Do we still want Taib to rule after 30 years?

Written by: Dr. john Brian Anthony

My apology for not being able to post article regularly lately due to heavy commitment on meeting and educating the people of what is rightly theirs and what they should do about it. Hence this article would cover the legacy of Taib and how the Dayak fare in the last 30 years. Taib is now blind to his doing and he cannot see reality anymore as he is obsess with protecting his wealth and grabbing as much as he could before leaving the Chief Ministership post. 30 years is a very long time!

Full power in Taib’s hand

Taib never gave up his full power and share it with other cabinet members. He hold on to his Finance Minister post and Planning Minister post in addition to his Chief Minister post. These three post combine together will give Taib full power to decide what he want to do as Planning Minister, approve what he want to do as Chief Minister and made payment for what he did as Finance Minister. The rest of the cabinet members are just passengers to legitimize his 30 years rule.

Do we still want Taib beyond 30 years?

My answer to the question is a direct NO!. We have seen how he made himself rich by plundering Sarawak. He claimed that his business overseas has nothing to do with Sarawak money that he has taken out of Sarawak. If that is so, why didn’t Taib take legal action against Sarawak Report and clear his corrupt reputation and name. Why is it that in Canada and the UK people are holding demonstration against his corrupt wealth and bad environmental management of Sarawak.

Then can Taib explain why he gave his niece 10,000 hectares of land, his brothers, his children. his cousins are all given timber licenses and provisional lease for palm oil plantation. What does over 200 cases of NCR land grab signify to Taib, if that is all legal and fair?

The Dayak leaders`in BN go along with Taib because they also received a fair bit of business from corrupt practices. All these wealth that Taib gain means the people of Sarawak are being deprived of what is rightly theirs, that is the wealth of Sarawak. Whu should that wealth go into one man pocket alone?

Politics of development

Such concept and its implementation only help to enhance opportunity to use government money to enrich his family company. Titanium, CMS etc for example are given business not based on open tender. Government development allocation are grab by Taib and given to his companies and also his children and family companies. Before this, in the absence of internet it has been very easy for Taib to fool the people of Sarawak. Now, time has changed. Do we still want Taib after 30 years of corrupt rule and wholesome practices of abuse of power? My answer is again NO!.

Do you want to vote BN?

My answer is still a big NO! If you vote for any BN candidate it is a vote for Taib to extend his rule in Sarawak. 30 years is a long time and enough for Taib to prove his worth of salt. Has he proven himself beyond reasonable doubt? My answer is NO! He has only to show to me his devilish thinking. He marginalized the Dayak but pretended that he did not do it by roping in the Dayak impotent Minister like Jabu to be his loyal man. To the Bidayuh he created people like Manyin who bluff his way as the Infra-structure Minister. Where is the Song-Kapit road that Manyin promised?

BN did not deliver most of their promises to the people.

Just look at what BN promised Batang Ai. How many promises has been delivered. There are thousand of similar promises throughout Sarawak and it has not been kept. BN survive today because of their control over all the media. Now with simple tools like CDs, pamphlets, and even Radio Free Sarawak, the BN lies rear its ugly face. BN cannot admit their lies. Taib refused to acknowledged the rot in the progress of Sarawak through the incompetency and failure of good governance of Sarawak by BN over the last 30 years.

What we should now?

All of us must play our part to communicate the 30 years of night mares under Taib. We should be progressing like Malaya but today we are 30 years behind Malaya. Most of Malayan State do not have resources and money but yet they fare better then Sarawak. Can Taib answer to that?

Conclusion

Sarawak need not cry anymore. Let our pain be wash away by our vote for Pakatan Rakyat. Let us heal our trouble mind by winning the coming election with big majority. And most of all, let us take Sarawak back from the hand of Taib. Yes we can and Change WE Must. Allow ourselves to achieve the dream of our life to see a prosperous Sarawak and be rid of the Thief Minister Taib.

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