By : PETER MARAJIN
WHEN Najib said "he would really like to see more Sabahans becoming heads of Government departments in Putrajaya and at the same time more Malaysians from Semenanjung serving in Sabah" he is only reiterating Kuala Lumpur's fundamental failure to honour the terms of the Malaysian Agreement legally entered by five entities namely Great Britain, Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, and Sabah in 1963.
One of the terms of the Agreement appended under the IGC Report is what is now known as 'Borneanisation of the Federal Service'. Under the Borneanisation programmes all federal posts must be filled up by Sabahans and not West Malaysians.
But after 49 years of Sabah forming the Federation of Malaysia together with the other already independent countries (Malaya, Singapore and Sarawak), Sabahans can only lament in awe as most federal top posts in Sabah are monopolised by West Malaysians with the unacceptable perennial excuse that Sabahans are not qualified.
And here the Prime Minister of Malaysia said 'he would really like to see more Sabahans becoming heads of Departments' after 49 long years. What a shame! If Najib is sincere he, being the head of the ruling party, would just simply carry out the Borneanisation programmes now and at once without all the rhetoric to fool the Sabahans.
This only goes to show that right from the beginning the Malayan leaders' motive, which now includes that of Najib's, was to "colonise" Sabah and Sarawak and deprive her people of their accorded rights under the terms of the Agreement and as citizens of this country living as free people.
Malaysians of all creeds will have a sense of belonging to this country only when justice is accorded to them equally including those in Sabah and Sarawak. The Prime Minister MUST give back to the Sabahans and Sarawakians what the KL leaders had taken and are taking away from them and which are rightly theirs under the Malaysian Agreement and not to treat the East Malaysians as colonial servants of the KL Masters.
With equal rights to employments, socio-economics and political developments then, and only then, the Sabahans will truly be proud to be called Malaysians.
Peter Marajin is a practising lawyer and outspoken on NCR and land rights and Borneanisation cases, he is also Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Supreme Councillor. (WIKISABAH)
Najib said he would really like to see more Sabahans becoming heads of Government departments in Putrajaya and at the same time more Malaysians from Semenanjung serving in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteHope that more opportunities will be open for local Sabahans.
Sabahan should not be sideline. give priority for them to become heads of government department.
DeleteSabahans deserves equal rights to employments, socio-economics and political developments.
ReplyDeleteUnder the Borneanisation programmes all federal posts must be filled up by Sabahans and not West Malaysians.
ReplyDeleteMake sure Sabahans are given equal chances to get federal posts in the state.
kena pastikan borneonisasi dilaksanakan di Sabah.
ReplyDeletekeperihatinan Peter Marajin dan pemimpin2 SAPP hanya retorik dan memperbodohkan rakyat Sabah.. kenapa agaknya rakyat biasa Sabah yang mengambil tindakan terhadap kerajaan persekutuan? kenapa bukan pemimpin2 SAPP sendiri??
ReplyDeleteketika Yong Teck Lee menjadi KM Sabah, adakah semua jawatan kerajaan di Sabah disandang oleh rakyat Sabah?? jawapannya TIDAK.. malah ketika beliau sebagai KM Sabah, penjawat awam dari semenanjung lebih banyak di sabah waktu itu berbanding dengan hari ini..
ReplyDeletemalah ketika YTL menjawat jawatan KM Sabah, tidak ada langsung pekerjaan untuk rakyat Sabah.. tugas beliau hanya meluluskan lesen pembalakan kepada kroni dan merampas tanah penduduk kampung..
ReplyDeleteHe said the civil service needed to deliver on the People First, Performance Now promise to the rakyat who have high expectations.
ReplyDelete“We need to constantly find ways to bring forward new ideas as whoever wins in the contestation of ideas will succeed.
ReplyDelete“This is the character of the 21st century. (We need) big, bold ideas with effective and speedy execution,” he said in his keynote address at a premier dialogue with the civil service at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre.
ReplyDeleteNajib said Malaysians can be proud of the country's performance under the Governments three-pillar transformation plan, with record trade and investment figures and a resilient local economy in the face of the global economic crises.
ReplyDeleteHe, however, pointed out that there is still a long way to go for Malaysia to become a developed and high-income economy.
ReplyDelete“That is why I challenge everyone, including myself, to think of new and creative ideas that we can push forward.
ReplyDelete“We must look at all aspects, be it new ideas or internal processes where we can improve or start a new paradigm to do business,” he said.
ReplyDeleteNajib also focused on the need for the civil service to be adaptable to situations when dealing with the rakyat, as there are huge regional differences that only add to the complexity of Malaysian society.
ReplyDelete“We have to learn how to adjust to the expectations of the rakyat.” he said, adding that the Government is at the same time working towards prudent and responsible fiscal management of the country.
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