Snap calls for ouster of BN Sarawak
Stephen TiongPublished: Jan 30, 2011 3:12 PM | Updated: Jan 30, 2011 3:43 PM
Sarawak National Party (Snap) vice president Anthony Liman is urging the people, especially the younger generation, to step forward and vote out the BN government in Sarawak, especially Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, in the coming State election.
Its vice president Anthony Liman is urging the people, especially the younger generation, to step forward and take control of their state.
Sarawak National Party (Snap) vice president Anthony Liman is urging the people, especially the younger generation, to step forward and vote out the BN government in Sarawak, especially Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, in the coming State election.
"We want a government that is fair and just, free from corruption, nepotism and cronyism," he said at a Snap dinner in Kuching last night.
"We must send all the corrupt leaders and their cronies into history, the place they rightly belong to," he said.
He said the BN leaders had been managing Sarawak like their own family business.
Saying that jobs were scarce in Sarawak because the BN leaders were more concerned about themselves, Liman said between 40,000 and 60,000 young people from Sarawak were working in other states and Singapore.
Parti Kita leader Zaid Ibrahim (left) advised Snap to look at a bigger picture in its political struggle for reform in Sarawak. and not talking about issues that did not benefit the people.
"You must go for real change, not merely churning out words," he said.
"You must understand that there are people who talk about change, but they are talking about changing the prime minister.
"We are not interested about that. We are talking about real change, where real policies, real reforms are being applied.
"For example, everybody talk about the 20 points agreement in Sabah and the18 points in Sarawak. But nobody talks about why more and more people from Sarawak are working in states in Peninsular Malaysia and in Singapore.
"We should talk about wanting more say in running the state, more say in the administering the taxes and so on.
"Talking about increasing oil royalty for Sarawak revenue is just to stir up a sensation only. If you talk about five percent for Sarawak, what about Sabah, what about Kelantan and Terengganu," he said, adding that there would be no end to it.
21st century solutions
He said the opposition parties could not just promise the people of change, if they did nothing, but talk.
"We cannot just say we want more autonomy to Sarawak. We have to be more specific. Would you give the state more autonomy on education and economy. Would you give the state more authority on matters of religion," he added.
Zaid said Malaysia required 21st century solutions for its 21st century problems.
" We are so obsessed with the issues of the 1950s and 1960s. And they still want to manage the country as if we are in the 1950s or 1960s.
"We are in the 21st century, we need to have different approaches in dealing with the current problems. This is what the country needs.
"You are still grappling with the problems of the 1950s, but forget about how the country is being raped, how the riches are being plundered, how billions of money are being taken away from this country," he said, adding that both the government and opposition had failed to address the real problems faced by the country.
Zaid said Parti Kita would not cooperate with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) so long as it kept on complaining but failed to address real issues.
"We want a government that is fair and just, free from corruption, nepotism and cronyism," he said at a Snap dinner in Kuching last night.
"We must send all the corrupt leaders and their cronies into history, the place they rightly belong to," he said.
He said the BN leaders had been managing Sarawak like their own family business.
Saying that jobs were scarce in Sarawak because the BN leaders were more concerned about themselves, Liman said between 40,000 and 60,000 young people from Sarawak were working in other states and Singapore.Parti Kita leader Zaid Ibrahim (left) advised Snap to look at a bigger picture in its political struggle for reform in Sarawak. and not talking about issues that did not benefit the people.
"You must go for real change, not merely churning out words," he said.
"You must understand that there are people who talk about change, but they are talking about changing the prime minister.
"We are not interested about that. We are talking about real change, where real policies, real reforms are being applied.
"For example, everybody talk about the 20 points agreement in Sabah and the18 points in Sarawak. But nobody talks about why more and more people from Sarawak are working in states in Peninsular Malaysia and in Singapore.
"We should talk about wanting more say in running the state, more say in the administering the taxes and so on.
"Talking about increasing oil royalty for Sarawak revenue is just to stir up a sensation only. If you talk about five percent for Sarawak, what about Sabah, what about Kelantan and Terengganu," he said, adding that there would be no end to it.
21st century solutions
He said the opposition parties could not just promise the people of change, if they did nothing, but talk.
"We cannot just say we want more autonomy to Sarawak. We have to be more specific. Would you give the state more autonomy on education and economy. Would you give the state more authority on matters of religion," he added.
Zaid said Malaysia required 21st century solutions for its 21st century problems.
" We are so obsessed with the issues of the 1950s and 1960s. And they still want to manage the country as if we are in the 1950s or 1960s.
"We are in the 21st century, we need to have different approaches in dealing with the current problems. This is what the country needs.
"You are still grappling with the problems of the 1950s, but forget about how the country is being raped, how the riches are being plundered, how billions of money are being taken away from this country," he said, adding that both the government and opposition had failed to address the real problems faced by the country.
Zaid said Parti Kita would not cooperate with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) so long as it kept on complaining but failed to address real issues.
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