Unnecessary Spat

By Amdee Sidik
 
The spat among the local leaders especially between SAPP and DAP don’t go down well to voters and potential voters of opposition parties. Why must a problem be created unnecessarily, which could be resolved easily?

If the idea is to score political mileage, it isn’t worth even thinking because people actually hate it. The only group that benefits out of this is the BN parties.
 
Local DAP leaders are prone of doing by creating spark of hatred which eventually lead to unnecessary strain to other fellow opposition leaders.
 
Politicians like us have different views of looking at politics and want as far as possible to align from this old designed mentality that only they can do politicking.  We want something more forward looking to pursue people and state’s interests
 
There is a need to plant new initiative among the younger leaders if we want to see real democracy in Malaysia and in Sabah exist in the future.
 
I’m expecting all opposition political parties to cooperate together. All should wrap their quarrel and let the General Election is done with, or else get out of politics.
 
This coming general election is significant and crucial indeed to people in Sabah, in particular the mental aspect, if we can’t make political difference via ballot boxes this time, one can forget for sometimes but be prepared for the worst and pray, our country wouldn’t not end up like Zimbabwe.
 
The present opposition leaders must put aside any differences and let consolidate energy against the rotten bullying BN government.
 
Why does DAP leader like Hiew King Cheu very impatient? I don’t think Hiew is representing the rest of DAP in Sabah nor the national leaders’ views.
 
Pakatan leader Anwar Ibrahim had made the statement very clear with regards to the likely status of collaboration between Pakatan and SAPP in this coming GE
 
Let me give my view bluntly, in Sabah, no matter how strong DAP is, assuming DAPP takes all Chinese seats (7) DAPP will never ever able to form a State government by itself.  Thus rhetoric of this kind is just childish game.
 
In Sabah the need of cooperation among all opposition parties is real. No group is more important or less important. If the opposition wants to form a state government they have to subscribe to the idea of cooperation, otherwise all works over the years would soon vanish in the thin air.
 
I’m not defending Yong Teck Lee’ past  (SAPP President) but I would state my view where needed. I’m defending my party–SAPP. There are plenty of emerging good leaders in SAPP who work day and night with clear conscious, whose political struggle is for the good of the Rakyat and the State.
 
And mind you, we do it willingly, sacrifice our soul and almost everything else after all the hardship and ‘tortured’ we endured by BN bullying game. Opposition members aren’t even allowed to used Balai Raya when those facilities meant for all Rakyat who paid taxes and levies to the government.
 
DAPP will never get en routed into rural Bumiputra Sabah, I bet not a seat!  Let alone in Muslim areas.
 
As of now no other opposition party can match SAPP in term of their preparedness going into deep remote kampongs. All too often the Peninsular political parties did was, make a loud bang! And off they go while SAPP is here to stay.
 
Our leaders are not only they are Sabahan but also they represent cross section of local ethnics, many of them are new and unheard before unlike ‘seasoned and retarded politicians’.
 
It’s worth recruiting new ones if we want change to take place; SAPP has always been exploring quality leadership.
 
This is where I find that no right thinking leaders should explode unnecessarily without checking where and what SAPP has in store.
 

Hj Amde Sidik is Chairman for Citizen Journalist Malaysia and Deputy President of SAPP