KOTA KINABALU, June 18, 2008: Statement by Chua Soon Bui, vice president of SAPP and Member of Parliament for Tawau today said:
1. No concrete actions have been taken despite repeated requests made by SAPP to the Prime Minister on illegal immigrants, not to mention the numerous appeals by YB Eric, as well as the other Umno, Upko MPs and I, in Parliament. Our sovereignty is threatened.
2. The people of Malaysia, especially in Sabah, the poorest state, is greatly burdened by the sudden sharp hike of petrol/diesel prices. There are no holistic economic solutions planned by the government. The status of the 16% poverty group will deteriorate to that of the hard-core poor.
3. We would fail in our role as elected representatives if the issues raised by the Sabah people on poor delivery systems, corruptions, wastage of resources, lack of transparency and no sense of accountability were ignored. These issues have been similarly expressed by my fellow MP colleagues from UMNO, YB Datuk Ghapur Salleh, YB Datuk Anifah Aman and YB Datuk Bung Mohktar.
4. People have lost confidence in the present leadership of YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Even YB Tengku Razaleigh and other Umno leaders have asked their own President to step down. SAPP is of the opinion that if the top leadership can't perform, then he should make way for other able leader to take over.
SAPP
Sabah
PEOPLE'S POWER
There is a difference between UMNO and Barisan Nasional. I want to make it clear that it is not the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, but the UMNO government. It is not the government, but UMNO. Barisan Nasional is a coalition of unequals, not equals. UMNO is the big brother in BN. Therefore UMNO must be held responsible; and more importantly, UMNO must not be allowed to hide behind the BN banner. UMNO is the enemy, not BN.
ReplyDeleteI have come to the conclusion that the easy solution is to completely defeat UMNO in the next elections.
In the 2004 elections (11th General Election), the voters gave good support to Mr.Abdullah Badawi. But reforms did not come. Why? Probably because UMNO had done well in the elections. If UMNO had done well in the elections, then the election results tell UMNO that the voters are satisfied with the status quo. If the voters are satisfied with UMNO, then no reforms are necessary. In the 2008 elections (12th General Elections), UMNO did not do well, but she managed to win. UMNO did lose the 2/3 majority in the Parliament, but she did win, nevertheless. Will UMNO undertake reforms now? I would not be surprised if she did not. Why should she? UMNO is still the winner in the elections; and she can plan to rise and may even succeed to rise again. So, as long as she wins, she will never undertake the reforms. So, how do the voters get the reforms that they need? The voters will get the reforms when UMNO is completely defeated in the 13th General Elections. If UMNO wins zero seats in the next elections (13th General Elections), then some other party would have to rule Malaysia. Let us call it Party B. If UMNO is completely defeated in the next elections (13th General Elections), then Party B would rule Malaysia. Would Party B undertake reforms? If Party B does not undertake reforms, then voters would know what to do.
So, the next step for Malaysians is to completely defeat UMNO in the next elections.