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By Steadyaku47 If Keadilan is to remain relevant in Sabah and Sarawak it has to transcend tribalism, warlordism, and religious bigotry. The appointment of Baru Bian as the new Sarawak Chief is a step in this direction. Baru is a devout Christian and an Orang Ulu. He is not from the majority Iban or Bidayah tribe. Lest we forget, the decades of Melanau rule has only benefited the select few and not the vast majority.
But PKR will need to refocus its energy in Sabah. Here PKR will need to learn to work as a Team and allow new faces to emerge and to help rejuvenate PKR in Sabah with support from Semenanjong. All within PKR must not forget that their loyalty is to the struggle. They must learn to accept that without the ability to be more inclusive, attract younger leaders, professionals: PKR will remain a lethargic, elite club surrounded by sycophants boosting Anwar’s and the personal ego of others within the PKR leadership elite! (With due respect to Anwar!) We do not want PKR, to become complacent and become convinced that they are invincible or indispensable – notwithstanding the fact that they have continued to lose miserably in every election in Sabah.
There are now concerns expressed with regards to the imminent danger of losing the Kadazan-Dusun heartland in Sabah. Is PKR addressing these issues? PKR must not delude themselves that most of the Sabah divisions - Muslim Bugis, Bajau or Suluk; Christian Kadazan or Chinese still remains weak. Many capable Muslim and Christian leaders are marginalized because they are more assertive and refuse to function under the warlords.
I hope that PKR’s so called champion of freedom and democracy are not oblivious to the stark realities in Sabah. PKR must train its members to appreciate the need to struggle for reform, for freedom and against corruption! Do not perpetuate the "frog" culture and always condemn corruption! UMNO tolerates corruption by indigenous Bugis and Kadazan leaders. Sabah has seen enough corrupt Muslim and Christian leaders. PKR must be different. Read more at: Sabah And Anwar...and never the twain shall meet?
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Anwar has abused race and religion for his political advancement. This may have worked in UMNO which made no bones about being a racist party. But when Anwar was kicked out of UMNO because of a power struggle with Mahathir which he lost, Anwar reinvented himself into a Muslim universalist, who was the lone voice in UMNO fighting against its excesses and immorality.
Anwar was a Mahathir poodle through and through and it was only when he got too big for his boots that Mahathir saw as a betrayal. Anwar's struggle was a petty power struggle, not a moral war between right and wrong.
Jeffrey Kitingan and his brother were victims of Anwar's atrocities against the Sabahan people. Yes, he will make the excuse that it was Mahathir's call but Anwar was given the task and he accepted it with alacrity and gusto. Anwar's plan was to 'Malaynise' and 'Islamise' Sabah so that it would be a permanent vote bank for UMNO. Sabah was too precious to be left in the hands of the Sabahan people. UMNO felt humialited that Sabah had the cheek to throw out Berjaya ,the UMNO proxy party in Sabah.
Anwar felt it was about time that UMNO was brought into Sabah to take control of things permanently. The methods used were illegal, racist and bigotted. The Malay insecurities were to be inculcated amongst the Muslims there and Muslim numbers would be boosted by illegal immigration. The illegals would then be regarded as 'Indigenous Muslim' or 'Malays' and given ICs. Anwar was the mastermind behind these criminal activities.
When PBS was brought down due to assemblymen who were bribed by Anwar to crossover, Mahathir was proud of him as he more than 'excelled' at the task he set Anwar. Finally, Mahathir could sleep in peace as he wanted revenge against Pairin 'who stabbed him in the back' and Anwar helped him in a big way to achieve this.
By allegedly saying 'No way should Jeffrey be the Sabah State Chief' and saying that a Muslim should be the State Chief because the 'majority in Sabah are Muslims', he is basically legitimising UMNO hegemony in Sabah.
With the Sabah debacle, Anwar clearly has betrayed the espoused Pakatan ideals where every citizen will be treated as equal regardless of race or creed and their rights will be held as 'sacrosanct'. As such, Anwar is simply not fit to lead Pakatan. He has burnt his bridges with Sabah and with that it sadly means that Pakatan will never succeed in the next general election.
Anwar's political career is characterised by betrayal - ABIM, UMNO and now Pakatan. He is just being true to form. This and his penchant to abuse Islam for political purposes is the cause of his failures. He has been nothing short of a disaster for Malays and Malaysians.
The next few years should be focused on electing credible leaders who have a secular mindset and who will show the Rakyat that they can be a united and formidable opposition.