One Party. One Ideology and One Voice.
Finally what I have predicted came to real when I came across with Daily Newspaper yesterday telling that three main party of the Kadazan, Dusuns and Muruts are planning to join hands together and make historic confederation. It is the right time to remedy their mistake in the past. PBRS and UPKO arise from the PBS Party 17 years ago. If the people of Sabah join hands together and remedy all the mistake sure the glory of the golden era will be back to Sabah. It seem like I'm writing a political article for this blog whereby the objective of this blog is for tourism of Sabah but this is only my reflection through the political scenario in Sabah nowadays. I hate to see my own people quarreling each other with no vision and prospectus through the future. Why don't we broke all the wall and shake hands to each other again. I really want to see all the Sabahan to be united and focus for the development of Sabah. But for this time it is not 100% confirm yet, We need to support our leader first before we can achieve all of that. As my conclusion "think Out Of The Box" and think what is better for Sabah. Please read below passage....PBS, Upko and PBRS accord?
Kota Belud: The Borneo Heritage Foundation's United Borneo Front (UBF) applauded the proposal by Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) to enter into a historic confederation with United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS).
UBF Chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan pledged UBF's support and assistance to the initiative.
He hailed it as "the first time in Sabah's political history that we are heading towards an amalgamation of like minds so that leaders born and bred in Sabah can rise to the challenge of securing our political autonomy in the spirit of what our forefathers would have wanted before signing the Malaysia Agreement in 1963.
"This is the beginning of the political reality of Borneonisation and the implementation of the Borneo Agenda," he said in a statement here Wednesday.
He said the State Governments of Sabah and Sarawak have tremendous powers in law to demand for greater State autonomy.
It is past political leaders who have become dependent on Federal/KL leaders and allowed their voices to be "stamped by the powerful foot of Federalism", he said.
"We must rise up to the challenge of harnessing the powers that we have as entrenched in the Inter-Governmental Committee Report of 1962 and Article 8 of the Malaysia Agreement.
"Our leaders must see the logic of amalgamation to demand for the restoration of agreed rights and protections.
"There is no better time as we are now in a unique position to make these demands to a parliament that hangs divided between the BN and PR alliances.
"If they don't hang 50-50, Borneo is finished because we only have 25 per cent of our leaders sitting in Parliament," said Jeffrey at an UBF Borneo Tea Party held at Kg Bukid Rantai on Tuesday.
"We pledge our support to both PBS, PBRS and Upko on this important initiative and as a non-partisan NGO would like to join them as a neutral voice by assisting in the operation of this confederation.
"The UBF also believes that the confederation should transcend party barriers of the Federal alliances and that Borneo-based parties from both the BN and PR front be allowed to contribute their views and terms of references when setting out the framework for addressing common interests and problems in Sabah," he said.
The Borneo Heritage Foundation will be organising another forum this year to address common interest issues and will invite the confederation and other Borneo based parties to participate in the discussion.
UBF co-founder and adviser, Nilakrisna James would present UBF's suggested framework for a potential memorandum of understanding between a confederation of Borneo based parties and the Federal ruling government to the confederation prior to our planned forum, he said.
Whether the next General Election retains the BN or shifts the powerhouse to PR, a confederation of Borneo based parties will be in a unique position to not be affected by the consequence of a Federal change, he added.
"Our answer lies in the documents that were drawn up with Great Britain prior to the formation of Malaysia. Those legal documents are the basis of Borneo's power in this country and both Nila and myself are ready to discuss these legalities with Borneo's political leaders."
Story Arrangement By: Harry George
Sources: UBF, Daily Express and PBS
Picture: Google Images
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