Ahad, September 23, 2012

PAIRIN MAY NOT DEFEND KENINGAU SEAT

Pairin may not defend Keningau seat

Indications within PBS are that its president Joseph Pairin Kitingan is ready to retire but is being held back by worried party leaders.

PAIRIN-crop1 TAMBUNAN September 21, 2012: It is almost certain now that Sabah’s longest- serving assemblyman and Deputy Chief Minister, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, will not be defending his parliamentary and state seats in the coming 13th general election.

Although Pairin, who is president of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), has in the past said that he was prepared to defend both his Keningau parliamentary and Tambunan state seats, signals from within his PBS indicate otherwise.

Pairin, 72, has been the Tambunan state assemblyman since 1976 when he first won the seat for Berjaya at the age 36. Ten years later in 1986, he started winning the Keningau parliamentary seat.

Party insiders note that the old man of PBS is said to be slowing down and had in fact given signals to his close family members and inner circle that he might forego the larger Keningau seat which covers Tambunan, Liawan and Bingkor state constituencies.

The Keningau parliamentary constituency covers a huge area of 3,533 sq km, equivalent to the combined size of Penang, Malacca and Perlis.

PBS insiders, however, said the ageing Sabah deputy chief minister is still keen to be renominated as Tambunan assemblyman, the place that holds many sentimental values to him personally and politically.

In 1984, in defiance of then ruling Berjaya, the Tambunan electorate, in a by-election forced against Pairin, voted him again as an Independent candidate against Berjaya’s candidate.

Autocratic chief minister Harris Salleh punished them by abrogating the district status of Tambunan and withdrew funds from it.

A PBS leader met after attending a meeting at PBS headquarters in Donggongon recently told FMT that while many, including in state Barisan Nasional circle, still wished Pairin to stand in both seats, the man himself thinks it is unwise to do so.

Pairin, who is also the “Huguan Siou” or paramount chief of all the Kadazandusuns, is also said to be concerned about a possible negative impact on the morale within PBS if he completely withdraws from the state political scene.

“The mere mention by Pairin of that possibility to retire in PBS meetings is enough for the whole PBS supreme council leaders to come on their feet to advise him not to pursue the matter.

lagadan120px-horz “PBS leaders like Herbert Timbun Lagadan and Johnny Mositun and even Radin Malleh, Jahid Jahim and others would not allow that to happen.

“That is how they hold Pairin in high esteem,” said the leader who requested anonymity.

Family members eyeing Keningau

Lagadan, a PBS vice-president and Kadamaian assemblyman, like others in PBS, is one who openly believes Pairin commands total unity within multi-racial PBS, but which had seen a decrease in popularity among the Kadazandusuns.

In fact, almost all PBS leaders believe so and said this in their speeches at the party’s recently-concluded annual general meetings at divisional level.

Pairin’s staying power is expected to be once again highlighted and appreciated at PBS coming annual congress which has been scheduled either at end of next month or in November at the famous Hongkod Koisaan complex.

PBS supreme council is meeting later today, among others, to discuss the party’s upcoming congress and also preparations for the general election.

Meanwhile, a PBS Youth leader, also met recently, confided that Pairin was very likely not going for both Keningau and Tambunan seats at the coming polls.

“No, no, I don’t think he [Pairin] will go for both. Only one this time…” said the Youth leader.

The issue of Pairin foregoing the Keningau MP seat is expected to heat up with many names already popping up to take his place as PBS-BN candidate for Keningau.

image Among the names are Dr Maximus Ongkili (currently MP for Kota Marudu), Daniel Kinsik, Peter Jino Aliun and Alexander, Pairin’s eldest son. Interestingly, all the names proposed are close family members of Pairin.

Pairin formed PBS in March 1985 and has led the party to victories in four successive state elections in 1985, 1986, 1990 and 1994.

He was Sabah chief minister from April 1985 to March 1994, when his nine-year term ended abruptly on March 17, 1994 when PBS, then outside of BN, lost its majority in the State Legislative Assembly to Umno-led BN after 26 or almost all of its own assemblymen defected.

Luke Rintod

25 ulasan:

  1. just want to share what Pairin said about this rumors...

    "The 13th general election will be the last that Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who is also the president of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), will be contesting as a candidate."

    this was taken from ttp://www.malaysiakini.com/news/209625

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    1. siapalah yang bakal menggantikan pairin?

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    2. 1975 lagi Datuk Pairin berpolitik. Mungkin betul apa yang dikatakannya yang mana beliau sudah penat berkecimpung dalam politik.

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    3. Itulah yang kita risau sekarang pengganti Datuk Pairin akan datang? Harap pastikan calon itu benar-benar berjiwa rakyat.

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    4. PBS will always behind him so don't be worried.

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  2. pairin mahu tanding buat kali terakhir pada pru13...mungkin dua2 atau mungkin satu antara DUN atau parlimen akan beliau pertahankan.

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    1. Apa pun kita sokong keputusan beliau untuk berundur. Beri peluang sama muka baru.

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  3. pairin telah berkhidmat kepada rakyat sabah dengan cemerlang...kehilangan pairin akan menjadi satu kerugian besar kepada rakyat sabah khasnya kaum KDM...apa2 pun pemimpin datang dan pergi..diharap pemimpin2 generasi muda akan mencontohi pairin..

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    1. Lagipun memang penat setelah lama bergempur.

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  4. PBS masih relevan..pairin juga masih relevan...rakyat sabah masih memerlukan pairin...

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    1. Ya betul tu. Perjuangan PBS masih lagi relevan.

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  5. all the best to pairin in the coming 13th general election..

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  6. kalau pairin tidak akan mempertahankan keningau, jadi siapa yang akan dicalonkan?

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  7. mula sudah ada pihak yang cuba mensabotaj Pairin sedikit demi sedikit..

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  8. jika bukan Pairin berjumpa terus dengan Najib di Puterajaya berkenaan dengan RCI, pasti RCI masih belum ditubuhkan.. so, bermakna perjuangan Pairin masih sangat diperlukan oleh rakyat di negeri ini..

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  9. President Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan has confirmed that PBS has officially bid for the vacant Sepanggar MP seat in the 13th General Election.

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  10. According to Pairin, there must be a balance in the distribution of seats among the BN component parties

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  11. Pairin said if we show strong spirit our bid for the Keningau seat will be stronger and if this is the case I am more than ready to state our case to the top leadership

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  12. As for PBS likely candidate, Pairin said the name would be announced after the Keningau seat is allocated to the party

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  13. Pairin said the people's support to the present government continued to grow due to the BN's strong concern for Sabah and Najib's credibility as the nation's top leader.

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  14. apapun keputusan pairin, hormat saja la.. tidak perlulah ada pihak yang cuba mempolitikkan keputusan beliau..

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  15. bagi saya keputusan yang diambil oleh Pairin ini sangat tepat.. sebagai orang lama dalam PBS, sudah tiba masanya untuk memberikan laluan kepada muka2 baru untuk memimpin PBS..

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  16. Anwar juga perlu mengotakan janji beliau bahawa sekiranya beliau kakal pada PRU akan datang, beliau dengan sendirinya akan bersara dari politik..

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  17. Yong Teck Lee juga patut memberikan laluan kepada muka baru memandangkan YTL sudah tua dan sudah pernah menduduki kerusi KM Sabah..

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