Peninsular-based Pakatan Rakyat has made some major inroads into many areas and corners in Sabah with PKR leading the pact in terms of voter acceptance and influence.
PKR appears to be gaining grounds with multi-ethnic groups in the KDMs and Chinese communities included.
With the increasingly open and public discussions of Sabah political affairs, it now seems that a shift is indeed taking place from within the opposition, and PKR is seeing a surge of support in both the rural and urban front.
In the 13th general elections, Sabah is among the key battlefronts for Barisan Nasional.
An independent political observer, Saimin Suberik, opined that Pakatan could win around 10 parliamentary seats in Sabah.
“I think Pakatan will win in Kota Marudu, Kota Belud, Tuaran, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Penampang, Ranau, Beaufort, Pensiangan, Batu Sapi, and Sipitang,” he said, qualifying his observation based on his research and feedbacks.
Suberik, who was at one time a researcher with state-owned IDS (Institute for Development Studies), said that his survey done for west-coast parliamentary seats, until yesterday, showed “promising days” ahead for PKR-led Pakatan in Sabah.
Asked on what might have contributed to the surging support for Pakatan in Sabah, Suberik said it has to do with the “peoples’ trust and confidence” that Pakatan is the right party to replace the tainted Umno-led BN.
On the state constituencies, Suberik said, based on feedbacks in west-coast, Sabahans appeared wanting to let state-based opposition parties to take the lead.
But this could be a different story altogether for state seats in Sabah’s east-coast where Pakatan is more preferred than the two state parties — State Reform Party (STAR) and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), he added.
Another observer who only wanted to be known as Jimmy gave Pakatan the edge over STAR even in a few Kadazandusun constituencies, initially perceived by many as STAR stronghold.
“Let us wait until next week and we should be able to read more signs from the grounds and the parties,” Jimmy said adding that embattled candidates would also know their fate by then. -FMT
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
‘Promising’ days ahead for PKR in Sabah
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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, continuing his whirlwind tour of Sabah districts on the second day today, said Sabah was still the Barisan Nasional's (BN) "fixed deposit".
ReplyDeleteNajib, who is also BN chairman, visited Kuala Penyu, Beaufort, Kimanis and Bongawan yesterday. Bad weather prevented him from flying to Kota Belud but technology saved the day. He spoke on his telephone to Kota Belud BN candidate Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan and his message was amplified for the benefit of the 10,000 people present there.
ReplyDelete"Sabah is still the BN's fixed deposit. The 13-member coalition receives overwhelming support, including from people in interior areas," he said.Najib said the BN government was strong and has the capacity to propel Sabah to greater heights and to balance the development between the state and Peninsular Malaysia.
ReplyDelete"Sabah still remains as the BN's fixed deposit. However, if we have a fixed deposit in a bank, once in a while we have to check.Yesterday, I went to many places, to Kuala Penyu, Beaufort, Kimanis and Bongawan, but I could not make it to Kota Belud, but I was told 10,000 people were waiting for me there.
ReplyDelete"Today I'm in Tenom. I was told our fixed deposit is still strong," he told a "leader-with-the-people" gathering at the Tenom public field. Also present were Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and BN parliamentary candidate for Tenom Datuk Raimee Unggi, state seat contender Datuk Radin Malleh (Melalap) and Senator Dr Lucas Umbul.
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ReplyDeleteHe said the opposition pact had spoilt the true meaning of manifesto to merely a blank piece of paper.
ReplyDelete"In four years, the people can see and feel everything around them, the BN has brought changes in the economic management even by going against the norm.
Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the healthy developments in Malaysia's economic landscape were among the government's testimony in managing and expanding the economic pie and returning the "spinoffs" to the people. The Opposition's economic projections would render Malaysia bankrupt, he said. Najib also promised to bring more prosperity to Sabah and expressed support to the communal grant concept, an initiative by the BN state government, which guarantees a bright future fot the rural folk in the state.
ReplyDeleteOn giving land to Sabahans, I support 100 per cent. Tenom and Pensiangan are blessed with fertile land. The areas can be transformed into agriculture hubs to provide food supplies to the country's national food security programme.We want to issue permanent land titles to people awarded land by the state government," he said, drawing reference to the 500,050 hectares of land allotted to people living in interior areas.
ReplyDeleteNajib reminded the interior folk to make a wise decision by supporting BN candidates in the May 5 general election for a bright future to them and to the state. At the gathering, Najib also unveiled the Sabah BN's supplementary manifesto, which among others, pledges a RM11 million allocation to upgrade infrastructure facilities in and around Tenom town and the district.
ReplyDeletePerdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menaruh keyakinan rakyat negeri ini akan terus memberikan sokongan padu kepada Barisan Nasional (BN), sekali gus kekal sebagai kubu kuat parti itu.
ReplyDeleteBeliau berkata, berdasarkan sokongan yang diterima dalam setiap program yang diadakan dan kejayaan pelbagai program transformasi membuktikan sokongan tidak berbelah bahagi rakyat Sabah terhadap BN.
ReplyDeleteI believe Dompok is the best candidate in this parliament, he can beat the other candidate.
ReplyDeleteUnited Pasokmomogun KadazanDusun Murut Organization (UPKO) President Tan Sri Bernard Dompok hopes the voters will return the Barisan Nasional in the Penampang parliamentary as well as the two state seats that fall within its purview.
ReplyDeleteBN cannot demand for all the transformation programs that the BN has planned if there is no BN elected representative in the area. Dompok ask favor from voters to vote for BN's candidates so that there is continuity to problems being addressed and voice being represented.
ReplyDeleteDompok said the BN elected representatives have been fighting for issues affecting the state as well as constituency to be addressed and resolved.
ReplyDeleteAs known, the BN elected representatives in Penampang have been very vocal and aggressively getting the federal government to resolve issues affecting the people in the constituency and state. Dompok added that Our struggles are even seen and acknowledged by the opposition and it has convinced some of them such as former DAP leaders Stephen Jimbangan and Edward Mujie that UPKO and BN is doing good
ReplyDeleteDompok also touched about the important issue on the Malaysian identity cards in Sabah be recalled so that only ‘real’ Sabahans are issued with a new identity card. This, he believe is one way to resolve the problem with non-qualified people being granted Malaysian citizenship.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, Dompok talk about the issue on freedom of religion in the country as it is in the Malaysian Agreement that people are free to practice their religion even though Islam is the official religion of the country. He will work hard on that issue and continue to voice the issue because this is not fair as it not included in the Malaysian Agreement.
ReplyDeleteSo Dompok also stress that as a result of the continuous voicing out of the issues including the importing of Bibles from Indonesia, the Government had lifted the restriction and OPS Tataba had imported 5,000 Bibles from Indonesia to be distributed among the churches in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Dompok. The MCA pledges to assist Penampang candidate. MCA Penampang chief Datuk Paul Kong has given his division’s pledge to ensure that the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the parliamentary constituency will be victorious in the 13th general election.
ReplyDelete“Tan Sri Bernard has been very helpful and I give my deepest appreciation as well as gratitude to him for having assisted MCA Penampang financially over the years as our MP. As Tan Sri Bernard has been a good MP for Penampang and always have the rakyat close to his heart, I hope that he would be re-nominated to contest again in the 13th general election.
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Sabah PKR was rocked by defections after four division chiefs quit the party, claiming that the party did not respect the promised autonomy to its state leaders.
ReplyDeleteThe Division Chiefs from Sandakan Mazhry Nasir, Saidil Simoi, Irianshah Yunus of Kalabakan, Abdul Zainal Atin of Putatan and Deputy Division Chief Zainuddin Hassan of Batu Sapi handed over their application forms to Sabah Umno secretary Datuk Yahya Hussin on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteMazhry, who led the group said they joined PKR with the belief that local PKR members would be given autonomy to make decisions concerning the party's direction.But this did not happen, KL PKR was directing everything here,he said.
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ReplyDeleteMazhry said he had lost confidence in PKR after realising that the autonomy mentioned in its Buku Jingga' was not going to be observed. He also added, the promise is just a lie to Sabah PKR members and also to the people who have put their trust in PKR.
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ReplyDeleteIt was only after the UK forced adults who could work back into the work force that its economy regained its old poise and became one of the leaders of Europe, and the world, again. The UK's labour participation rate (the percentage of working-age adults actually working) rose from 62 per cent in 1984 to over 70 per cent today.
ReplyDeleteCurrently, Malaysia has a 58 per cent participation rate. However, because that refers to having "worked at least one hour of gainful employment in the preceding week", many economists believe that only 47 per cent of the working population is employed for more than 20 hours per week.
ReplyDeleteExperts on welfare systems almost unanimously agree that the more generous the welfare system, the lower the labour participation rate. Pakatan Rakyat is nevertheless proposing that we should take able-bodied workers out of the work force at the very moment the rest of the world is desperately trying to keep their workers in.
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IN THE RACE : New players PPPS and APS emerge to challenge party
ReplyDeleteKOTA KINABALU: THE sudden entry of new players into the Sabah PKR fold has put its loyal supporters in limbo.
ReplyDeleteMany candidates from Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPPS) and Angkatan Pe ubahan Sabah (APS) had been favoured over Sabah PKR leaders for the May 5 polls, creating dissent within.
ReplyDeleteSome have ditched the party and there are also those who prefer to watch from the sidelines, aban doning the election machinery they had set up.
ReplyDeletePPPS is led by former Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, who is former Beaufort member of parliament, while APS is helmed by former Upko deputy president Datuk Wilfred Bumburing. Both made a pact with PKR less than a year ago.
ReplyDeleteSabah Barisan Nasional secretary Datuk Rahman Dahlan said yesterday Sabah PKR machinery was now crippled.
ReplyDelete“I have moved around some areas and saw little or no campaigning at all among the PKR supporters.”
ReplyDeleteHe said the problem surfaced probably because opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had made promises to many peo ple in the party over the years but went against his words when La jim and Bumburing came into the picture.
ReplyDeleteThere are 11 of us divisional chiefs who left the party and five of us decided to join Umno. The others prefer to just sit out this elec tion,” he claimed.
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