Malaysia - Negotiation

Petikan ini adalah di ambil dari buku yang di tulis oleh mendiang Stephen Holley, Setiausaha Tetap pertama kepada Ketua Menteri pertama Sabah, Donald Stephens.Buku ini bertajuk 'A White Headhunter in Borneo'.

Petikan ini adalah dari Chapter 12 - Malaysia - Negotiations.

Penulis memberi pandangan beliau mengenai 20 Perkara secara ringkas.

The "Twenty Points" as agreed by the main political parties, parties more in name than in substance, formed the basis of North Borneo's representations. They are set out in Appendix 1(this is the 20 Points). Over the years they seem to have acquired the aura of a Charter of Independence, but they were what would now be called a political manisfesto, a statement of aims and desires. They provided the only composite statement of views upon which the nascent political parties could agree. With hindsight, they give the impression of hasty preparation with contributors coming from several different viewpoints, and this is true, a consequence of the lack of political experience and structure at that time.

What they do illustrate, however, are the matters about which the people of North Borneo felt most deeply; no State religion, the use of English as the official language of Sabah, a new Federal Constitution, not just the Malayan constitution with amendments, strong State control over immigration, and the retention of British officers until their posts could be filled by people from North Borneo..

Saya menggalakkan kawan - kawan membaca buku ini, kerana buku ini telah di tulis oleh salah seorang pegawai yang telah membangunkan North Borneo dari kemusnahan Perang Dunia Ke - 2 sehingga menjadi sebuah Negara yang maju dari segi ekonomi dalam masa 18 tahun sahaja. Sabah merupakan negeri yang maju dari segi ekonomi dan sudah menjadi tumpuan bagi rakyat dari negara Philipine dan Indonesia pada masa tersebut. Malangnya rakyat tempatan yang mempunyai pendidikan yang tinggi amat la kurang.....

Happy reading if you get your hands on that book. Cheers.

By Nicholas James Guntobon in UBF-AGENDA BORNEO

WHAT IS UNITED BORNEO FRONT (UBF)?

UNITED BORNEO FRONT (UBF)

UBF adalah satu gerakan kumpulan pendesak dan hak-hak sivil dan akan bergabung dengan mana-mana jua parti politik, organisasi, dan individu yang mempercayai perjuangan ini dan kepada mereka yang boleh membantu atau memenuhi matlamat, tuntutan dan agenda ini. Kita berdiri di atas pemikiran waras, logic dan apa yang berpatutan kepada rakyat Borneo.

Fungsi dan Peranan – Memperkasakan rakyat Borneo dengan mengajar mereka sejarah politik ekonomi; hak-hak dan tanggungjawab, dan menanam semangat perjuangan untuk keadilan.

Visi – Negeri-negeri Borneo Sabah dan Sarawak bebas berotonomi politik, demokratik, teguh dan mempunyai ekonomi yang maju di Malaysia.

Misi - Menghapuskan corak pemerintahan penjajah dan mengembalikan hak-hak dan hak-hak istimewa dan status negerip-negeri Borneo sebagai rakan kongsi yang sama taraf dalam Persekutuan.

Matlamat Utama – Menentukan Perjanjian Malaysia termasuk 20/18 Perkara, syarat, jaminan dan kenyataan dibuat oleh Tunku Abdul Rahman, kandungan laporan Jawatankuasa Antara Kerajaan (Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC)) dan Suruhanjaya Cobbold dihormati dan dilaksanankan seperti mana dijelaskan dalam Perkara 8 Perjanjian Malaysia 1963.

AGENDA BORNEO:

Agenda Borneo No. 1

Menuntut supaya Kerajaan Persekutuan mewujudkan "mekanisma mematuhi Perjanjian Malaysia 1963" dibentuk melalui Kementerian atau Perbadanan untuk mencapai matlamat dan tuntutan utama seperti yang terkandung di dalam Perkara VIII Perjanjian Malaysia 1963; serta memulihkan status rakan kongsi negeri Sabah dan Sarawak setaraf dengan Malaya di dalam Persekutuan termasuk hak-hak dan hak-hak istimewa dan peranan Sabah dan Sarawak dalam kuasa kewarganegaraan, kuasa pendaftaran dan kuasa imigrasi;

Agenda Borneo No. 2

Menuntut supaya formula pengagihan hasil yang seimbang dan adil termasuk mengkaji semula peratus hasil daripada minyak mentah dan juga penempatan perwakilan yang lebih adil dalam Parlimen/Kabinet Persekutuan/Perundangan dan perkhidmatan tadbir dan diplomatik;

Agenda Borneo No. 3

Menuntut supaya Dasar Cabotaj/Pengangkutan/Perdagangan yang mempunyai impak negatif ke atas negeri-negeri Borneo, dimansuhkan;

Agenda Borneo No. 4

Menuntut supaya dihormati perlaksanaan hak-hak penduduk asli (Native Rights) dan Perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan;

Agenda Borneo No. 5

Menuntut supaya fokus pembangunan ekonomi dialihkan supaya lebih menjurus kepada Sabah dan Sarawak termasuk mengurangkan jurang ekonomi dan digital di antara Malaya dan negeri-negeri Borneo Sabah dan Sarawak;

Agenda Borneo No. 6

Mengatasi masalah pendatang tanpa izin (PTI)/"Projek IC", permasalahannya dan menggugat integriti persempadanan negeri Sabah dan Sarawak termasuk mengenakan seberat-berat hukum ke atas mereka yang mengeluarkan kewarganegaraan kepada pendatang tanpa izin;

Agenda Borneo No. 7

Mengkaji kehadiran agensi-agensi daripada (Pusat) di Sabah/Sarawak yang telah menguasai hasil keluaran bidang tertentu, serta hak milik rakyat tempatan.

JOHN AMBROSE ORANG PINTAR

Persatuan KDM Malaysia.

Mengikut Datuk John Ambrose, dia menubuhkan KDM Malaysia kerana pada pendapat dia tiada organisasi KDM pada masa ini yang betul betul ingin membantu kaum KDM supaya maju dalam semua bidang terutama dalam bidang ekonomi, pelajaran dan politik.

Tindakan John Ambrose ini membawa kepada soalan : Apakah tujuan penubuhan parti PBS, PBRS, dan UPKO? Adakah parti-parti ini telah gagal membela nasib rakyat KDM dalam BN dan perlu diganti?

Kenapa NGO lebih penting, lebih sesuai dan lebih efektik daripada parti politik untuk meminta ‘assistances’ dari kerajaan BN untuk membangunkan bangsa KDM,….sehingga KDM Malaysia perlu ditubuhkan? Di mana Ambrose mahu letakan peranan KDCA dan KCCI?

Dan jika benar persatuan serupa KDM Malaysia ini amat perlu bagi setiap kaum di Sabah, adakah selepas ini kaum-kaum lain juga akan menubuhkan persatuan masing-masing seperti kaum Melayu, Cina, India, Bajau, Bugis, Suluk, Kedayan, Bisaya, Barunei umtuk memudahkan kaum-kaum ini menerima ‘assitances’ dari kerajaan BN?

Dari mana John Ambrose dapat idea berkenaan? Adakah kaum Melayu di semenanjung telah menubuhkan Persatuan Melayu Malaysia untuk meminta assistance daripada kerajaan BN?

Biris mencadangkan di sini supaya presiden parti-parti PBS, UPKO, dan PBRS meminta penjelasan dari Datuk John Ambrose kenapa parti mereka dan tugas mereka sebagai wakil rakyat yang sah tidak lagi sesuai atau berkesan meminta ‘assistance’ daripada kerajaan BN.

Biris merasakan bangsa KDM ini telah dipergunakan, diperbodohkan oleh orang KDM sendiri yang terlalu pintar. Orang pintar KDM ini mahukan bangsa KDM sentiasa menganggap diri mereka lemah, rendah taraf, bodoh dan menggesa mengamalkan hidup sebagai peminta sedekah(dan merayu kepada kerajaan BN) sahaja selama-lamanya di Negara Malaysia ini. Adakah bangsa KDM sudah kehilangan hak ke atas sumber negeri Sabah ini?

“Ambrose kata KDM Malaysia ini ‘is not doing politics’, tapi dia sendiri adalah ketua bahagian Umno Penampang,” -- Biris

By Birispunya Biris in UBF-AGENDA BORNEO

AMANAH sambung nyawa UMNO

Semalam, saya bersama beberapa aktivis UBF berkesempatan berBorneo Tea Party bersama seorang pemimpin politik veteran tempatan bergelar Datuk dari BN, walau secara impromptu tetapi telah membuka minda beliau untuk memahami dan menyokong perjuangan UBF, sehingga beliau sendiri meminta supaya diambil gambar bersama dengan kami sambil beliau memegang dan mengangkat badge UBF, tetapi kemudian beliau meminta supaya gambar kami itu tidak dipostkan dalam Facebook. Kami bersetuju..

Herannya, beliau menyatakan lebih berkeyakinan menyokong Angkatan Amanah Malaysia (AMANAH) dengan alasan AMANAH adalah sebuah NGO di peringkat kebangsaan. Melalui kesempatan ini, saya kongsikan pendapat peribadi saya mengenai dengan AMANAH. Pada saya AMANAH ditubuhkan dengan tujuan untuk menyelamatkan UMNO yang sudah menemui jalan buntu akibat kerenah PERKASA, sehingga telah menimbulkan kebencian meluap bukan sahaja dari masyarakat bukan-Melayu tetapi dari kalangan masyarakat Melayu itu sendiri. Pendeknya, AMANAH ditubuhkan oleh Tengku Razaliegh Hamzah, seorang pemimpin veteran dalam UMNO, untuk meraih kembali sokongan masyarakat Melayu dan cuba untuk memancing sokongan masyarakat “Lain-Lain” di Sabah dan Sarawak melalui umpanan “mengembalikan janji-janji dan jaminan-jaminan Tunku Abdul Rahman semasa pembentukan Malaysia”, selari (meniru?) Agenda Borneo No.1, untuk menyelamatkan parti cinta hati sehidup-sematinya daripada tersungkur dalam PRU13 nanti. Datuk veteran ini kelihatan terpegun dan tersenyum.. kemudian beliau mengajak kami ke tempat lain yang lebih ‘selesa’ untuk sambung cerita.. bukan di kedai kopi..

Datuk Welfred Mojilip Bumburing telah menolak untuk mengetuai AMANAH di Sabah dengan alasan sudah menjawat salah satu daripada jawatan Timbalan Presiden Amanah di peringkat kebangsaan. Semasa Borneo Tea party di Kg Dungkahang, Penampang baru-baru ini, saya berkesempatan bercerpen dengan Tan Sri Simon Sipaun dan beliau menyatakan menolak cadangan supaya beliau mengetuai AMANAH Sabah dengan alasan ‘sibuk’ dan sudah menganggotai banyak NGO lain. Beliau berpendapat “AMANAH will subsequently turn into a political party..”, secara tidak langsung bersetuju dengan andaian yang saya kemukakan lebih awal.

Dalam perhimpunan AMANAH di Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi Tamparuli pada Sabtu lepas (12 Nov 2011), timbul desas-desus mengatakan Tan Sri Haris Salleh akan mengetuai AMANAH Sabah dan Datuk Monggoh Orow sebagai Timbalannya. Kelibat Berman Angkap menimbulkan spekulasi bahawa Haris sekali lagi akan menunggang BERSEKUTU atau dengan nama barunya Sabah People Front (SPF) berlandaskan perjuangan AMANAH untuk turut berlakon dalam filem “PRU13” arahan KuLi, dibiayai oleh UMNO sebagai salah satu usaha untuk “menyelamatkan Putrajaya walau dengan apa cara sekalipun..”.

Nampaknya, aspirasi rakyat Sabah untuk lawan UMNO/BN 1 vs 1 dalam PRU13 tidak akan kesampaian, bermakna Sabahan harus membulatkan tekad supaya walau 1001 satu penjuru tapi hanya akan memilih calon dari parti politik yang membawa obor Agenda Borneo. Mungkin ada yang bertanya, parti apa? Tunggu 1 Januari 2012..

Adakah anda melihat apa yang saya nampak?.. fikir-fikirkan lah..

by Tony Minggir on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:31pm

MyKads dished out to immigrants?

KUALA LUMPUR: A large number of foreigners were allegedly being given Malaysian citizenship, and subsequently voting rights, PAS claimed today.

Kubang Kerian MP Salahuddin Ayub said that nearly 240 foreigners – Indonesians and Bangladeshis – were ferried by bus from Johor to Putrajaya yesterday.

“It is very suspicious… the registration of foreigners as citizens,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby here.

Salahuddin said that six buses from Johor had stopped in front of the Putrajaya mosque, before making their way to a resort in nearby Kampung Bukit Dugang.

“Almost all the passengers (who got down at the resort) were Indonesians and Bangladeshis… adult males and females… from their faces, dialects and language,” he said.

Vehicles belonging to government agencies were also allegedly seen escorting the buses, including police patrols from Sepang and those from the Senai (Johor) Health Department.

“Some of the officers were seen and were suspected of helping these foreigners,” he said.

Salahuddin was citing a recent Malaysiakini report, stating that PAS members, along with some locals, came across a purported attempt to grant Malaysian citizenship to 240 permanent residents.

PAS Youth treasurer Mohd Adram Musa, who was present at today’s press conference, told reporters that party members were prevented from meeting the alleged foreigners.

The online portal also said that National Registration Department (NRD) officers were present at the resort.

‘Syndicate giving ICs’

Today, Adram said that some of the Indonesians, when questioned, revealed that they were there to receive MyKad identification cards.

“The Indonesians there said that they were there to be given ICs. That was clear… this proves that there is a syndicate that gives ICs (to foreigners) and registering them as voters,” he added.

Adram said this matter was nothing new, adding that he was informed by Paya Jaras PAS members that something similar was going on there.

Concerned about the matter, PAS then demanded an explanation from Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

The PAS members present today said this incident, though serious, was not a new development.

FMT previously reported similar incidents happening throughout the country.

Earlier this month, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu claimed that 186,000 foreign-born individuals were discovered as registered voters in the Election Commission’s Selangor voters list.

At the time, Mohamad said that 170,818 of these people did not declare their nationality in code 71 of the electoral registration.

Back in February, a pro-Opposition blogger accused Umno of recruiting foreigners in order to forment a Barisan Nasional (BN) victory in the next general election, especially in Selangor.

At the time, Abdul Rahman Abdul Talib, also known as Tulang Besi, claimed that he was informed of the matter by Umno insiders.

He alleged that immigrants may be used to tip the scales in BN’s favour in the coming national polls.

Leaked cable: Ex-EC chief issued 60,000 fake ICs in Sabah.

A leaked US Embassy cable carries an explosive charge against former Election Commission (EC) chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahim - that he admitted to issuing more than 60,000 fake Malaysian identity cards to foreign workers in Sabah in the 1990s - on Umno's orders.

The cable, posted on Wikileaks, quotes former Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) chief Malek Husin as claiming that Rashid confessed this to him during a private meeting at Rashid's house on Oct 25, 2006.

In the cable marked confidential, Malek is said to have told US Embassy officials that Rashid (left) also confirmed Umno's launch of a "shadowy" campaign in the 1990s to wrest political control of Sabah - held until 1994 by the then opposition front PBS.

"During that decade, Umno granted citizenship and Malaysian identity cards to over 600,000 foreign migrant workers (predominantly Muslims from Indonesia and Mindanao in the Philippines) in Sabah, in exchange for their votes in state assembly elections.

"According to Husin, Rashid 'admitted to personally issuing over 60,000 fraudulent Malaysian ICs in Sabah', to help Umno assume political control there," the cable says.

Instant citizenship and voting rights for illegal immigrants have long been an issue in Sabah, with local leaders in and outside the BN coalition having repeatedly demanded a solution from the federal government.

However, nothing has come out of their demands.

It is claimed that the situation became acute in the 1990s, with the blame placed on the then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for allegedly launching what is now called 'Projek IC' - a clandestine operation said to involve the National Registration Department, related government agencies and their agents - to artificially boosting votes in favour of Umno and the BN.

In the 1994 state election, PBS - which held Sabah as an independent opposition front since 1985 - saw its majority hold of the state assembly reduced to a razor-thin margin over the BN.

Although PBS was eventually toppled with a string of defections to the BN by party stalwarts, many blamed the contentious 'Projek IC' for playing a major role in the success of BN's hostile takeover of the Sabah.

Wan Ahmad is 'anti-reform'

The cable, created on March 16, 2007, also includes Malek's claim that Rashid had also described EC deputy chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar as "an Umno member who is anti-reform".

Malek is said to have told US Embassy officials that Rashid had intended to stay on as EC chief until "the number two is gone", with the aim of easing in the then EC secretary, Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor, as his successor.

In a separate meeting with Kamaruzaman, the cable quoted him as telling US Embassy officials that the EC was not in a position to push for reforms, as each and every proposal must go through the Prime Minister's Office for approval.

Kamaruzaman is also reported to have said that the EC had no power to investigate election day abuses, with it having to refer allegations of fraud or election tampering to either the police or the Anti-Corruption Agency, the predecessor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

Battle for polls reform 'very steep'

Based on meetings among US Embassy officials and the EC, Mafrel, Bersih and several academicians, the cable summarised that electoral reforms in Malaysia faced a "very steep uphill battle" as it moved towards the March 2008 general election - which ironically proved to be a watershed outing for opposition parties, which were able to deny the BN a two-thirds majority in Parliament.

The cable described the "Umno-led BN governing coalition" as keeping a tight rein over all important levers of power, including the EC, leaving little wiggle room for any efforts to open up the country's elections to greater transparency and fairness.

It pointed out that despite concerted efforts by Mafrel and Bersih to push for grassroots engagement in their bid for a revamp of an electoral system heavily tilted in BN's favour, "their best efforts will almost certainly not produce meaningful reforms", at least in the medium term.

"Umno, in power since independence, faces no effective public, opposition party or internal pressure to reduce its overwhelming powers of incumbency," the cable states.

WIRA PERKASA BUAT LAPORAN POLIS -

INI CONTOH PENGHINAAN
Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) hari ini membuat laporan polis berhubung tindakan sebuah laman blog yang memaparkan imej karikatur pemimpin tertinggi negara dengan haiwan.

Laporan dibuat di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Dang Wangi, di sini kira-kira pukul 3.30 petang.

Pemangku Ketua Wira Perkasa Malaysia, Irwan Fahmi Ideris berkata, pihaknya menyedari kewujudan blog berkenaan selepas menerima maklumat daripada rakannya, semalam.

Beliau berkata, laporan itu dibuat kerana bukan sahaja menghina malah tidak bertanggungjawab, tidak bermoral dan bersifat perkauman.

"Blog itu turut memaparkan kata-kata hinaan terhadap Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) selain menyifatkan Melayu UMNO sebagai paria sebenar serta salah satu karikatur yang menghina Presiden Perkasa, Ibrahim Ali.

"Tindakan pemilik blog berkenaan memaparkan imej berkenaan adalah tidak bertanggungjawab dan pengecut," katanya sambil berharap pihak berkuasa menyiasat dan mengenakan tindakan sewajarnya terhadap pemilik blog berkenaan.