Batu Sapi: A rejection of Yong’s Sabah for Sabahan

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By admin-s On Nov 5, 2010

Looks like people do not trust him anymore! The result now proves that SAPP is no more than just a spoiler. There is absolutely no place for a third force between BN and Pakatan Rakyat!

By Rizzku

SAPP emerged third in Batu Sapi by election with sizeable difference from the second winner PKR. During the campaign, everyone thought that Yong Teck Lee and SAPP were making a formidable challenge against PBS (BN). Yong’s war cry of ‘Sabah for Sabahan and autonomy’ did not manage to impress many of the Sabahan voters. Looks like people do not trust him anymore! The result now proves that SAPP is no more than just a spoiler. There is absolutely no place for a third force between BN and Pakatan Rakyat!

Right at the start of the election, both PKR and SAPP were giving the impression that they wanted to contest ONLY because they need to know their relative strength. To this day, I found that very difficult to believe. However, they ways they attack each other and the contents of their verbal sparring clearly indicate this. If there is any consolation in this, now we know who is stronger between the two idiots.

Yong Teck Lee should now know that he is irrelevant political dinosaur. Do not get me wrong. His idea of Sabah for Sabahan and all the autonomy stuff he mentioned are noble and commendable. Nothing wrong with the message. It is the messenger who is at fault. Yong Teck Lee as the preacher of the sermon of Sabah for Sabahan do not carry any authority anymore. He has been in political power for so long (both as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, not to mention being in BN), and yet we did not hear any of this preaching before.

Just because SAPP is a local party, he should not assume that all Sabahans will be flocking to him like ants to a piece of candy. If such is the case, BERSEKUTU or PASOK would have won the previous General Election in 2008. As we know, both BERSEKUTU and PASOK who were genuinely local, were politically rejected and buried nicely in that election. The faster Yong Teck Lee realise this, the better his chance for a political comes back.

I hope now, SAPP will give a serious thought of joining Pakatan Rakyat. I hope Yong Teck Lee and his comrades now have realised their follies. We need a formidable challenge toward BN for eventual two party system. No place for a spoiler and definitely no place for a third force. We will think of third force when both BN and Pakatan Rakyat are equally strong. The recent by election results both in Galas and Batu Sapi shows that BN is still too strong (or Pakatan Rakyat is still too weak).