Many
S’wakians feel federal govt does not care for them, claims PBK veep The Borneo Post 16 Jun 2019 Peli
Aron
MIRI: Many
Sarawakians feel that they are being uncared for and oppressed by the federal
government, claims Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) deputy president Peli Aron.
According
to him, the people of the state have been deprived of proper roads and other infrastructures,
and some have also had their land being taken unlawfully or encroached by mega
companies from Peninsular Malaysia.
Moreover,
he believes that Sarawakians, especially the native communities, ‘have the
right to be angry at Peninsular Malaysia’ in that large chunks of revenues
taken by from Sarawak have not been distributed back to develop the state.
“It
is said that in 2017, (the revenues) from oil and gas alone… the federal
government took from Sarawak RM110 billion, but what was given back (to
Sarawak) was only RM4.3 billion (as tabled) in the maiden budget by Pakatan
Harapan (PH)-led federal government.
“The
RM110-billion excluded revenues collected by the government departments such as
the Inland Revenue Board and the Customs Department in Sarawak,” he pointed out
in a press statement issued yesterday.
In
this regard, Peli said Sarawak’s Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and
Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah was correct in stating that due to
inequality of development, there were ‘voices of Sarawakians’ wanting Sarawak
to exit or be independent from the Federation of Malaysia.
“Seeking
exit or independence is, therefore, justified,” said Peli, as he considered a
recent statement by Parti Bumiputra Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) Youth chief
Nasrul Ali Hasan Abdul Latif as a threat to Sarawakians, especially to the
natives, in that he (Nasrul) was questioning the right of Sarawak to seek exit
or independence from Malaysia.
“He
(Nasrul) had no right to comment on our right to exit, and he claimed that to
voice out exit or to seek independence from the Federation of Malaysia was
seditious. His comments are not only considered a threat, but it is also
tantamount to sedition and should be acted upon by the authorities,” he argued.
Peli
said many Sarawakians had voiced their desire to see Sarawak gain independence
from the Federation of Malaysia.
“I
have, in quest of independence, travelled widely in Sarawak as a lawyer and a
pastor over the years and the people of Sarawak, especially the natives who are
outside Kuching, when inquired by me, voiced out their hope and desire to see
Sarawak gain independence from the Federation of Malaysia,” he said in the
statement.
According
to Peli, under international law Sarawak has the right to seek exit or
independence from the Federation of Malaysia if ‘it is not happy to be in the
federation any more’ – arguing that there is nothing seditious about it.
My comments:
In PRN12 Sarawak election, I believe that the majority
of Sarawakians will vote Sarawak out of the Malaysia federation for good. It is definitely not a hard decision at all
for us as we have been colonised, plundered, exploited, oppressed, suppressed,
robbed and bullied since the very day when the British government sold us off
to the Malayan government in the name of Malaysia. It is our intrinsic rights to exercise
self-determination to vote Sarawak out of the Malaysia federation. I believe that the United Nations will bless
us for our decision.
With the 9 cardinal principles to guide Sarawakians and
the loyal Sarawakians leaders with the full heart, mind and spirit all for the
good and well-being of our motherland, I strong believe that we can build a
wonderful nation on par with Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the like.
I really despise these monstrous-hearted Malayan
plunderers, exploiters, oppressors, suppressors, robbers and bullies to
dominate and colonise us anymore.
