The Chief Minister was puzzled with claims by the opposition leaders that there was no development in Sabah and because of this they pitied the people in the state.
“Are they blind or deaf? This is actually an insult to the customary chiefs who have been working hard with their respective elected representatives to bring development to their constituencies,” he said.
“I want to tell them not to teach the duck how to swim … we have brought about so much development, especially when Najib became the Prime Minister.
“Like it or not, he is a very good and attentive Prime Minister who is sensitive to Sabah’s needs,” he said.
Musa added that despite claims by the opposition that Sabah is a poor state, the State Budget continued to be the biggest every year unlike the Pakatan-led Selangor state government.
“From being the most developed state in the country, Selangor now is going backward. They can’t even afford to give water to its people,” he said, adding that in Sabah, the BN government was not only looking after the welfare of the present but also future generation.
He said the State Government had stopped logging activities in more than 300 hectares of land as well as implemented programmes to replant high-value trees, all for the benefit of the future generations.
According to Musa, investors, especially giant companies were willing to come to Sabah and poured in millions of ringgit because they were confident with the state’s political stability.
“I cannot be too angry at the opposition because it is their duty to object but they have no choice but to lie and make up issues simply because there are none,” he said.
Musa also reiterated that the opposition was chanting ‘change the government’ but when he looked at their leaders, they were actually ‘recycled’ leaders.
He said the leaders in the government did not have time to look for people’s fault because “we are busy working.”
“What is important is that it is up to us to explain to the grassroots that they must make the right choice in order for development continuity provided by the government of the day, the BN government,” he said.
“We need to remind the grassroots not to be easily hoodwinked by the opposition … I know all of you know that the opposition is only telling lies and making empty promises,” he said. - The Borneo Post
