Khamis, Julai 12, 2012

SABAH ‘CHEATED’ INTO BECOMING 12TH STATE – JEFFREY

Sabah ‘cheated’ into becoming 12th state – Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU July 12, 2012: State Reform Party (STAR) Sabah chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan stands by his conviction that Sabah was cheated into becoming the 12th unitary state in Malaysia.

In response to the contention by Kota Belud member of parliament Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan who argued that Sabah was one of the states of Malaysia from the beginning, Jeffrey told a meeting of STAR’s Political Bureau here yesterday that there are more than sufficient evidences to show that originally, Sabah had no intention of becoming a unitary state of the new Federation.

“Even simple facts of local history will support this, such as the fact of the name of our Head of State was ‘Yang Di Pertua Negara’ in line with the promised made in Point 18 of the 20 Point Agreement,” he said.

“The intended form of the federation from the beginning, as signed by the United Kingdom, North Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya, was for the four entities to remain as sovereign entities.”

Jeffrey pointed out that the clearest proof is the promise that the Tunku himself had said in no uncertain terms that “Sabah and Sarawak will not become the 12th and 13th states of Malaya.”

He said this is an irrefutable record of the history of Malaysia and he would be very surprised if anyone, including Abdul Rahman, could interpret it any other way.

Jeffrey also fully agreed with the arguments presented by SAPP Women chief and Luyang assemblyman Melanie Chia and SAPP supreme council member Peter Marajin.

On Tuesday Chia had said that the Kota Belud MP had failed to acknowledge that there was the Malaysia Agreement signed on July 9, 1963, and that without this and other documents there would have been no Malaysia.

“Even in the Malaysia Proclamation as read by our first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman by the respective heads in Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore,” she said.

“This proclamation must be read in its full text to get the full spirit of the proclamation. And if Sabah does not have that special position, that is, it is unlike any of the other states in Malaya, how is it that we together with Sarawak, Sabah has a constitution and the Cabinet system of the State Government?”

Marajin on the other hand contended that North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore were to be federated with the new nation Malaysia with distinct autonomy of their own and not to be treated like Perlis, Kedah and the other states of Malaya.

“This autonomy is well spelt out in the IGC Reports and other documents,” Marajin said. “The ‘colonialization’ of Sabah and Sarawak began when Singapore was ejected from the Federation in 1965 whereby the parliamentary seats for the two Borneo territories had been reduced to 27 per cent of the total number of the seats.”

Jeffrey said that he would be very happy to meet Abdul Rahman for a discussion on the matter, and to give Abdul Rahman the full supporting evidences of Sabah’s full nationhood status at the beginning of Malaysia.

“Or better still, the whole group of BN assemblymen and MPs can organize a meeting in which I can give a briefing session on the matter,” he said.

12 ulasan:

  1. Sabah and Sarawak leaders made the 20 and 18 points agreement with the Malaya leaders during the formation of Malaysia to protect the rights of the East Malaysia people.

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  2. Hopefully the Federal Government will respect and honor the agreement made, Sabah and Sarawak are equal partners and not just one of 13 states.

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  3. Respect and obey what have been agreed!

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  4. isu perkara 20 sering dimainkan sekarang.. apapun perkara ini harus kita perjuangkan.

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    1. sedangkan pemimpin2 pembangkang juga hanya memperjuangkan isu ini dimedia.. bukannya di saluran yang betul iaitu mahkamah.. seolah2 mereka tahu bahawa mereka tetap akan kalah dimahkamah.. sebab itu mereka hanya mewar2kan isu ini dimedia bagi tujuan mendapatkan undi..

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  5. JK kalau sudah kalah itu kalahlah tidak payah lagi mahu mengatakan orang lain menipu.

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    1. sebelum ini ada dua orang warga Sabah yang memfailkan saman terhadap kerajaan persekutuan berkenaan dengan borneonisasi.. entah apa sudah cerita kes ini.. saya bukan mahu bercakap panjang lebar berkenaan dengan tindakan undang2 itu, sebaliknya saya mahu buat perbandingan antara dua orang rakyat biasa itu dengan Jeffrey yang berhasrat mahu merampas kerusi KM Sabah..

      jika Jeffrey benar2 mahu berjuang untuk rakyat Sabah dan negeri Sabah, kenapa bukan beliau sahaja yang mengambil tempat kedua2 warga biasa sabah ini? kenapa Jeffrey tidak saman kerajaan persekutuan atau membawa kes ini ke mahkamah antarabangsa??

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    2. JK hanya mahu undian rakyat untuk niatnya.

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  6. Apa pun kita harus berasa bersyukur kerana kerajaan BN telah pun memberikan yang terbaik kepada Sabah.

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    1. yup.. sepanjang tempoh ini pun tidak berlaku sebarang konfrontasi antara rakyat Sabah dengan kerajaan persekutuan.. ini menunjukkan situasi di negeri ini aman dan tidak timbul konflik berkenaan dengan status Sabah dalam Malaysia.. sebab itu sehingga hari ini tidak ada pungutan suara dibuat untuk mengkaji semula perjanjian itu..

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  7. sejak kebelakangan ini banyak pula isu yang berkaitan dengan borneonisasi atau perjanjian 20 perkara.. saya tidaklah berminat sangat dengan isu ini melainkan tertarik dengan kelantangan pemimpin2 politik yang dahagakan undian rakyat sedangkan dipihak mereka tidak ada pula yang mengambil tindakan drastik seperti memfailkan saman terhadap kerajaan persekutuan atau membawa isu ini ke mahkamah antarabangsa..

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  8. JK hanya mahu melaksanakan agendanya saja

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