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DATUK SERI PANGLIMA ROSMAH MANSUR

She's 'enormous' in size and in influence

Lately, Sabah being one of the biggest contributors of both state and parliamentary seats to the ruling coalition, has been labelled as their fixed deposit but ironically Sabah remains as among the poorest states in Malaysia despite being blessed with abundant of natural resources. Perhaps due to its dire economic state, local leaders have no other choice apart from following and bending towards the whims and pleasure of their bosses in Kuala Lumpur.

Instead of manipulating its status as the ruling coalition's fixed deposit to gain more authority and control of the day to day management of the state, our leaders are seen as weaklings. As compared to Sarawak, which is another of the ruling coalition's fixed deposit, their leaders are seen more capable of turning the table towards the state's advantages. So far, Sarawak is the best example of Borneonisation in line with the Malaysia Agreement.

Perhaps it is due to the fact that they have the longest thus most experienced Chief Minister of more than 20 years and still going strong. Compared to Sabah, they are good examples where everything related to their state are guarded ever so strongly. This may be a naive observation from a green horn and an outsider but we can see abundance of evidences supporting the claim that the Sarawakians are far better than Sabahans in standing firm for their rights.

One clear example is how stringent the Sarawak government in conferring state honours particularly to outsiders whoever they are or how powerful they may be. Recently, the Sarawak's Head of State conferred only the third highest honours to the Prime Minister's wife. Being the Prime Minister's wife is no guarantee of her being conferred with the highest award unlike Sabah which rushed to confer the highest award to her last year in a special ceremony. Conferring the state honours is the prerogative of the Head of State but there must be stringent and strict procedures to be done or carried out before conferring such honours to anyone . By the way, what did DSP Rosmah Mansur do to deserve the highest state accolade? This is important to maintain the prestige of such awards since such symbolised the state's image and dignity.

However, since the hands of politics are crawling everywhere we have political figures dominating most of the awards particularly those of higher prestige. In fact, in Sabah we have the joke that if we throw a stone it is bound to hit a Datuk! It is indeed degrading but probably it is true particularly years ago where political ties command almost everything and such title brings together lucrative benefits. That is why people are desperate and willing to pay just to have a title before their names, though they know that such title may not be genuine or its prestige is doubtful.

Instead of awarding the politicians, the state should instead confer such accolade to more deserving people like former teachers or even in service teachers for they actually contributed to the society.

However, looking at the current situation , teachers seem to be sidelined except for high ranking ones like the Director. Sabah seem to favour politicians rather than those unsung heroes amidst us since these figures are busy helping and contributing to the society without proclaiming or announcing their deeds unlike politicians. Figures like the late John Gaisah, Kelly Tham, Justin Ganai, Matin Guntali and the late Mohd Ali bin Kandalis, a local leader who was responsible in propagating Islam in Ranau are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to contribution to the society.They are more deserving than those one-term YBs or Ketua Bahagians out there!

Hopefully, the new Head of State though a politician himself will be more sensitive in safeguarding the prestige of the state awards. It is the right time to emulate our neighbouring state which has done far better in safeguarding its interest and at the same time 'importing' local figures to the peninsular like the Mufti of Perlis, Dr. Juanda Jaya and a former Director General of Education, Datuk Matnor Daim. We need to appreciate contributions of those deserving figures rather than spreading the awards like flushing the toilets!

IS A ROYAL COMMISSION WORTHY?

A futile exercise?

A new Royal Commission will be set up to investigate breach of human rights in the case of Teoh Beng Hock after the coroner's decision that he was either murdered or committed suicide. It is indeed a commendable move by the government in the interest of justice especially a high profile death like Teoh's. However, one cannot be pessimistic of constitution of yet another Royal Commission which is limited in both jurisdiction and power just like previous ones. Previously, the Royal Commission into misconduct of some high ranking former justices still failed to achieve the desired effect since up until today there are yet to be seen positive and concrete steps to rectify the already corroded image of the judiciary.

What is more appalling is the request by the request by the ruling coalition's 'fixed deposit' of a Royal Commission looking into the so-called Project IC. Compared to one person life, which by the way has been lost, to the fate of not only the present but future generations of a whole state, one can only see the dire need for the setting up of a Commission or any other ways possible to stop the erosion of Malaysians' rights and privileges from being further damage. SAPP is right for comparing both situations and I am for one sure they meant no disrespect to the late Teoh and his family. A life lost is indeed a tragedy but we are talking about millions of lives in the case of Sabah. For many years every Malaysian living in Sabah is put in constant danger of him or her being finally rooted out of the state.

The implication of illegals in the state is for everyone to see but those in authority do not seem to be bothered for reasons only themselves are aware of. Sabah has seen a sharp increase in the number of people in the state and it is no secret that such increase is attributed the the presence of high numbers of foreigners in the state. Today, they have even managed to slip into high positions based on their dubious identifications but yet again the relevant authority turn to look at the other side as if nothing happened.

Nonetheless, as stated earlier the establishment of a Royal Commission will not help much and in fact it will a futile step as well as a waste of the taxpayers money if its scope is limited and not holistic and sincere enough to look into the root of the problem. Even if we have such Commission another serious problem will immediately arise. What will happen to its findings? Will there be concrete and satisfactory results from its findings?

Sincerity or rather a political will to rid ourselves of the menace of those illegals is what Malaysians in Sabah really need just like what Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat had done years ago. Sadly, his initiative was not followed but instead mere sporadic and ineffective raids here and there are employed instead and today the problem is still with us. The authority should step up their efforts to solve the problem if they are really sincere of giving preference and priority to the well-being of genuine Malaysians in line with their "people first performance now" slogan.

Do not let the slogan be a mere political and election sweet talk. Do not let the Malaysians in Sabah down if they are sincere about the state being their fixed deposit. With the authority in their hands, they have the sacred responsibility of looking after the welfare and needs of the People , to whom they owed their power. Time is short and they need to act fast!

Selangor and Perak: Victims of BN

THE END to BN!!!

Once again despite themselves, the ruling coalition decides to recycle the tactics they used when illegally taking over the state of Perak. Their choice of Khusrin as the new State Secretary who is well known for his misleading and wrong ' fatwa' on non Muslim entering the mosque. From then on, the public is well aware that he is not a non partisan civil servant as he should be but rather an amplifier of the ruling coalition. Setting everything aside, the Federal government should realised that it's decision to appoint Khusrin as the new Selangor State Secretary will not be well received for Khusrin is no friend of the present State government. Once again we are seeing the remaking of the Perak coup de etat!

The Federal government should stop sabotaging any State government which are under the control of PR whatever their reasons are since they are actually denying the choice of the people. Instead they themselves should honour their sacred slogan of "People first Performance Now" by co operating with all the state controlled by the Opposition so that the people's negative views of them can be rectified. While they accuse the Opposition of over politicking as in the case of Perak but they themselves are still doing the same . Doing anything, anytime and anywhere just to see the four states fail, then they will declare that the Opposition have failed the people unlike them, the undisputed champion...champion my foot that is!

Appointing someone who is clear at odds with the current government is clearly an act of defying and denying the people's choice of government. They are no different from the junta in Myanmar and the PLO/Fatah in Palestine. While the ruling coalition are very critical of the junta in Burma but looking and observing their conduct, any rational and right thinking citizen will immediately think that they are trying to create chaos within the state government.

Whatever reasoning and justifications they offer to explain their choice of the new State Secretary of Selangor, the public need to be aware that it is nothing than a political ploy to take over the state in any way possible. Najib is no different from Mahathir when it comes to politics, they will do anything albeit illegally and immoral to achieve their objective. By now, we should know and realise that the ruling coalition are there for half a century based on deceit and manipulation, a far cry from the democracy that they claim to profess. They are the ones who are responsible for every bit of problems that Malaysians are now suffering from.