Pakatan Rakyat has launched the Sabah edition of its election manifesto yesterday, promising a more comprehensive Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants than the existing one.
"Not only would it clean up the citizenry and provide a path to citizenship for those who are qualified, but it would also take legal action against those involved in Project IC," the document wrote.
Project IC, sometimes known as Project M, is an alleged citizenship-for-votes scheme that supposedly took place in Sabah during the 1980's.
The allegation is now the subject ofinvestigation of an ongoing RCI formed in August last year.
Almost immediately, its terms of reference came under fire from groups such as the Association for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
They complained that the RCI was not given the power to identify and punish those responsible for Project IC, or recommend a solution to the problem.
However, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) president Bernard Dompok had opined that an RCI does not have the legal power to mete out punishment, unlike a court.
The promise of a fresh RCI with wider powers is one of 40 election promises in yesterday's manifesto, which is intended to complement the main Pakatan Rakyat manifesto launch in Shah Alam on Feb 25.
"Not only would it clean up the citizenry and provide a path to citizenship for those who are qualified, but it would also take legal action against those involved in Project IC," the document wrote.
Project IC, sometimes known as Project M, is an alleged citizenship-for-votes scheme that supposedly took place in Sabah during the 1980's.The allegation is now the subject ofinvestigation of an ongoing RCI formed in August last year.
Almost immediately, its terms of reference came under fire from groups such as the Association for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
They complained that the RCI was not given the power to identify and punish those responsible for Project IC, or recommend a solution to the problem.
However, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) president Bernard Dompok had opined that an RCI does not have the legal power to mete out punishment, unlike a court.
The promise of a fresh RCI with wider powers is one of 40 election promises in yesterday's manifesto, which is intended to complement the main Pakatan Rakyat manifesto launch in Shah Alam on Feb 25.
Other promises
Other promises outlined in manifesto include giving Sabah autonomy, a redelineation exercise to ensure that Sabah is given fair representation in the Dewan Rakyat, abolition of the cabotage policy, increased oil royalties, recognition of Native Customary Rights (NCR) to land, and reinstating the Amanah Rakyat Negeri Sabah by paying RM200 in dividends to every adult in Sabah.
"It is a blueprint for a brighter future, as well as a legitimate source of hope and inspiration for the people of Sabah," said Pakatan Rakyat Sabah Manifesto Committee coordinator Chan Foong Hin (right) in a press release yesterday.
However, the document was very brief compared to Pakatan Rakyat's national manifesto, often explaining each of the 40 promises in one or two sentences.
When queried about this, Chan, who is also the DAP Sabah publicity chief, told Malaysiakini that this is because the manifesto is essentially a summary of Pakatan Rakyat's promises to Sabah made it the past.
It incorporates parts of the Buku Jingga's Sabah Chapter, Kuching Declaration, and the Sabah Alternative Budget 2013, he said.
The manifesto's launch in Kota Kinabalu yesterday was led by DAP Sabah chairperson Jimmy Wong, PKR Sabah chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini, PAS Sabah commissioner Aminuddin Aling, Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah president Lajim Ukin and Angkatan Perubahan Sabah president Wilfred Bumburing.
"It is a blueprint for a brighter future, as well as a legitimate source of hope and inspiration for the people of Sabah," said Pakatan Rakyat Sabah Manifesto Committee coordinator Chan Foong Hin (right) in a press release yesterday.However, the document was very brief compared to Pakatan Rakyat's national manifesto, often explaining each of the 40 promises in one or two sentences.
When queried about this, Chan, who is also the DAP Sabah publicity chief, told Malaysiakini that this is because the manifesto is essentially a summary of Pakatan Rakyat's promises to Sabah made it the past.
It incorporates parts of the Buku Jingga's Sabah Chapter, Kuching Declaration, and the Sabah Alternative Budget 2013, he said.
The manifesto's launch in Kota Kinabalu yesterday was led by DAP Sabah chairperson Jimmy Wong, PKR Sabah chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini, PAS Sabah commissioner Aminuddin Aling, Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah president Lajim Ukin and Angkatan Perubahan Sabah president Wilfred Bumburing.
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