Berbelit-belit lidah Datuk Yong Teck Lee bila menyedari partinya semakin dipinggirkan bukan sahaja oleh rakyat Sabah malah oleh parti pembangkang terbesar negara ini.
Menurut Azmin Ali, hasil rundingan sebelum ini (antara PR dan SAPP), PR bersetuju memberikan SAPP 10 kerusi. Namun sebagai pemimpin yang sinonim dengan gelaran tamak, hipokrit dan opportunist, Datuk Yong Teck Lee tidak bersetuju dengan jumlah kerusi itu memandangkan bagi beliau SAPP adalah parti yang paling KUAT dan BERPENGARUH di Sabah dan layak bertanding di 40 kerusi.
Datuk Yong Teck Lee sepatutnya tidak mempunyai masalah mengkaji semula populariti parti beliau kerana keputusan PRK Batu Sapi telahpun memberikan jawapan bahawa SAPP bukan pilihan rakyat di negeri ini. Bertitik tolak dari situ, SAPP sepatutnya lebih akur dengan kehendak PR, bukan PR yang perlu akur dengan kehendak Datuk Yong Teck Lee yang beriya-iya mahu merampas jawatan ketua menteri Sabah .
Mungkin Datuk Yong Teck Lee agak tertekan apabila semua pihak cuba menuding jari kepada beliau ekoran kegagalan rundingan pembangkang Sabah bagi mengadakan satu lawan satu menentang BN, maka Datuk Yong Teck Lee terpaksa membuat kenyataan yang bersifat memohon simpati kononnya beliau sanggup bertanding dibawah tiket PKR jika Anwar bersetuju memberikan kuasa autonomi kepada Sabah.
“Kami boleh berunding tentang pengagehan kerusi, tapi autonomi Sabah tidak boleh dirunding. Malah, saya, Yong Teck Lee, sanggup bertanding atas tiket PKR sekiranya Anwar berjanji akan memberi autonomi kepada Sabah,” bohong beliau
Jika benar Datuk Yong Teck Lee lebih concern dengan autonomi Sabah, kenapa rundingan sejak 6 bulan lalu antara SAPP dan PR hanya menjurus kepada pengagihan kerusi? Dan, kenapa Datuk Yong Teck Lee menuntut 40 kerusi dari PR sedangkan beliau bersedia bertanding dibawah tiket PKR? Bukankah ini jelas menunjukkan bahawa Datuk Yong Teck Lee sekadar mahu memanipulasikan keadaan yang semakin TIDAK memihak kepada beliau?
Apa-apapun, bersedialah menerima kekalahan selepas PRU-13 nanti. Rakyat Sabah tentunya akan menolak mana-mana parti yang sikap tamak pemimpin-pemimpinnya lebih dulu tersembul keluar berbanding dengan keikhlasan mereka membantu rakyat.
--sepatutnya ayat Datuk Yong Teck Lee berbunyi macam ni, "Kami boleh berunding tentang pengagehan kerusi, tetapi tidak untuk jawatan Ketua Menteri"--
Tindakan bekas Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Yong Teck Lee, cuba membangkitkan isu autonomi Sabah dan Sarawak ketika kempen pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Batu Sapi, disifatkan sebagai tidak bertanggungjawab dan hanya sebagai taktik memancing undi.
ReplyDeleteHak rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak sudah jelas dinyatakan di dalam perjanjian pembentukan Malaysia dan ia diperkukuhkan melalui perlembagaan yang menjelaskan keistimewaan mereka.
ReplyDeleteTindakan membangkitkan isu autonomi memang kerap dimainkan pihak tidak bertanggungjawab termasuk di Sarawak namun masyarakat perlu faham setiap tindakan diambil kerajaan adalah bagi kebaikan semua pihak.
ReplyDeleteDi negeri ini sendiri ada pihak yang tidak faham berkaitan isu autonomi ini, sedangkan hak rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak sudah dinyatakan dengan terperinci di dalam perjanjian pembentukan Malaysia, Perlembagaan Persekutuan serta Rukun Negara.
ReplyDelete"Kita harus kembali melihat kepada kontrak sosial yang menyatakan rakyat di dua negeri ini tidak akan kehilangan hak mereka sebagai penduduk asal, malah kerajaan sendiri banyak mengiktiraf aset masyarakat Bumiputera seperti hak tanah adat," kata Ketua Pemuda Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Datuk Fadillah Yusof.
ReplyDeleteYong mmg sejak dulu dikenali dgn sikap tamaknya.
ReplyDeletePRESIDENT of Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) 'Taiko' Yong Teck Lee’s romancing of the Barisan National may end his love affair with the Sabah opposition front soon.
ReplyDeleteBut this new love story bring up the moot question as to why he is so desperate when the Barisan National has hardly given any indication to warmly accommodate him under its fold.
DeleteSources in the Barisan National say Yong Teck Lee can’t be trusted. How can they depend on a leader who was willing to ditch the Barisan National-his decade-old senior partner when he felt the relations between both were strained because of one man Pak Lah?
DeleteEarlier too, Yong Teck Lee parted ways with Pairin Kitingan and formed the SAPP. The gainer of this triangular game being played in the state may be Shafie Apdal a good friend of Yong Teck Lee who is waiting and watching in the wings to take over as chief minister from Musa Aman.
DeleteRemember when Yong Teck Lee was Chief Minister, he together with Shafie Apdal milked Yayasan Sabah until it nearly when dry? However, thanks to Musa Aman, he saved the day for Yayasan Sabah.
DeleteBestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteEven Lajim Ukin, Sabah’s famous party hopper and old buddy of Yong Teck Lee from the Party Bersatu Sabah (PBS) days where both began their political career and where both plotted to destroy PBS are seen regularly together nowadays.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
ReplyDeleteIf recent gathering in the meetings of SAPP is any indication, then Yong Teck Lee being adamant to go for a majority of the state seats (60 in Sabah) this coming looming 13th general election on what he termed as “the principle of Sabah autonomy” is all about splitting the opposition votes and helping Barisan National win big.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteThe political signal coming from Yong Teck Lee in the last few months indicate that he is trying to sail on two boats — Barisan National and Pakatan Rakyat — at the same time.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteHis shifting statements to keep both the major political parties in good humour may end with a backlash. At the same time, Pakatan Rakyat camp specially The Democratic Action Party (DAP) feels that Yong Teck Lee is not dependable and his track record for the last couple of years shows that he is more committed to divide and split the opposition votes.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteIt is a known fact that despite poor governance Yong Teck Lee ruled this politically vibrant state for 2 years but a lot say he worked 4 long years (pun added because he worked day and night 24hours a day making hay while there is sunshine with his partner in crime Joseph Ambrose Lee).
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteYong Teck Lee’s new political strategy to oppose Pakatan Rakyat and hinting he would also ditch Dr Jeffrey’s State Reform Party (STAR) anytime is also meant to hijack Dr Jeffery’s old battle cry of ” Sabah For Sabahans”, “Sabah Rights” and now “Ini Kali Lah”, and keep his minority flock in his pocket.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteIn the meantime, Yong Teck Lee is trying his best to sweep the issues of malgovernance and corruption during his time as chief minister under the carpet with the help of captive media.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteBeing a shrewd seasoned politician, Yong Teck Lee knows his limitations; he also knows the art of handling the levers of the power equations. He has hardly missed any occasion to profess his loyalty to the Party Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), and Anwar Ibrahim in particular.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
ReplyDeleteRecently, he took the opportunity to welcome Anwar Ibrahim in the Kota Kinabalu International Airport and this says a lot. Though he is not a part of the Pakatan Rakyat but only supports it from the outside, he also denounced DAP Sabah strongly. Is Yong Teck Lee driving a wedge between Anwar Ibrahim and DAP Sabah?
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteIn a given political situation, Yong Teck Lee doesn’t have any other alternative but to support the PKR in Sabah after his bad outing in the Batu Sapi Parliamentary by-election where even Ansari of PKR did better then him.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteHe can’t think of joining Pakatan Rakyat because of DAP Sabah whereas Dr Jeffrey Kitingan can move in any direction. The challenge for the opposition is how to strike an agreement among themselves so that there will be only one-to-one fights with the Barisan.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteIt will not be easy because SAPP and DAP are eyeing the same seats while Jeffrey is unlikely to give way to PKR on choice seats. Besides, there is no love lost between Dr Jeffrey and Anwar Ibrahim.
Bestowal of Huguan Siou title on Anwar 'the ultimate insult'
DeleteNow, as political churning is going on in Sabah, the situation is that the two political stalwarts Yong Teck Lee and Dr Jeffrey Kitingan are being used as pawns in a game played by the Barisan National and Pakatan Rakyat, both “Party Party Malaya” as they say here in Sabah.
He may not be conferred the KadazanDusunMurut paramount leader title, but Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is confident that the support for Barisan Nasional remains strong in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, the nation’s premier leader recognises that the Huguan Siou title belongs only to a KDM leader, that is Deputy Chief Minister cum Parti Bersatu Sabah president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan.
ReplyDeleteHe said the act by certain quarters, conferring the prestigious title to opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, is an act of desperation.
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ReplyDelete“Have you no shame? Are they that desperate to win votes? In politics, you must have principles, you must respect one another, like how I respect the KDM culture, and others should respect the Malay culture.
“When I danced the Sumazau (the Kadazandusun traditional dance) with my wife, I was heavily criticised on the Internet. But people fail to understand that is how I show my respect on the Kadazandusun culture and tradition.
ReplyDelete“I even learned Mandarin because I respect the Chinese community in the country. I believe that when we show our respect on other people’s culture and tradition, they would do the same to us,” he said to some 25,000 crowd who came to the official launch of the state-level Nadi Kasih Programme, here, yesterday.
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ReplyDeleteThe Nadi Kasih is a programme implemented by the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Foundation to support the government’s goal to improve the quality of life of the rural poor.
Also present were the nation’s First Lady Datin Seri Rosmah, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and wife Datin Seri Faridah Tussin, federal and state cabinet ministers, and Barisan Nasional component party leaders, to mention some.
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ReplyDeleteNajib also expressed his confidence that the people of Sabah would continue to support the BN government.
ReplyDelete“For instance in Tuaran, he (refering to former United Pasok Momogun KadazanDusun Murut Organisation deputy president cum Tuaran member of parliament Datuk Wilfred Bumburing) has ‘stolen’ this seat from us, but he forgot that he won it under a BN ticket.
ReplyDelete“The people voted BN, not the candidate. And with his exit, we will select a new guy to replace the vacancy … and I wish to call everyone to continue supporting the candidate, whoever is selected,” he said.
ReplyDeleteNajib also believes that the people are wise in deciding their future.
ReplyDelete“It is a choice between reformation and transformation. Reform would only create unrest, demonstration and destruction, while transformation brings development for the nation and people.
“I was in Beaufort, and there is also an ambitious person there who is confident of winning (refering to Beaufort member of parliament Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin).
ReplyDelete“Then I went to Papar and I got the same vibe from the people that they accept BN and want the ruling coalition to remain in power.
ReplyDelete“I end my visit to Sabah here, in Tuaran, and I am confident that Beaufort, Papar and Tuaran ‘tatap’ (a local slang for ‘definitely’) BN,” he said.
ReplyDeleteNajib said the people must reject the opposition and their lies.
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ReplyDelete“When I announced Sabah as BN’s fixed deposit, the opposition also started coming in, hoping to ‘steal’ this state from us.
ReplyDelete“It happened in other states – Selangor, Kedah, Penang and Kelantan, the people they were offered empty promises … do not let that happen in Sabah. But I have the confidence that the people here understand and know BN’s struggle,” he said.