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Let Sabah compete with Sarawak and Malaya to see who has got better schools and universities following restoration of rights to Sabah and Sarawak

By Kit

November 14, 2022

(Versi BM)

One of the biggest grouses against the Pakatan Harapan government is that it had failed to deliver its election manifesto promises.

We can be disappointed with the Pakatan Harapan government for not doing more in the 22 months before it was toppled by the undemocratic and illegal Sheraton Move political conspiracy which brought in two “backdoor” and illegitimate governments in Putrajaya – the 17-month Muhyiddin Yassin government and the 15-month Ismail Sabri government – but we must also be reasonable and realistic.

Let us look at the world – where is there a country where its government had been able to achieve in 22 months what was meant to be a five-year programme?

This is an impossible task and we must not blame the Pakatan Harapan government for failing to do the impossible.

I met privately with the then Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad in mid-2019, and impressed on him the necessity to honour the 2018 Pakatan Harapan election manifesto, and I told him that if there is any election pledge which could not be fulfilled, the Pakatan Harapan government should be frank with the people, explain the reasons, and I was sure that the people would understand. Mahathir agreed.

I had thought that after the Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council meeting on 21st February 2020 that all the doubts and theories of PH government instability had been resolved, for at the PH Presidential Council meeting, Mahathir made a commitment that he would step down as Prime Minister at the end of 2020 after the APEC meeting.

I had intended to meet the Prime Minister after the mid-term of the PH government sometime in 2021, when Anwar Ibrahim would have become the Prime Minister, but the Sheraton Move political conspiracy toppled the PH government a few days after the PH Presidential Council meeting on 21.2.2020.

It is unreasonable to expect the PH government to implement the 2018 PH Election Manifesto for it was meant for five years, and the PH government had only 22 months.

The two “backdoor” governments after the toppling of the PH government had a total of 32 months which is longer than the 22-month PH government

Have the Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri restored the rights of Sabah and Sarawak in accordance with Malaysia Agreement 1963 when they have a longer time period than the 22 months of PH government?

In fact, we can blame the UMNO-BN government for its failures and disasters of six decades!

On July 13, 1976, when Parliament amended the Malaysian Constitution to reduce the status of Sabah and Sarawak from “territory” to “state”, all the Sabah and Sarawak MPs supported the amendment, and DAP MPs were the ones to oppose it. I also opposed the amendment. This is an example where DAP MPs were ahead of Sabah and Sarawak government MPs in protecting the status of Sabah and Sarawak as “territories” and not downgraded to that of states like those in Peninsular Malaysia.

Can the two “backdoor” governments of Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri explain why they had failed to restore the rights of Sabah and Sarawak when they had together 32 months while Pakatan Harapan had only 22 months instead of five years?

If Anwar Ibrahim is elected as the 10th Prime Minister and forms the Federal government in Putrajaya, a second Pakatan Harapan government would fully restore the rights of Sabah and Sarawak.

Let Sabah compete with Sarawak and Malaya to see who has got better schools and universities with the restoration of rights to Sabah and Sarawak according to the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

There should be an University of Kota Kinabalu, an University of Sandakan, an University of Tawau, even an University of Lahad Datu – just as there should be an University of Kuching, an University of Sibu, an University of Miri, even an University of Sarikei.

When Sabah and Sarawak are restored the rights under the Malaysian Agreement 1963, there will be new visions and possibilities for Saah and Sarawak.

Of course, this must mean that there would be proper funding and infrastructure development following the restoration of the rights of Sabah and Sarawak under the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

(Media Conference statement by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang at DAP Lahad Datu 15GE Ops Centre on Monday, 14th November 2022 at 1 pm)

Biar Sabah bersaing dengan Sarawak dan Malaya untuk melihat siapa yang dapat mempunyai sekolah dan universiti yang lebih baik selepas pemulihan hak-hak Sabah dan Sarawak

Satu daripada rungutan terbesar terhadap kerajaan Pakatan Harapan mengenai kegagalan untuk menunaikan janji manifesto pilihan rayanya.

Kita boleh kecewa dengan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan kerana tidak memenuhi lebih banyak perkara dalam tempoh 22 bulan sebelum digulingkan dengan konspirasi politik Langkah Sheraton yang tidak demokratik yang telah membawa masuk dua kerajaan “pintu belakang” dan tidak sah di Putrajaya — kerajaan Muhyiddin Yassin selama 17 bulan. dan kerajaan Ismail Sabri selama 15 bulan — tetapi kita juga perlu bersikap munasabah dan realistik.

Mari kita lihat di seluruh dunia — di manakah negara yang mana kerajaannya mampu untuk memenuhi dalam tempoh 22 bulan perkara yang dirancang sebagai program lima tahun?

Perkara ini adalah satu tugas yang mustahil dan kita tidak boleh menyalahkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan kerana gagal melakukan perkara yang mustahil.

Saya bertemu secara peribadi dengan Perdana Menteri ketika itu, Mahathir Mohamad pada pertengahan tahun 2019, dan menekankan kepadanya keperluan untuk menghormati manifesto pilihan raya Pakatan Harapan 2018, dan saya memberitahunya bahawa jika ada ikrar pilihan raya yang tidak dapat ditunaikan, Kerajaan Pakatan Harapan perlu berterus terang kepada rakyat, jelaskan sebab-sebabnya, dan saya yakin rakyat akan faham. Mahathir bersetuju.

Saya fikir selepas mesyuarat Majlis Presiden Pakatan Harapan pada 21 Februari 2020 bahawa semua keraguan dan teori ketidakstabilan kerajaan PH telah diselesaikan, kerana pada mesyuarat Majlis Presiden PH, Mahathir memberikan komitmen bahawa dia akan meletakkan jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri pada penghujung tahun 2020 selepas persidangan APEC.

Saya berhasrat untuk bertemu Perdana Menteri selepas tempoh pertengahan kerajaan PH pada tahun 2021, apabila Anwar Ibrahim sudah menjadi Perdana Menteri, tetapi konspirasi politik Langkah Sheraton telah menumbangkan kerajaan PH beberapa hari selepas mesyuarat Majlis Presiden PH. pada 21.2.2020.

Adalah tidak munasabah untuk mengharapkan kerajaan PH melaksanakan Manifesto Pilihan Raya PH 2018 sepenuhnya kerana manifesto ini dirancang untuk dilaksanakana dalam tempoh lima tahun, dan kerajaan PH hanya mempunyai 22 bulan.

Kedua-dua kerajaan “pintu belakang” selepas penggulingan kerajaan PH mempunyai jumlah 32 bulan yang lebih lama daripada kerajaan PH 22 bulan

Adakah Muhyiddin Yassin dan Ismail Sabri telah mengembalikan hak Sabah dan Sarawak mengikut Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 sedangkan mereka mempunyai tempoh masa yang lebih lama berbanding dengan 22 bulan pentadbiran PH?

Malah, kita boleh menyalahkan kerajaan UMNO-BN atas kegagalan dan malapetaka yang menimpa negara selama enam dekad!

Pada 13 Julai 1976, apabila Parlimen meminda Perlembagaan Malaysia untuk menurunkan status Sabah dan Sarawak daripada “wilayah” kepada “negeri”, semua Ahli Parlimen Sabah dan Sarawak menyokong pindaan itu, dan Ahli Parlimen DAP jugalah yang menentangnya. Saya juga menentang pindaan itu. Ini adalah contoh di mana Ahli Parlimen DAP mendahului Ahli Parlimen kerajaan Sabah dan Sarawak dalam melindungi status Sabah dan Sarawak sebagai “wilayah” supaya tidak diturunkan kepada negeri seperti di Semenanjung Malaysia.

Bolehkah dua kerajaan “pintu belakang” Muhyiddin Yassin dan Ismail Sabri menjelaskan mengapa mereka gagal memulihkan hak Sabah dan Sarawak apabila mereka bersama selama 32 bulan sedangkan Pakatan Harapan hanya mempunyai 22 bulan berbanding lima tahun?

Jika Anwar Ibrahim dipilih sebagai Perdana Menteri ke-10 dan membentuk kerajaan Persekutuan di Putrajaya, kerajaan Pakatan Harapan kedua akan memulihkan sepenuhnya hak Sabah dan Sarawak.

Biar Sabah bersaing dengan Sarawak dan Malaya untuk melihat siapa yang dapat mempunyai sekolah dan universiti yang lebih baik selepas pemulihan hak-hak Sabah dan Sarawak.

Patutnya sudah ada Universiti Kota Kinabalu, Universiti Sandakan, Universiti Tawau, malah Universiti Lahad Datu — sama seperti mana patutnya ada Universiti Kuching, Universiti Sibu, Universiti Miri, malah Universiti Sarikei.

Apabila hak-hak Sabah dan Sarawak sudah dipulihkan di bawah Perjanjian Malaysia 1963, akan ada visi dan peluang baharu untuk Sabah dan Sarawak.

Sudah tentu, perkara ini bermakna bahawa akan ada pembiayaan dan pembangunan infrastruktur yang sewajarnya berikutan pemulihan hak Sabah dan Sarawak di bawah Perjanjian Malaysia 1963.

(Kenyataan Sidang Media oleh veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang di Pusat Ops PRU-15 DAP Lahad Datu pada hari Isnin, 14 November 2022 jam 1 petang)