PRESS STATEMENT
Najib on Sarawak's Oil Stand Shames Sabah
BN Leaders
Tuesday, June 3rd;, 2014
Kota Kinabalu: “The impromptu response by
PM Najib that the federal government will give
utmost consideration to Sarawak’s request for
higher oil and gas royalties certainly has
shamed the Sabah Government and BN
leaders and put them in a bad light” said
Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, Sabah STAR Chief, in
responding to PM Najib’s reply to CM Adenan’s
speech on Sarawak seeking higher royalties.
While CM Adenan’s speech may not be off the
cuff given that the Sarawak legislative assembly had adopted the motion unanimously to seek higher oil royalties, it was
nonetheless very significant and important that Adenan had taken the occasion of Najib’s
presence at the Malaysia Gawai Dayak Open House in Miri to make the request.
Adenan’s request certainly has no parallel in
Sabah where the Sabah government and its
BN leaders have been muted in their stand on
higher oil royalties.
Sabah Umno leaders were no were to be seen
or heard on Sabah’s oil and gas rights. Some
of the other component parties had to resort
to getting their youth wings to make a stand
while their senior leaders were dumbfounded
by the common people’s stand that Sabah
should be given higher royalties if not taking
back the full ownership rights.
At the legislative assembly level, it was a no-
contest between Sabah and Sarawak.
The Sarawak lawmakers had made an
unequivocal and clear-cut 71-0 demand for
higher royalties. On the Sabah front, a motion
to debate on Sabah’s oil rights and royalties
were flatly rejected and added with an
emotional charade by the CM.
“With this latest development and assurance
by the PM, the Sabah government and its
leaders should re-assess their position and
make a positive stand and at least demand for
higher royalties if not for return of the oil
ownership rights as well as shares in Petronas”
suggested Dr. Jeffrey.
“After all, they have been boasting of and
harping on the good and cordial relationship
with the federal government” added Dr. Jeffrey.
These Sabah leaders should shed their vested
interests and look after Sabah’s and Sabahans’
rights, interest and welfare. They should not
take Sabahans for granted any longer.
They should demand for Sabah’s oil rights for
the benefit of all Sabahans, including those
yet-born even if it means losing their high
positions. By not doing so, it can only mean
that the good relations do not exist except in their imagination.
The Chief Minister and the Sabah government
should start representing then people of
Sabah as true elected representatives. As the
Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Aman should
give priority to the interests of Sabah and not
the interests of Umno. He should not be
trapped in the mindset as a Umno
representative but rather as the leader of all
Sabahans and looking after the larger interests
of all Sabahans, not Umno’s interests.
Perhaps, the Chief Minister of Sabah can go
one up on his counterpart in Sarawak by
seeking for shares in Petronas for Sabah and
all the oil-producing States. It is not wrong for
the Chief Minister and the Sabah government
to demand for ownership of Petronas.
“How wonderful it would be for Sabah if all
Sabah BN leaders, at all levels, were to make
a similar stand to ask for higher oil royalties
and shares in Petronas and show that they are
also true patriots of Sabah and not meek
leaders and stooges of Kuala Lumpur” wished
Dr. Jeffrey.
Sumber: Feed Bahasa Malaysia
Najib on Sarawak's Oil Stand Shames Sabah
BN Leaders
Tuesday, June 3rd;, 2014
Kota Kinabalu: “The impromptu response by
PM Najib that the federal government will give
utmost consideration to Sarawak’s request for
higher oil and gas royalties certainly has
shamed the Sabah Government and BN
leaders and put them in a bad light” said
Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, Sabah STAR Chief, in
responding to PM Najib’s reply to CM Adenan’s
speech on Sarawak seeking higher royalties.
While CM Adenan’s speech may not be off the
cuff given that the Sarawak legislative assembly had adopted the motion unanimously to seek higher oil royalties, it was
nonetheless very significant and important that Adenan had taken the occasion of Najib’s
presence at the Malaysia Gawai Dayak Open House in Miri to make the request.
Adenan’s request certainly has no parallel in
Sabah where the Sabah government and its
BN leaders have been muted in their stand on
higher oil royalties.
Sabah Umno leaders were no were to be seen
or heard on Sabah’s oil and gas rights. Some
of the other component parties had to resort
to getting their youth wings to make a stand
while their senior leaders were dumbfounded
by the common people’s stand that Sabah
should be given higher royalties if not taking
back the full ownership rights.
At the legislative assembly level, it was a no-
contest between Sabah and Sarawak.
The Sarawak lawmakers had made an
unequivocal and clear-cut 71-0 demand for
higher royalties. On the Sabah front, a motion
to debate on Sabah’s oil rights and royalties
were flatly rejected and added with an
emotional charade by the CM.
“With this latest development and assurance
by the PM, the Sabah government and its
leaders should re-assess their position and
make a positive stand and at least demand for
higher royalties if not for return of the oil
ownership rights as well as shares in Petronas”
suggested Dr. Jeffrey.
“After all, they have been boasting of and
harping on the good and cordial relationship
with the federal government” added Dr. Jeffrey.
These Sabah leaders should shed their vested
interests and look after Sabah’s and Sabahans’
rights, interest and welfare. They should not
take Sabahans for granted any longer.
They should demand for Sabah’s oil rights for
the benefit of all Sabahans, including those
yet-born even if it means losing their high
positions. By not doing so, it can only mean
that the good relations do not exist except in their imagination.
The Chief Minister and the Sabah government
should start representing then people of
Sabah as true elected representatives. As the
Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Aman should
give priority to the interests of Sabah and not
the interests of Umno. He should not be
trapped in the mindset as a Umno
representative but rather as the leader of all
Sabahans and looking after the larger interests
of all Sabahans, not Umno’s interests.
Perhaps, the Chief Minister of Sabah can go
one up on his counterpart in Sarawak by
seeking for shares in Petronas for Sabah and
all the oil-producing States. It is not wrong for
the Chief Minister and the Sabah government
to demand for ownership of Petronas.
“How wonderful it would be for Sabah if all
Sabah BN leaders, at all levels, were to make
a similar stand to ask for higher oil royalties
and shares in Petronas and show that they are
also true patriots of Sabah and not meek
leaders and stooges of Kuala Lumpur” wished
Dr. Jeffrey.
Sumber: Feed Bahasa Malaysia
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