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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

PBS WANTS SEPANGGAR SEAT




SEPANGGAR: President Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan has confirmed that Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has officially bid for the vacant Sepanggar MP seat in the 13th General Election.

"I have submitted PBS' application for Sepanggar," he said to applause from the PBS Karambunai delegates at the division's annual meeting at the Industrial Training Institute (ILP), Sunday.
He said the seat was considered open for all after its incumbent (Datuk Eric Majimbun) left the Barisan Nasional (BN) together with Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) in September 2008.

According to Pairin, there must be a balance in the distribution of seats among the BN component parties. "One party cannot take everything," he said.

"This is an open seat (as) others are claiming for it we also bid for it," he said. However, Pairin who is also a Deputy Chief Minister-cum- Infrastructure Development Minister, said PBS Karambunai members need to show their commitment and strong will to serve the people here in order to back up the party's bid.

"If we show strong spirit our bid for the Sepanggar seat will be stronger and if this is the case I am more than ready to state our case to the top leadership.

"But I really hope that it will be backed up by your strong support and unity. There is so many things that we can do if we are united," he said.

As for PBS likely candidate, Pairin said the name would be announced after the Sepanggar seat is allocated to the party.

He called on party members not to think so much about his statement in the newspapers that the 13th General Election would be his last.

"It is something that we need to say as part of our planning.

I was asked by the reporters how far would I go and whether I will also contest in the 14th General Election, so of course I answered, no.

"But, this is something that should not make us feel uneasy or alarmed because we need to have a plan for the future," he said, adding that it was also the reason he had stressed while officiating at PBS Inanam AGM earlier on the importance of encouraging the younger generation to take part in PBS' struggle.

Pairin said it was important for BN to be given the mandate to continue governing the country in order for continuity of all the development programmes for the people.

He urged PBS Karambunai members to hold steadfast to the original struggle and principle of the party when it was formed in 1985.

"We are also thankful that we have a leader who understands us in Sabah in the name of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

I have said before that he is a political doctor.

"He conducts "medical" check ups and prescribed the medicine (for Sabah's ailment) that include addressing the illegal immigrant problem," he said.

Pairin reiterated the call for the people not to be hoodwinked and influenced by the trickery and promises made by the opposition, Pakatan Rakyat.

Nonetheless, he was confident that the people now have the wisdom in assessing the political scenario and the fact that the opposition was prepared to make whatever promises, even those they cannot keep, just to realise their personal agenda.

Earlier, at the Menggatal Community Centre, Pairin said the people's support to the present government continued to grow due to the BN's strong concern for Sabah and Najib's credibility as the nation's top leader.

He said this was due to among others the setting up of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to address the illegal immigrant problem in Sabah, appointment of locals to head Federal departments and agencies as well as the Federal's acknowledgement to make Sept. 16 as Malaysia Day.

"All these are proof that the BN government is always listening, sensitive and making efforts to fulfil all the requests from the people.

"The Prime Minister always encourage people of Sabah to lead the Federal departments in the state. This proves just how open is our Prime Minister," he said.

24 comments:

  1. Sabah Umno deputy chief Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak challenged Sepanggar Umno to go all out to regain the parliamentary seat for the BN in the next general election and to ensure the two state seats, Karambunai and Inanam, remain with the coalition.

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    1. Datuk Salleh Said also said do whatever it takes within the legal framework and make it the battle cry to wrest Sepanggar from the opposition.

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    2. Datuk Salleh Said said it would not be a difficult task to take Sepanggar if Umno members gave their undivided support to the BN candidate in the next general election.

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    3. Mengenai kerusi ini apa pun buat perbincangan yang terbaik. Perjelaskan juga sebab apa PBS sesuai di kerusi Sepanggar ini. Kita mahu apa-apa masalah dapat diselesaikan dengan sebaiknya.

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  2. Sepanggar is held by the SAPP which won the seat in the 2008 general election on a BN ticket.

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    1. Tapi tidak bermakna SAPP akan menang lagi pada akan datang. Itu sebab SAPP bersama BN dahulu. Tapi sekarang ini rasanya tidak mudah seperti yang disangkakan.

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    2. SAPP sukar nak menang jika sendirian.

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  3. Karambunai and Inanam remain BN strongholds, with Datuk Jainab Ahmad of Umno and Datuk Johnny Goh of PBS as the elected representatives.

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    1. I think they will maintain on their seat in the next GE.

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  4. One party cannot take everything = one party should not contest 50% or more than the total seats.

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    1. Pembahagian kerusi biarlah dilakukan secara adil. parti yang bertanding patut diberikan kawasan di mana majoriti rakyat memberikan sokongan pada kepimpinan sesebuah parti tu.

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    2. pastikan semua puas hati dgn pembahagian kerusi.

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  5. If BN members gave their undivided support to the BN candidate in the next general election, it would not be a difficult task to take Sepanggar seat.

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  6. State Barisan Nasional (BN) Secretary Datuk Rahman Dahlan agreed there is nothing wrong in component parties asking or requesting for seats but not to the extent of giving ultimatums to the Prime Minister.

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  7. "I did say asking or requesting for seats is okay.That is what other component parties have been doing.

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  8. "They always ask or request but never demand and certainly never gave ultimatums to the Prime Minister," he said.

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  9. Rahman, who is also Kota Belud MP, was responding to Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Deputy President Senator Datuk Chin Su Phin who said that the party was merely expressing the aspirations of party members when it raised the issue of seat allocation for the coming 13th General Election.

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  10. Chin denied that LDP was putting pressure on the Prime Minister as the BN Chairman when its President Datuk VK Liew staked the party's claim on all the seats previously won by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) which ditched the coalition six months after the 2008 General Election.

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  11. Liew had said that the matter was non-negotiable since LDP was the only eligible Sabah BN component party to contest the seats.

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  12. However, Rahman said all BN component parties should refrain from issuing public statements deemed to be provocative and non-beneficial to the ruling party.

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  13. He had earlier said that Liew's statement was tantamount to giving an ultimatum to the Prime Minister as "it sounded like the Prime Minister has no room for discussion at all. Take it or leave it kind of a situation".

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  14. Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) tidak pernah berganjak daripada matlamat asalnya untuk menyuarakan isu-isu berkaitan kepentingan rakyat di Sabah.

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  15. Rakyat Sabah sendiri boleh menilai prestasi parti itu termasuk perjuangan untuk mendapatkan Suruhanjaya Diraja (RCI) mengenai kebanjiran PTI di negeri ini..

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  16. rakyat negeri ini harus menyedari tentang peranan PBS berkenaan dengan proses borneonisasi sehingga berjaya meletakkan ramai anak tempatan Sabah memegang jawatan tinggi persekutuan..

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