Jeffrey’s party calls BN’s Tataba Wave a sham
Gelombang Tataba – launched by BN’s Kadsazandusun parties – has not empowered the natives in Sabah but only put Umno leaders like Mahathir and Ibrahim above the law.
Luke Rintod, FMT
KOTA KINABALU: Opposition State Reform Party (STAR) has accused Sabah Barisan Nasional coalition parties PBS, UPKO and PBRS of colluding with Umno and harming Sabahans’ rights.
The native parties’ unity drive which it is promoting as the “Tataba Wave” is merely rallying support for embattled Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) and helping Umno’s “ketuanan Melayu” or Malay supremacy in Sabah, a top leader said yesterday.
STAR Sabah deputy chairman, Daniel John Jambun, said Sabahans realise that the “Gelombang Tataba” was nothing but an idea hatched by Umno to empower Dr Mahathir Mohamad to help perpetuate “ketuanan Melayu dan Umno” idea to lord it over Sabahans.
The outspoken party leader who along with its chairman Jeffrey Kitingan is campaigning on a platform of autonomy for Sabah, said the trio of BN parties representing Sabah native interests had launched a programme that was simply an extension of BN’s Blue Wave or “Gelombang Biru”.
Two opposition leaders from the Kadazandusun community have already used the Tataba Wave as an excuse for joining the BN.
The Tataba Wave was started by the leaders of the three Kadsazandusun parties last month to galvanise waning support for the Umno-led BN government in Sabah and the country.
“By empowering Umno and BN, the non-Muslims would continue to be suppressed as the Tataba Wave would only embolden (former prime minister) Mahathir (Mohamad) and Ibrahim Ali of Perkasa,” Jambun said.
“By calling the Kadazandusuns to support BN and Umno, the leaders of PBS, UPKO and PBRS are empowering Ibrahim to repeat his call for the burning of our Bible or Alkitab,” he said in a statement.
Jambun who is also president of UK-based Borneo’s Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo) said Ibrahim should be charged for treason, and Mahathir too for the IC Project.
“But look, PBS, UPKO and PBRS are calling the people to support Mahathir and Ibrahim instead.
“Obviously the Gelombang Tataba has not empowered the natives in Sabah but has only put Umno leaders like Mahathir and Ibrahim above the law. Sabahans must see this ploy, hatched by Umno but carried by the three parties to hoodwink the people,” he alleged.
