The federal government's transportation subsidies to Kelantan and Malacca totaling RM30 million has shocked Sabah.
KOTA KINABALU: Now that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has apologised for Barisan Nasional’s failures, he must also do likewise to Sabahans and correct the many wrongs committed by the coalition in the state for the past 49 years.
Making this call, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Yong Teck Lee said Najib must also apologise because the BN government had turned Sabah into a poor state despite it being endowed with abundance of natural resources, including oil and gas.
“Najib ought to apologise to the people of Sabah because we are one of the poorest states in Malaysia… we have bad roads, bad health facilities, are flooded with illegal immigrants and have no transport subsidies,” he said.
Yong, a former chief minister, was speaking during a briefing for party leaders and members on the impending general election at the Sunday Gaya Street Fair, here.
He was also responding to Najib’s apologies to the people on behalf of the BN for its many mistakes that led voters to reject it at the last general election.
He said the federal government’s transport subsidies to Kelantan and Malacca totalling more than RM30 million have raised eyebrows in Sabah
Eroding support
The federal government has also abolished the tolls on two highways in Selangor valued at some RM83 million and has given subsidies to four highway concessionaires in the Peninsula totalling some RM287 million.
Yong said this was unfair as Sabah’s infrastructure, especially the roads, was horrendous.
In a bid to halt steadily eroding support for the ruling coalition, Najib promised that the BN government would make up by serving the people in the best way possible.
He also acknowledged that voters’ rejection of the BN was due to mistakes made by the coalition.
Yong said that while Najib was apologising for the misdeeds of the BN, he should also extend the same apology to the people of Sabah for failing to set up Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the large number of illegal immigrants in the state.
Meanwhile, he said his party was still talking to fellow opposition parties such as the STAR and Pakatan Rakyat to prepare for the general election though no concrete agreements have been reached.
He also reiterated that SAPP had agreed that the party would support Pakatan leader Anwar Ibrahim for prime minister if the BN is defeated.
Well, this is hard.
ReplyDeleteMeminta pak ajib untuk meminta maaf kepada rakyat?
ReplyDeleteI don't think this can be done.
ReplyDeleteYong demanding for Najib to apologize?? That's very daring of him.
ReplyDeleteYong also need to apologize to sabahan because make SAS loss.
ReplyDeleteYong tidak perlu risau..Datuk Najib sudah berkata untuk seluruh rakyat. Jadi Sabahan termasuk lah sudah itu.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a man of courage to concede their mistakes. My affirmation for our PM in admitting and apologizing the shortcomings of the status quo.
ReplyDeleteIn spite of all the short comings has been been the center of attention of the media these past few months, It is still undeniable that in we share a number of successes throughout the governance of the BN coalition.
DeleteFrom the independence from the British crown, the formation of Malaysia. We have survive the tragedy came to known as 13 MEI, rapid modernization and development of under Mahathir which brings our nation to the eyes of the world as one of South East Asia rising tiger nation.
DeleteWe saw the founding of our present administration center or "Capitol Hill", Putrajaya which initially received a lot of opposition during it's conceptual phase; but at present is being considered as a covenant prize by all side for this coming ellection.
DeleteAt the turn of the century we saw the liberalization of the media, inter compatibility between Islam and economic and technological development under the concept of Islam Hadari, the continuation as well as the renewal and commitment towards past policies from previous administration.
DeleteComing back to the Najib administration, we saw the introduction off the 1Malaysia concept with all its spin off products all aimed for the betterment of the common people. These includes the 1Malaysia clinic, BR1M, 1care just to mention a few.
DeleteHaving said that, I'll end this with a quote from Rudyard Kipling (English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Nobel Prize(1907), 1865-1936):
ReplyDelete“If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. . . . The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man."
Sebelum ini pun SAPP dalam BN apa..cermin diri sendiri.
ReplyDeleteYong should apologize to Sabahan as well for what he has done to this state during his tenure as CM of Sabah..
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