SABAH Progressive Party (SAPP) chided Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) for trying to paint a rosy picture to an otherwise blurry situation in terms of the illegal immigrant issue in the State.
Information Chief, Chong Pit Fah said his PBS counterpart Datuk Johnny Mositun’s statement that PBS had never wavered from its stand on the illegal immigrant issue in Sabah is not what it is perceived by the grassroots.
“SAPP found the general feeling of the grassroots is not like what Mositun has said. In fact there is so much concerned among the grassroots that the BN leaders particularly PBS suddenly become voiceless and seems to be lost in the issue of addressing the illegal immigrant problem.
“Why PBS government ministers are deaf and dumb? Why is the PBS Information Chief say something but those in the government not doing anything on the illegals?” he asked here Thursday.
Mositun was reported on Thusday in his response to the statement by SAPP President Datuk Yong Teck Lee that PBS had never wavered from its position on the issue and that Yong had drawn the wrong conclusion on this from remarks that he (Mositun) had made about the regularisation of illegal immigrants.
Chong said that based on Mositun’s statement calling for the state and federal authorities to stand firm on detaining and deporting illegal immigrants so as not to compromise the nation’s sovereignty and security, it actually suggested that the state and federal authorities were not firm in addressing this problem all this while.
As for SAPP, Chong said the issue of illegal immigrants is among the party’s 14 Points on Sabah issues that is “the government must embark on an immediate action plan to solve the illegal immigrant situation in Sabah, including the syndicated My Kad and other dubious documents, that has been a source of unhappiness among the people”.
The only response from the Federal Government on this was the formation of a Federal Cabinet Committee in 2004, which SAPP felt as mere window dressing exercise by the Barisan Nasional (BN) Government.
Chong said it was also inappropriate for Mositun who is also a Deputy State Speaker to be dwelling too much on policy matter and politics in view of his position in the August State Legislative Assembly.
“We know he is the information officer of his party but he is also a Deputy State Speaker and the position requires him to be fair. He should not be bias,” he said, adding that otherwise it would be unfair for SAPP’s state assemblymen and the people they represented. -Sabahkini
Saturday, July 31, 2010
PBS MINISTERS ARE DEAF AND DUMB?
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what can we do to solve illegal immigrants in Sabah? We have been discussing this for decades and somehow the pti still come into our country and the government is being blamed. I am sure there are other factors for this social problem continue. We should work together, not blaming each other
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ReplyDeleteBetul tu life. Jika asyik menyalahkan, hal ni pun bukannya boleh selesai. So lebih baik bekerjasama, mana tau dapat tanggani hal ni dgn lebih baik :)
ReplyDeletesemua pihak harus bekerjasama dalam membantu menyelesaikan masalah seperti masalah PATI. tidak perlulah menyalahkan satu-satu pihak sahaja.
ReplyDeletemasalah pendatang asing ni perlu kerjasama dari semua pihak untuk diselesaikan. kita perlu memberikan kerjasama dan sokongan kepada kerajaan dalam menyelesaikan masalah ini.
ReplyDeleteyup, find the solution together, not only using it for political interest.
ReplyDeleteTak perlulah menunding jari ataupun menyalahkan mana-mana pihak. Rakyat bukan mahu melihat orang politik mempolitikan sesuatu hal tapi mengharapakan semua pemimpin akan ikhlas menyelesaikan masalah kita.
ReplyDeleteNo one is deaf nor dumb. Its about time the leaders start acting like leaders. Enough of childish remarks. We need all the parties (even though are competing with each other in the next election) to join forces and come up with a solution.
ReplyDeleteIts hard to figure out the best solution to solve this issue because most of these illegal immigrant now are the third generation and born in this land.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan negeri tidak mampu menangani masalah ini tanpa bantuan dari Kerajaan Pusat. PBS mesti tegas dan terus memberi tekanan pada Kerajaan Pusat dalam isu ini.
ReplyDeleteDuring the period Yong was CM, this problem never solve. But now SAPP pointing their finger to other people.
ReplyDeleteKenapa pemimpin si Chong tidak selesaikan isu ini semasa beliau memegang kuasa satu ketika dulu??? Salahkan orang pula.
ReplyDeleteBerhenti menunding jari pada orang lain. Sudah muak tengok ahli politik menyalahkan sesama diri kononnya mereka itu mengambil berat tentang isu ini.
ReplyDeleteCari jalan penyelesaian dan jangan lagi salahkan orang.
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