menjadi Ahli Parlimen biasa. Presiden PSB, Dato ’Seri Wong Soon Koh adalah Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan E.Commerce negeri dan Menteri Kewangan ke-2. Ketika beliau meninggalkan BN (sekarang GPS) untuk membentuk PSB, beliau kembali menjadi ADUN biasa tanpa hak istimewa.

Setelah anda mempunyai gambaran yang lebih jelas mengenai apa yang diperlukan untuk menjadi katak politik, anda kini dapat mengenal pasti siapa katak yang sebenarnya.

Adakah anda masih mahu katak mewakili anda di dewan undangan negeri selepas PRN berikutnya? Sekiranya tidak, tolonglah diri anda. Jangan undi GPS . Jauhkan diri kita dari katak ini dalam kehidupan kita.


Monday, February 22, 2021

Bye Bye Immigration Autonomy - Kong Pun Boh Yong

 Bye Bye Immigration Autonomy - Kong Pun Boh Yong

 

Sarawak will urge Putrajaya to allow foreign workers to enter the state legally from next month to counter the influx of illegal immigrants who bring the risk of Covid-19 with them’ ..quote Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/02/19/uggah-swak-hopes-putrajaya-will-allow-foreign-workers-to-return-in-march/

The incoherence with which the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) handles the Covid.19 pandemic in Sarawak mirrors the way the federal government handle the pandemic through out Malaysia and can rightly be described as a recipe for disaster of titanic/gigantic proportion. It is characterised by u-turns and decisions mainly made based on political considerations rather than medical decisions that are backed by science. We have no doubt members of the committee include medical professionals and scientists but the measures taken thus far are more like political decisions designed to cater to the needs or to the whims of interest group.

CM Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari recently said that Sarawak was fortunate to have autonomous power that aids the government in the fight against the Covid.19 virus in the state. Unfortunately for him and for the GPS government, numbers do not lie. In the first week of Feb 2021 Sarawak was among the 6 states with the highest infectivity rate in Malaysia and with 73 Covid.19 related deaths (out of 1056 deaths nationwide).

https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/02/04/health-d-g-sarawak-covid-19-infectivity-rate-at-1-03-sixth-highest-in-malaysia/

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/02/21/malaysias-daily-covid-19-cases-rises-to-3297-today-perak-tops-list/1951639

https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/sarawak-fortunate-to-have-autonomous-powers/

Now DCM Douglas Uggah is suggesting that the federal government should allow foreign workers to return to Sarawak, to revive the business sectors that were dependent on foreign labour before the onset of the Covid.19 pandemic. We have no doubt that if foreign labour is allowed back, industries like the plantation and construction sectors will be rejuvenated. But we are not exactly in normal times now and we are still far from being in normal time. First of all, there is the emergency that was declared by the Yang DiPertuan Agung on the 12th Jan 2021 and that is scheduled to be uplifted only in August 2021. Are we to think that Sarawakians are required to be subjected to the terms of the emergency and the successive movement control orders in the bid to contain and eradicate the Covid.19 virus while foreigners with doubtful vaccination status are allowed to freely enter Sarawak. Should not the Sarawak’s government be exercising its autonomous immigration powers to seal Sarawak’s borders and keep potential Covid.19 virus spreader at bay?

What then is the point of demanding for complete autonomy from the Malaya-driven federal government when you are unable to effectively use the autonomous power that you already have to protect  Sarawakians?

It is rather like keeping the airport in Sibu opened while Kuching and Miri were closed, knowing fully well that there are insufficient quarantine facilities in Sibu. Now Sibu and Kapit in the central region of Sarawak has the highest daily new cases. This is also the result of pandering to the whims of small interest groups when it is the greater common good that the Sarawak government should focus on.

When the Sarawak government did not object to the federal government’s decision to reopen  schools next month it has opened Sarawak to the possibility that all schools in Sarawak will be potential new clusters and super spreader of the virus.

Jialak.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/01/08/covid-19-teachers-returning-to-sabah-and-sarawak-will-be-tested-before-schools-reopen

But as in everything else, there is always some good in a bad situation. In this case, the Sarawak’s government has shown itself to be incompetent in managing when it matters most. The Sarawak government was ill-prepared to contain the spread of the virus. It was ill-prepared to mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic on our education system and on Sarawak’s students. And, it was and still is completely unable to play its so-called kingmaker’s role to the full benefit of Sarawak. These are weaknesses that are now laid bare for all Sarawakians to see and these weaknesses have also smashed the myths that only the BN government (now renamed as GPS) can govern Sarawak and only they know what is best for Sarawak.

There is a viable alternative to GPS and the time to change will soon be upon us.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Different or Indifference? ( Eng/ Bahasa)

Different or Indifference ?


Sarawak is indeed different  - not because the people are different but because the Government over the decades had failed to make a difference to bridge the socio-economic differences.

The question - is it due to genuine differences or political, socio-economic indifference ?

With a strong, stable and rich government, why are there still poverty, poor basic infrastructures and concerns over clean water, electricity supply and internet connectivity in this 21st century of science and technology  ?

https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/02/01/outwardly-rich-inwardly-poor/

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/07/13/sarawak-has-very-high-level-of-low-income-families-based-on-latest-poverty-criteria

https://dayakdaily.com/provide-clean-water-supply-electricity-internet-connectivity-to-rural-community-entulu/

https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/address-lack-of-internet-connectivity/

"Sarawakians had voted ‘wisely’ over the years to give the GPS/BN government and leaders the mandate to govern for the past 47 years"

47-57 years..... are way too long, notwithstanding what the 'experts' and political sychopants may say.

SARAWAKIANS must wake up and seriously consider choosing a new government to really feel and experience that...

1. There is always a better way of doing things.

2. No government or leaders are indispensable.

3. If better were possible, good is never enough.

4. Competition brings out the best in most things, including government and leadership.

5. We are RESPONSIBLE for the leaders and government we elect.

Mediocre leaders are a reflection of our very own CHOICES, if we keep electing and putting them in power.

6. A responsible government will ensure EQUITABLE development and ensure that it prospers and empowers its people through people-centric policies driven by a oneness in purpose for the common good and prosperity of all.

7. Leadership and government must be driven by the power of example over the example of power.

Until we get these into our hearts and minds, we will continue to move in circles, with 'business as usual'.

We need leaders driven by patriotism, not by greed.

For that to happen, we must recognise that ‘CHANGE’ is no longer a want, but a NEED.

A dire NEED.

Indeed, for Sarawak.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/01/08/we-want-to-replace-gps-in-sarawak-says-psbs-wong/



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Berbeza atau Tidak peduli?

Sarawak sememangnya mempunyai banyak perbezaan - Perbezaan ini bukanlah datang dari kepelbagaian masyarakat majmuk, tetapi kerana kepimpinan Kerajaan selama beberapa dekad telah gagal membuat perbezaan untuk merapatkan perbezaan sosio-ekonomi.

Persoalannya - adakah ini disebabkan oleh perbezaan sebenar atau ketidakpedulian sosio-ekonomi politik?

Dengan adanya Kerajaan yang kuat, stabil dan kaya, tetapi mengapa masih wujudnya jurang kemiskinan, infrastruktur asas yang buruk serta kebimbangan mengenai bekalan air bersih, elektrik dan sambungan internet pada abad ke-21, iaitu di zaman kecanggihan sains dan teknologi ini?

https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/02/01/outwardly-rich-inwardly-poor/

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/07/13/sarawak-has-very-high-level-of-low-income-families-based-on-latest-poverty-criteria

https://dayakdaily.com/provide-clean-water-supply-electricity-internet-connectivity-to-rural-community-entulu/

https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/address-lack-of-internet-connectivity/

Warga Sarawak telah memilih secara 'bijak' selama bertahun-tahun untuk memberi mandat kepada Kerajaan  dan pemimpin GPS / BN untuk memerintah selama 47 tahun terakhir.

47-57 tahun ..... terlalu lama, walau apa pun yang dikatakan oleh 'pakar' dan ahli syurga politik,

SARAWAKIANS mesti bangun dan mempertimbangkan dengan serius untuk memilih kerajaan baru yang benar-benar layak sehingga rakyat dapat merasai dan mengalami ...

1. Selalu ada cara yang lebih baik untuk melakukan sesuatu.

2. Tiada kerajaan atau pemimpin yang mustahak.

3. Sekiranya ada peluang yang mungkin lebih baik, kebaikan tidak akan pernah mencukupi.

4. Persaingan akan melahirkan banyak perkara yang baik, termasuk Kerajaan dan kepemimpinan.

5. Kita BERTANGGUNGJAWAB untuk memainkan peranan penting dalam usahasama memimpin terhadap Kerajaan yang telah kita pilih.

Bahkan jika, pemimpin yang biasa-biasa saja adalah gambaran PILIHAN kita sendiri, jika kita terus memilih dan meletakkan mereka berkuasa.

6. Kerajaan yang bertanggungjawab akan memastikan pembangunan yang SESUAI serta memastikan bahawa pembangunan tersebut haruslah maju dan memberi kekuatan kepada rakyatnya melalui dasar-dasar yang berpusatkan kepada rakyat yang didorong oleh kesatuan yang bertujuan untuk kebaikkan dan kesejahteraan bersama.

7. Pemimpin yang alang-alang atau 'semadi nadai' merupakan gambaran terhadap pilihan kita, kerana kitalah yang memilih dan memberikan mereka kuasa.

Sehingga kita dapat merasainya ke dalam hati dan fikiran kita, kita akan terus bergerak dalam lingkaran, dengan 'business as usual'

Kita memerlukan pemimpin yang didorong oleh patriotisme, bukan dengan penuh ketamakkan.

Untuk itu, kita mesti menyedari bahawa 'PERUBAHAN' bukan lagi kehendak, tetapi PERLU.

PERUBAHAN YANG MUSTAHAK.

Perubahan ini sememangnya untuk Sarawak.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/01/08/we-want-to-replace-gps-in-sarawak-says-psbs-wong/