At their respective recently held party congresses Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan and Tan Sri Bernard Dompok made some important demands to the Federal government.
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) president, Pairin had asked the Federal government to set a deadline in 2012 to eradicate the illegal immigrant problem in Sabah. United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun-Murut (UPKO) president Dompok meanwhile, had asked the government to return to its practise of allowing the use of the Malay language in Christian worship.
But we wonder how strong are the voices of these two Sabahan leaders in getting the immediate attention of the Federal goverment. The Kadazandusun and Murut communities are divided between three political parties in the ruling coalition namely PBS, UPKO and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS). There are also a number of kadazandusuns and Muruts in other ruling partners.
Would it not be better if PBS, PBRS and UPKO merge to form a united front so that their voices would be clearer. And so that they can truly claim to be the sole authoritative political representative of the Kadazandusuns and Muruts in the ruling coalition.
Not very long ago, the leaders of these three parties held a "mibabas" (peace making event) but nothing came out of it. Earlier than that, there were talks that UPKO and PBRS would merge, but nothing happened.
It is high time leaders of these parties make sacrifices to benefit the KDM communities. The people are willing to forgive, so it is now up to the leaders to make up.
Pairin, Dompok and PBRS president Tan Sri Joseph Kurup all have strong following. If they join hands, it would be great for Kadazandusun and Murut unity. It is difficult to be pushed around when we are united.
It is saddening to read in the newspapers when some Kadazandusun and Murut leaders dare to attack their leaders of different parties but would not dare to say a word against others who hold a stronger position. To progress, this mud-slinging in their own home must stop and uniting is the best way for it.
So why not MISOMPURU OM KOGULI TOKOU WAGU!
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I certainly agree with you. Our leaders know very well the proverbial 'United we stand, divided we fall'. But due to personal preservations, they refuse to acknowledge this well-proven proverb.
We hope that the younger generations who take over the leadership will not be selfish and merge the three local Kadazan Dusun and Murut parties and form a one united political party for the various ethnic groups - a party to be reckoned with by the BN ruling party. In this respect, we all stand to gain rather than for the individual leaders to gain for themselves only. We stand to be heard louder and clearer as compared to what it is now.
Unity was the clarion before, and still is, but is fragmented unity call which does not bring us together to achieve that proverbial statement.
Strongly agree with you. it is high time that they think abt reuniting and do things for the people of Sabah. I just don't know when that is going to happen but we pray for this to come in the near future. Hopefully they'll realise it soon.
Strongly agree with you. it is high time that they think abt reuniting and do things for the people of Sabah. I just don't know when that is going to happen but we pray for this to come in the near future. Hopefully they'll realise it soon.
Politicians are all concern on their own pockets and fame only...
It's better to concern on the well being of the poors in Sabah.. else many social problems will spring out from KL and outside world...take an example from this article:
http://forum.clickstartplay.com/index.php?topic=5734.msg325290#msg325290
An article every Sabahan should read...At most, some of them get RM20 to RM50 by selling their produce to middlemen to be sold at the monthly tamu or market at prices that are perhaps only 10 percent of the value of the goods. These innocent native people are also preyed upon by traveling cloth merchants, mostly foreigners, who offer them 'easy payment schemes' to buy cloth for clothes, and when they cannot pay for the cloth and the interest accumulates, they end up having to marry their daughters to these men, who often have wives back home in Pakistan.
One of the cases I could never forget was of the family who came to Ranau Hospital just as I was leaving, a family who had failed crops, were hungry and unable to get food. The father collected some toad eggs and fed them to the whole family in a desperate attempt to stave off hunger. When they arrived at our little emergency room, one of the children were dead and two passed away within 10 minutes of arrival in our casualty unit due to poisoning.
Education is a problem in parts of Sabah outside major towns like Kota Kinabalu at the moment. Many children would be lucky to be able to get to a school or even afford to get to one. Most of my patients outside Ranau were lucky to even have a primary school education and a vast number of women marry in their teens.
I've had 14 year olds delivering babies in Ranau, most of them have never ever stepped foot in a school. The education level is so poor that many women feed their children condensed milk thinking that it's better than breast milk.....
Thanks for writing
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