Why Mahathir Hasn’t Campaigned In Sabah & Sarawak

The Story Nobody Tells You – Why Mahathir Hasn’t Campaigned In Sabah & Sarawak?

Sabah and Sarawak, the two East Malaysian states known as Barisan Nasional’s fixed deposit, are the kingmakers. There are 31 parliamentary seats in Sarawak and 25 parliamentary seats in Sabah. Altogether, there are 56 parliamentary seats up for grab from these two states alone. That translates to 25% or a quarter of the total 222 parliamentary seats.

Both Sabah and Sarawak will ensure the survival of caretaker Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) in this 14th General Election. But if both states are so critical, why isn’t opposition master strategist Mahathir Mohamad paying any visit to either of the states? To ignore both seats is tantamount to give away 25% seats to Najib before the battle even started.

Is the 93-year-old former premier who had ruled the country for 22 years (1981 to 2003) really senile? Mahathir’s missing in action in Sabah was mocked by his rival Najib, saying – “In this campaign, he (Mahathir) wants to become prime minister again but strangely, if he wants to become prime minister again, how come he did not spend even a day campaigning here in Sabah?”

Mr. Najib mocked and laughed at Mr. Mahathir in Penampang, Sabah. Interestingly, this is Najib’s second visit to Sabah within a short campaign period of only 11 days. His first visit to the state (Sandakan and Tawau) was on April 30. Najib’s frequent visit to Sabah shows that he fears losing the state, otherwise why did he waste precious time flying over South China Sea for the state?

But how could Najib risk losing Sabah when Mahathir doesn’t even care about visiting the states? Going by the logic, Mahathir is driving the coalition Pakatan Harapan to its greatest defeat. Analysts said Mahathir did not visit Sabah and Sarawak because he was not popular among the people in the states. To add insult to injury, Mahathir reportedly called the Sabahans and Sarawakians lazy.

So, why must Mahathir be so dumb insulting the fixed deposit and not ball-sucking them, the same way Najib gladly did? After ruling the country for 22 years, Mahathir knew it will be a waste of timeto campaign in both states. There’s a reason why Sabah and Sarawak are known as fixed deposit of Barisan Nasional. The opposition from Peninsula Malaysia can never penetrate the states.

But Mahathir doesn’t need to do anything in Sabah. Sabah Heritage Party, or simply “Warisan”, has struck a deal with Pakatan Harapan. Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal has an axe to grind. Mr. Shafie was one of the three vice-presidents of UMNO, the leading party in the Barisan Nasional coalition, before he was sacked by Mr. Najib.

And Mr. Shafie is leading the opposition coalition in Sabah. Mahathir knew that only a native Sabahlike Shafie could give Najib a run for his money, therefore, the last thing to do is to join in the already crowded competition in Sabah. When Pakatan Harapan forms the federal government, their partner Warisan will be allocated minister posts in the federal cabinet.

Similarly, when Warisan forms its state government, there will be representatives from Pakatan Harapan. But Mahathir doesn’t have high expectation from Sabah. BN currently holds 21 of the 25 parliamentary seats. Warisan is contesting 16 parliamentary seats and 45 state seats. And if the calls for change are any indicator, the opposition could be looking at a surprise windfall.

Najib has been trumpeting about peace, harmony, stability and prosperity every time he visits Sabah. Still, his promises of better lives and future prosperity fail to please sceptical Sabahans. The people of Sabah, like those in Peninsula Malaysia, are suffering the same problem – financial burdens due to GST introduced by Mr. Najib himself.

Ramli, a Sabahan, said – “The GST goes to the government. The people in Sabah get nothing.Barisan Nasional was good before. But as time goes by, it has changed. The poor have become poorer and the rich have become richer. Najib has made promises before but he did nothing. So I want change.”

Warisan is particularly strong in the East Coast’s Muslim-native areas, where Najib’s Barisan Nasional enjoyed 70-80% of the support. That explains why Najib has flown twice to Sabah while Mahathir hadn’t. Shafie could probably steal some of the parliamentary seats from BN and contribute them to the Pakatan Rakyat.

But how about Sarawak? Mahathir doesn’t seem to bother about 31 parliamentary seats in Sarawak. Well, naughty rumours have it that certain “powerful” party in Sarawak has made a pact to “jump ship” when Pakatan Harapan manages to score “certain number” of parliamentary seats in Peninsula Malaysia. If true, that explains why Mahathir is so calm and cool about winning.

It’s worth noting that out of 25 parliamentary seats won by Sarawak BN in the 2013 general election, PBB (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu) possessed 14 of them. Although Abdul Taib Mahmud, popularly known as “Pek Moh (白毛 or white-haired uncle)”, has retired and was given the “Yang di-Pertua Negeri” – a post equivalent to Sultan – he is still very influential.

It was Taib Mahmud’s friendship with Mahathir that had allowed him to freely rule Sarawak as Chief Minister from 1981 to 2014. As the former president of PBB, it is believed that he still call the shots behind the curtain. With the emergence of veterans such as Daim Zainuddin, Rafidah Aziz and Rais Yatim throwing support behind Mahathir, it’s not hard to see why Taib Mahmud could do the same.

Rafidah Aziz was Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1987 to 2008 while Daim Zainuddin was former Finance Minister of Malaysia from 1984 to 1991. Rais Yatim, meanwhile, was Chief Minister of Negeri Sembilan from 1978–1982 and was a minister in multiple federal governments from 1974 to 2013.

All of them – Rafidah, Daim, Rais, Taib – have one thing in common. They owed Mahathir big time. And this is perhaps the best time to payback Mahathir, when he is seeking to unseat the super-corrupt Najib Razak. After seeing how Mahathir, once ruled with iron-fist, is being worshipped like a hero now, it doesn’t need much convincing for 82-year-old Taib Mahmud to do the same.

However, in order for PBB Sarawak to switch side, Pakatan Harapan has to win enough parliamentary seats for form the federal government. Conservatively, Pakatan aims for 100 seats in Peninsula Malaysia. Assuming PBB could maintain its 14 seats, while DAP and Warisan maintain or snatch some extra seats, it would be sufficient to form the federal government.

That explains why Mahathir is campaigning only in Peninsula Malaysia. He doesn’t need to worry about Sabah or Sarawak. His old buddy is his fixed deposit. And Najib’s mistake of sacking Shafie is coming back to haunt him. Even if Najib knows of Mahathir’s plan today, he can’t do anything. The “Pek Moh” is untouchable. The white-haired emperor has a closer relationship with Mahathir.

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Sabah Tolak BN

Jabatan Air Sabah, Sabah Offcial No: 1...their links to corruption.

Kongsikan supaya Pendedak Tersepit Telor Mereka.

TERJAWAB SUDAH TEKA TEKI !

Akhirnya terjawab sudah siapa sebenarnya VVIP yang terlibat dengan kes Jabatan Air Sabah (JAS).

VVIP itu tidak lain dan tidak bukan adalah SABAH OFFICIAL NO1.(SO1)

SO1 telah memberi syarikat YUDA WATER SB Konsesi air sabah yang terbesar di negeri sabah selama 20 tahun!

Siapa pemilik YUDA WATER SB ?

Dia adalah abang kapada timbalan pengarah JAS yang kedua duanya direman SPRM sekarang.

Peruntukan untuk konsesi adalah datang dari kerajaan negeri dan SO1 adalah orang yang berkuasa melantik syarikat ini!

Jadi apa kena mengena dengan DSSA?

Dibawah saya sertakan bukti!

Gambar yang tertera di bawah yang bernombor 1 adalah timbalan pengarah JAS iaitu TEO CHEE KANG Dan yang bernombor 2 adalah TEO CHEE MING pemilik YUDA WATER SB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kau ingat generasi aku bodoh tidak tahu bahawa kau dan Pairin perlu bertanggungjawab kerana melantik Pengarah dan Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Air Negeri Sabah ini setiap tahun untuk "urus" duit air ini?

AIR TIADA UNTUK RAKYAT SABAH & DUIT PROJEK AIR DIROMPAK: 

SIAPA ADA KUASA BUAT SEMUA INI?
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Musa Aman, 

Kau fikir aku sebagai anak muda Sabah tidak baca bajet tahunan yang kau bentang setiap tahun?

Ada beberapa fakta digelapkan oleh kau dan UMNO-BN berkenaan kes ini di media.

Aku yakin SPRM tidak terlepas pandang barang bodoh ini.
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Pertama,
Dalam Bajet Kewangan Kerajaan negeri Sabah:

• Tahun 2012, bajet untuk projek bekalan air negeri Sabah sebanyak RM 458.80 Juta.
• Tahun 2013, RM 480.67 Juta.
• Tahun 2014 pula RM 627.92 Juta.
• Bajet tahun 2015, RM 571.71 Juta. 
• Bajet tahun 2016 ialah RM 715.36 Juta

Duit ini diluluskan oleh Musa Aman selaku Menteri Kewangan dan dikongsi bersama Menteri Pembangunan Infrastruktur, Pairin Kitingan.

Persoalan paling logik.......

Mana duit ratusan jutaan ringgit ini sedangkan rakyat Sabah tidak dapat bekalan air bersih yang mencukupi?

Siapa curi duit ratusan jutaan ringgit ini?

Rakyat Sabah atau kau dan UMNO-BN yang curi?

Kedua

Persoalan asas aku kedua sebagai rakyat dan anak muda Sabah kepada Musa Aman.

Kau tidak puas dengan skandal kayu balak dan kemudian kau terlepas kerana salahkan orang lain.

Sekarang duit projek air anak kau iaitu Hafez Musa (Ketua Pemuda UMNO Sabah) memonopoli kontrak di seluruh negeri Sabah untuk tempoh 20 tahun sehingga 30 tahun.
Tapi, kenapa Semporna, Lahad Datu, Kunak dan daerah lain di Sabah masih tiada air?
Paling sadis di bawah kepimpinan kau, air untuk rakyat tiada tapi Jabatan Air Sabah paling banyak kutip duit hutang air rakyat Sabah setiap tahun.

Sekarang kau kutip GST bersama Pairin siap main ugut potong air rakyat Sabah, tapi mana air untuk rakyat?

Kau tahu jawapan ni dan aku yakin kau tutup barang rompakan wang paling bodoh ini.

Ketiga,
Kau dan Pairin melantik Pengarah dan Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Air Negeri Sabah ni.
Dan sambung kontrak lantikan secara "politik" untuk mereka kerana boleh pam duit untuk UMNO-BN.

Mereka antara yang paling lama berkuasa di Kota Kinabalu sebagai birokrat paling korup.

Kau mahu jadikan mereka ini sebagai "kambing hitam" bagi selesaikan game "politik rasuah" kau dan keluarga kau serta kroni kau?

Kau ingat generasi aku bodoh tidak tahu bahawa kau dan Pairin perlu bertanggungjawab kerana melantik Pengarah dan Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Air Negeri Sabah ini setiap tahun untuk "urus" duit air ini?
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Kepada SPRM:
Aku harap kali ini mereka ini jangan dilepaskan.
Walaupun besar kemungkinan mereka ini tidak akan "disentuh" oleh Peguam Negara kerana mereka ialah ahli UMNO-BN dan orang kesayangan Najib Razak yang mustahil untuk didakwa di mahkamah dan dijatuhkan hukuman.
Aku sebagai anak muda tetap optimis.
Mereka ini tidak akan dilepaskan oleh rakyat Sabah pada PRU ke-14.

Selamat maju jaya Raja Korup Sabah!

#TUMBANGMUSAAMAN

#TUMBANGUMNOBNPRU14

#SELAMATKANSABAH

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JUFAZLI SHI AHMAD

PENGASAS GERAKAN ANAK MUDA SELAMATKAN SABAH

PENGANALISIS POLITIK

KELULUSAN MASTER BIDANG SAINS POLITIK (2015)

KELULUSAN SARJANA MUDA BIDANG SEJARAH (2012)

SABAH : Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam boss boleh delegate kerja. Tetapi boss tidak boleh delegate RESPONSIBILITY

Sopian Ahmad kata:

"Friday, October 7, 2016

Suspek Rasuah Di Sabah Tiada Kaitan Dengan UMNO?

Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Anifah Aman hari ini menolak dakwaan menyatakan pegawai kanan di Jabatan Air Sabah yang ditahan dalam kes rasuah terbesar di negara ini adalah bendahari Umno bahagian Kimanis."

Saya kata:

Bab kes pegawai songlap duit beratus juta ini, ada kaitan atau tidak dengan umno itu biarlah mereka uruskan. satu segi yg penting juga ialah Jabtan Perkhidmatan awam itu sendiri.

Apa terjadi dengan Perkhidmatan Awam? Kalau 60% wang yg diperuntukkan untuk suatu projek besar berharga berbiliun ringgit, telah disonglap oleh penjawat Awam, dalam sekian lama, apakah procedure yg termaktub dan mengapakah procedures itu TIDAK dilaksanakan? Siapakah pegawai pengawal kedua dua pegawai tersebut?

Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam boss boleh delegate kerja. Tetapi boss tidak boleh delegate RESPONSIBILITY atau tanggungjawab. Maknanya dia tetap bertanggungjawab walaupun dia tidak mengambil wang tersebut.

Jadi siapakah boss kedua dua pegawai tersebut. Mengapa boss itu tidak memantau kerja pegawainya? kalau wang sudah dikeluarkan Boss tidak pergi lihat kah sejauhmana projek sudah disiapkan?

Kalau Perkhidmatan hendak jadi berkesan dan dihormati oleh rakyat, boss itu juga kena ditangkap kerana cuai dalam tugasnya. Dia kena dihukum juga!

Sekarang apakah yang hendak dibuat oleh Ketua Perkhidmatan Awam, Ketua Setiausaha Negara atau KSN?

RM300 JUTA DI BANK LUAR NEGARA?

Ajaib tapi benar.....greed!

PERUNTUKAN yang dihantar ke Sabah dari kementerian manapun di pusat mestilah disalur ke kerajaan Sabah dan jika diaward mestilah kelulusan Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Kewangan Negeri Sabah.

Jabatan Air bawah Kementerian Kerja Raya dan setiap projek yang diberikan secara award mesti mendapat kelulusan dari yang bertanggungjawab di Sabah sendiri.

Jadi, apa yang berlaku dan yang mengejutkan kita di Sabah sudah tahu bagaimana sistem dana itu dikendalikan dan tidak hairan kaki tangan yang yang diamanahkan ramai yang rumah mereka seperti istana, berlagak sebagai jutawaan dan beli belah di luar negeri seperti taukeh judi.

Lalu bagaimana pula kayanya seorang menteri atau yang lebih berkuasa kendali projek bilion?

Nah, itu sebab selalu saya katakan TRILION dihantar ke Sabah tidak akan cukup kalau kasus RASUAH itu terus menjadi budaya kepimpinan negara dan negeri.

Yang di atas lagi rasuah, maka yang di bawah tentu akan melakukan perkara yang sama dan biasanya mereka berkata " Menteri kaya raya, tak kan kita tak boleh makan sama?" begitulah yang terjadi di sekitar kita ini.

Memang rasuah itu tidak akan ada kesudahannya atau mustahil dihapuskan tetapi boleh saja dikurangkan dan alangkah baiknya kalau rasuah itu diHUKUM TEMBAK macam di negara China dan ini rasanya lebih baik sebab rasuah itu menyusahkan semua rakyat dan rakyat yang dahagakan kebaikan/kemakmuran dibunuh oleh oleh para koruptor itu sendiri.
5 Oktober, 2016 ......  By a Sabahan


Breaking news...actual Rm112m,9 luxury cars,27 or 37 grant tanah,94 bags berjenama plus valuables plus rm8.3 foreign currencies n foreign account not yet known how much..



steadyaku47 comment : This many, many, millions stashed away by these two GLC  officers is surely a reflection of the times that we live in...is it not?

Recently it was a RM100 million graft case with the Minister of Youth and Sports. The Minister does not know how it could have happened under his watch....and he is still the Minister of Youth and Sports.

What do you think will happen in Sabah over this GLC caper running into the hundreds of millions too? I think our chances of seeing anybody taking responsibility for what happened will be as good as our chance of seeing the accounts of Permata! Zilch, Zero. Kosong.

And who, in this BN government, has got the moral or ethical stature and authority to demand that the State of Sabah and MACC do get to the bottom of the whole shindig and then go see how far up in the government, state and federal, does the rot go up to.....and insists that all those responsible be punished without fear or favor?

There are billions still to be accounted for in 1MDB....and the way Sabah politicians have been conducting themselves, we will have to wait until Hell freezes over before we get to the bottom of this latest sordid episode of a Malaysia under the rule of a corrupt Umno headed by that corrupt Najib Razak!

Sopian Ahmad : Will Umno 22 seats in Sabah go with Shapie Apdal?

Sopian Ahmad

Shapie Apdal, the one who initially was responsible for the establishment of umno in Sabah has left the party after he was humiliated by the MKT. 

Umno has 22 seats in Sabah. This is what BN will lose if all Sabah umno sided with their leader Shafie Apdal. The spirit of "Sabah for Sabahans" is heating up!

Chief Minister Adenan Satem won 25 seats in the last Sarawak elections. His campaign thrust was "Sarawak for Sarawakians." 

Again, if "devolution" is stalled by najib to satisfy Sarawak's election manifesto the 25 seats will be at risk for BN.

Najib appears very demoralised now. None of his words carries any credibility with the domestic population and international community.

His further failures in handling the management of state relations within Malaysia specifically with Sabah and Sarawak will deepen his trouble and widen the threats to his political survival.

Back to the Future. Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya?

To win the 13th general election you must have the Malays on your side, big time.  UMNO thinks they have that and for the time being they might just be right. For Pakatan Rakyat it is still a work in progress but the prognosis is grim.

And you must have Sabah and Sarawak on side too. They saved Barisan Nasional from defeat in the 12th general election and they are not going to let Barisan Nasional forget that! No Sir they will not! Taib Mahmud has already had more then his pound of flesh and still wants more!

It looks like what Sabah and Sarawak wants, Sabah and Sarawak will get before or after this 13th general election! They have already got hold of Najib by his balls. When they already got Najib by his balls, Najib's heart and mind will follow and Najib will do as they ask! And what are they asking? 

Methinks Sabah and Sarawak wants to be free of the hegemony and stifling arrogance of a Semenanjong based  Barisan Nasional government. They want autonomy. The autonomy that was promised in the 1963 Malaysia Agreement. And why not? They know that the future of Sabah and Sarawak does not only depend on Malaysia!

Were not Sabah and Sarawak once two Nations that agreed with Singapore and Malaya to form Malaysia? From being a sovereign nation they are now relegated to be one of the many states under an UMNO led Barisan Nasional Federal government that rules from Putrajaya.

Sabah and Sarawak, like Singapore, wanted a partnership with Malaya. What sort of a partnership do they now have? The sort of partnership that Kelantan, Penang, Kedah and Selangor have with this UMNO led Barisan Nasional government.

A master servant relationship with UMNO being the self appointed master! 

Just as Kelantan has been deprived of their Oil Royalty rights so has the East Malaysian been deprived of their fair share to their oil, gas and natural resources.

Decisions on federal funding for infrastructure and development, policies implementation and even matters in sports are made in Putrajaya without regard for the real needs of the East Malaysians. 

The East Malaysians have looked with increasing concern at the use of race and religion by UMNO to divide and rule the people in Semenanjung. Sabah itself have seen a massive influx of pendatangs which they, in no small measure, attribute to the robust work done by Anwar Ibrahim while he was with UMNO.

Race and religion has never been a divisive issue in East Malaysia. Multi racialism and multi religion is alive and thriving in East Malaysia. All this is now at risk as the politics of hate and extremism that UMNO uses to divide and rule in Semenanjung increasingly encroaches into Sabah and Sarawak.

Like the people in Semenanjung the East Malaysians are now saying enough! The results of the 12th general have given them the moral authority to demand for their right to decide on their own political future. The changing political landscape there now reflects this new reality.

All you guys on the ground can come up with your analysis of the political situation in East Malaysia but the truth will always remain the truth. Like the people in Semenanjung the people in East Malaysia know when they are being lied to, when they are bring taken for a ride and when to demand change. This 13th general election is show time! No more bullshit. You lie. You die...politically that is - though in China they do shoot corrupt government officials. Maybe we should consider that options!

There are 165 seats in West Malaysia.

East Malaysia has 56

• 31 seats in Sarawak.
• 25 in Sabah.

Common sense tells us that going by the result of the last general election, the margin for victory for BN or PR in this 13th general election will be thin and a hung parliament is a distinct possibility. Whatever happens, East Malaysia will decide who will form government. And they know this!

Timber concessions, government contracts and all other things that UMNO can promise are but just inducements for ordinary mortals to consider.  At most the number of ordinary mortals to whom these inducements can be offered to are but a handful - less then 1% of the population of Sabah and Sarawak. The other 99% survive without ever being offered any such inducements.

Is UMNO arrogant enough to think that whatever they offer to this 1% will be enough to win East Malaysian over?  Or does UMNO think that in ëtaking careí of Taib Mahmud, Musa Aman and their band of merry men they have done enough to ensure victory?

All you people in East Malaysia please do not let UMNO do to you what UMNO have done to the Malays here in semenanjung. Your leaders are already in bed with UMNO in as far as money politics is concern. Thank God that there are enough of you with the courage to do what you must to expose your leaders for what they are ñ thieves and robbers that plunder and pillage their own peopleís and their own countryís natural resources to amass insane and immense wealth with the complicity of UMNO. We too in West Malaysia are doing that but what we do will never be enough until we get this UMNO led Barisan Nasional government out of power!  
 
The stench of fear and defeat permeates Najib and his people in Putrajaya. Najib works hard to save himself from being thrown out of office but against 55 years of abuse, he has much to do.  All that he needs ñ money, resources and the political will to succeed, he has. And the thought of spending time in Sungai Buloh for a multitude of sins he and his cohorts have committed during their time in office does invoke a sense of desperation and kicks their survival instincts into over drive.

What deals they will do with Taib Mahmud and Musa Aman and the others politicians in East Malaysia is for them to know and for us to find out. It is only we the people that now stand between wholesale corrupt horse-trading between those who are now in power and those who want to stay in power and between those who can deliver power with those who want to stay and gain power. In short anything goes!

For our friends in East Malaysia I say this. If you want greater autonomy from Putrajaya, ask for it through the ballot box. If you want to go Singapore way I say why not?
We in Malaya are already in a state of flux. Where we go will depend on how our people vote at the 13th general elections. If I could I would want all exit points of departure out of Malaysia closed on the eve of the general elections so that there will not be an exodus of politicians leaving the country to save themselves from prosecution should Barisan Nasional lose. And these exit points should remain close until a new government is installed and the BN thieves and robbers are rounded up and taken into custody for their day in court. 

That is if Barisan Nasional loses  -  and it is a very big if! As I have said in an earlier posting, if there is anything that can be said of the 13th general election it is its unpredictability. Win or lose, East or West Malaysian, Malays or non-Malays, Muslims or Infidels, rich or poor, BN or PR, me or you - everything will change after this 13th general election. And this alone is enough to give us hope that change has already come our way.