Anak Sarawak di Semenanjung harap BN kekal jadi pilihan
15/04/2011 10:24am
KUALA LUMPUR 15 April – Generasi muda anak-anak Sarawak di Semenanjung berharap dan mendoakan agar para pengundi di Sarawak menunjukkan kematangan mereka ketika mengundi dalam pilihan raya negeri esok dengan memilih untuk mengekalkan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) demi menjamin masa depan mereka.
Naib Presiden Persatuan Anak-anak Sarawak Semenanjung, Samuel Sila Mathew Unjah berkata, memilih pembangkang di peringkat negeri hanya akan menyusahkan hubungan dengan Pusat, yang akhirnya membawa kesusahan kepada penduduk Sarawak sendiri.
"Saya menyeru pengundi Sarawak pilihlah dengan pertimbangan yang rasional, yang melihat ke masa depan yang lebih baik, bukan kerana janji-janji manis yang susah nak ditunaikan,” katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama hari ini.
Samuel yang tidak dapat balik mengundi di kampungnya di kawasan DUN Krian berkata, wakil rakyat yang mereka pilih kelak mestilah yang mampu memenuhi aspirasi rakyat Sarawak terutama ke arah pembangunan selaras dengan matlamat Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara maju pada 2020.
Beliau berkata, walaupun persatuannya tidak banyak bersuara dalam hal politik tetapi dalam aktiviti yang mengeratkan perpaduan anak-anak Sarawak di sini, ia sangat aktif dengan dibantu dan diberi perhatian penuh oleh ahli-ahli Parlimen BN.
"Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas dan Ketua Pemuda BN Sarawak, Datuk Fadillah Yusof merupakan antara tokoh yang sangat memberi perhatian kepada kami,” katanya, yang memberi contoh pemimpin BN yang mengambil berat kebajikan rakyat bukan saja semasa musim pilihan raya.
Beliau berharap setiap wakil rakyat BN yang terpilih nanti mengambil inisiatif sentiasa mendekati rakyat setidak-tidaknya dengan menubuhkan dana pendidikan masing-masing bagi membantu para pelajar miskin di kawasan mereka secara langsung.
Samuel berkata, harapannya itu mungkin dikongsi bersama oleh 300 hingga 700 anak Sarawak yang belajar di institusi pengajian tinggi awam di Semenanjung, yang menganggotai persatuan itu, dan sudah pun menikmati manfaat usaha yang dijalankan oleh kerajaan BN demi menjamin masa depan mereka.
Seorang lagi anak Sarawak di sini, Moses Puliee, yang juga tidak dapat pulang mengundi esok, mengakui telah menghubungi keluarga dan saudara maranya mengingatkan mereka supaya mengundi demi masa depan anak cucu mereka dan bukannya keuntungan sekelip mata atau janji manis yang tiada hujungnya.
Lebih 979,000 penduduk Sarawak berpeluang mengundi esok pada pilihan raya negeri ke-10 bagi memilih 71 wakil rakyat untuk mengisi kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri daripada sejumlah 213 calon. - Bernama
Moving into the final 24 hours of the most competitive election campaign in Sarawak's history, BN is bracing itself for further setback in a state which its leaders have declared their 'fixed deposit'.
At the onset, the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition is facing an uphill battle against BN component parties that are operating primarily on their 'home ground'.
But it is especially a David versus Goliath scenario in the battle for bumiputera-majority seats in the rural areas, in particular the strongholds of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB).
While analysts predict the incumbent coalition is likely retain its two-thirds' majority, even its most confident proponents know that Taib's 30-year rule has led to enough discontent on the ground to inject a level of uncertainty on whether BN can stop Pakatan from claiming the magic number of 24 seats.
But to deny BN its much coveted two-thirds's majority, Pakatan cannot rely on winning urban seats alone as more than 70 percent of the 71 seats up for grabs are in the rural areas.
It will need to win more than a few rural constituencies and Pakatan has its best chances in the following seats:
Ba'Kelalan: PKR confident of bagging 60 percent of votes
Ba'Kelalan is the focus of BN's machinery because it is contested by Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian.
While PKR is confident of winning the seat, it is nevertheless worried about the switch in polling stations among many voters in this remote constituency. Its machinery is busy checking the electoral rolls to provide early warning to those affected.
Paul Bian, campaign manager of Baru, told Malaysiakini that they found more than half of the voters had been transferred to different polling stations. According to him, this is a move to confuse the voters.
Leaflets claiming that Baru - a lawyer well-known for representing natives in NCR land legal cases against the government - had made huge profit from these cases, were found making their rounds in the constituency, lamented Paul.
He also claimed that vote-buying in Ba'Kelalan has increased to unprecedented levels, where each family is being offered between RM1,000 and RM2,000, the highest in the state.
Not surprisingly, the hilly rural constituency has drawn BN heavyweights including Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, Rural and Regional Development Minister Shafie Apdal and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who is scheduled to visit today.
However, Paul is confident that Baru, who is making his third attempt for the seat, will emerge victorious this Saturday.
"This time I don't think money politics will have much effect. We started very early to educate the voters. I think we can win over 60 percent of support," said Paul.
Belaga: BN pays compensation at eleventh hour
According to local activist and blogger Wing Miku, PRS president James Masing was scheduled to present a cheque and land titles to the tuai rumah of longhouses in Sungai Asap this morning as compensation for relocation.
Located in the rural constituncy of Belaga, Sungai Asap is the resettlement area for natives affected by the construction of Bakun dam.
However, he told Malaysiakini that the compensation is only half of the promised amount and the land titles will only be for 60 years, far short of what the natives had demanded.
It is not clear whether this last-minute move will impact Pakatan's chances in claiming the seat.
Beting Maro: PAS' hope for a breakthrough
PAS, which has never won any seat in Sarawak, is contesting in five seats. Of these five, it is Beting Maro where BN's winning margin is lowest - 895 votes. However, money politics remained the main concern of PAS in this Malay/Melanau-majority rural seat.
"There is an area where every family was given RM200. They also ask PAS for money in exchange for their support but I refused because this is corruption," said Jamaludin Ishak, a PAS campaigner there.
"I told them that today they give you RM200, tomorrow they will take land that is worth RM2 million. Do you want RM200 or defend your land?"
Jamaludin claimed that PAS is confident of securing the majority of the eight percent Iban voters, but the rest of the 90-percent Malay/Melanau voters are still being wooed by both PAS and PBB.
Saribas: PKR sends SOS to Anwar
In Saribas, a Malay/Melanau-majority rural seat where PKR was defeated by BN with a wafer-thin of 94 votes in the last polls, PKR campaigners accused BN of dishing out cash and pigs to the Iban longhouses over the past few days.
"We hope to launch a counter-attack by inviting (PKR de facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim to give a speech on the last night. No need to be long, 30 minutes is enough (to swing votes)," said Saribas PKR campaign director Abang Kassim Abang Bujang.
He told Malaysiakini that BN will be sending heavyweights - Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam and Agriculture Minister Noh Omar - to campaign in Saribas in the final round of campaigning.
Abang Kassim claimed that PKR is still leading in the race with 51 percent of support.
According to PKR Youth leader Lee Khai Loon, who has been camping out in Kedup, Tarat and Bengoh, the reception has been overwhelming compared to 2006 when the response was cold.
"We don't need to say anything. They come to us and tell us, 'We are aware now, we want change'," he said, flagging native customary rights land, the Al Kitab and 'Allah' issues as the hot-button topics which have raised political awareness within the community.
In more urban Tasik Biru and Opar, the Chinese minority there harboured strong anti-Taib sentiments, while the better educated Bidayuh are learning to accept the many goodies handed out by BN without feeling compelled to mark the dacing.
All the same, the next 24 hours will be crucial as talk of vote buying pervades the more rural sections of the Bidayuh community. BN, however, has vehemently denied it was involved in vote-buying.
Pelagus, Telang Usan remain 'black' for BN
According to local Chinese daily See Hua Daily, PRS president James Masing claimed that the four dangerous seats for PRS, which was announced by him earlier, has now reduced to only one - Pelagus.
He accused Sarawak tycoon Sng Chee Hua, the father of partyless former Pelagus assemblyperson Larry Sng (right in photo), who has been dropped in this election, of assisting the opposition candidate in Pelagus.
Earlier, Masing was reported as saying that PRS did not need the Sngs to retain Pelagus, but he later changed his tune and requested Larry to campaign for BN. Larry has however snubbed his former president.
It is learnt PRS candidate Stanley Unja will face sabotage from supporters of Larry, who is a popular leader in Pelagus.
Meanwhile, Telang Usan is another BN 'black' seat due to the proposed construction of Baram dam, which would flood more than half of the longhouses along the Baram river.
KUCHING 14 April - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin membidas tindakan DAP kerana melabelkan Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sarawak (SUPP) yang dianggotai orang Cina di negeri ini sebagai parti Orang Utan.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, tindakan itu amat menghina sedangkan terdapat tataetika yang perlu digunakan dalam sistem demokrasi di negara ini.
Beliau tidak menolak kemungkinan perbuatan itu disebabkan oleh SUPP kembali meraih sokongan masyarakat Cina di negeri ini sehingga merunsingkan DAP.
"Kadang-kadang lebih banyak dia kata sebegitu (menghina), lebih banyak malang yang menimpa DAP, jadi terserah kepada pengundi untuk membuat penilaian.
"Label itu tidak seharusnya mempengaruhi fikiran pengundi sehingga mereka beranggapan kalau memilih SUPP yang mewakili Barisan Nasional (BN), mereka tidak membuat keputusan yang baik," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas Majlis Ramah Mesra di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) Cina Sungai Apong di sini hari ini.
Beberapa hari lalu, Ketua Publisiti DAP pusat, Dr. Hew Kuan Yau dalam ceramahnya melabelkan SUPP sebagai parti Orang Utan sehingga lima calon parti itu, Sim Kiang Chiok (Padungan), Dr. Sim Kui Hian (Pending), Sih Hua Tong (Batu Lintang), Datuk Alfred Yap (Kota Sentosa) dan Tan Joo Phoi (Batu Kawah) bersama 300 penyokong mengadakan perarakan bantahan semalam.
Mereka yang membawa pemidang berbunyi Orang Sarawak Bukan Orang Utan dan Politikus Semenanjung Jangan Hina Orang Sarawak kemudian menyerahkan surat bantahan yang diterima oleh Setiausaha DAP negeri, Chong Chieng Jen.
Menjawab satu soalan pemberita, Muhyiddin tidak menolak kemungkinan parti pembangkang akan melakukan apa sahaja termasuk menakutkan pengundi apabila mereka terdesak dengan mengimport jentera dari Semenanjung.
Namun beliau melahirkan keyakinan bahawa budaya samseng seperti itu tidak akan diterima pengundi negeri ini.
"Mungkin tujuan mereka untuk menakut-nakutkan, kalau kawasan tidak mirip (sokong) kepada mereka, mereka akan cuba buat kacau.
"Tetapi saya yakin dengan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) dan polis yang telah membuat kenyataan bahawa keadaan adalah selamat." katanya.
KUALA LUMPUR 14 April - Pengendali laman web antikerajaan, Raja Petra Kamaruddin berkata, kegagalan parti-parti pembangkang menubuhkan kerajaan Persekutuan pada 16 september 2008 seperti yang dicanang oleh Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim turut melunturkan harapan para penyokong pembangkang.
Menurut Raja Petra, ramai orang termasuk dirinya percaya kepada janji 16 September Anwar.
"Semasa saya ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri di Kamunting, Anwar ada berjumpa saya di mahkamah kerana ada dua kes yang berjalan serentak.
''Beliau memberitahu saya, jangan susah, tak lama lagi awak akan keluar sebab kita akan bentuk kerajaan pada 16 September,'' katanya dalam temubual yang disiarkan dalam Buletin Utama TV3 malam ini.
Raja Petra seterusnya mempersoalkan bagaimana pengundi yakin pembangkang boleh memerintah jika sehingga sekarang pun pembangkang tidak berupaya membuktikan kebolehannya.
Beliau berkata, menjadi pembangkang lebih senang kerana kerjanya membangkang sahaja tanpa perlu melaksanakan.
''Tetapi apabila kita menjadi kerajaan, kita perlu laksanakan apa yang kita kritik dahulu sewaktu menjadi pembangkang. Ini bukan kerja senang. Melaksanakan apa yang kita kritik dahulu bukan kerja mudah.
''Kalau sebagai pembangkang pun sudah gagal macam mana rakyat boleh yakin kalau menjadi kerajaan,'' soalnya lagi
Mengenai kes liwat yang sedang dihadapi oleh Anwar, Raja Petra berkata, kes itu menimbulkan banyak kekeliruan kepada rakyat khususnya apabila ia terlalu banyak kali ditangguhkan.
Kebanyakan penyokong Anwar juga kata beliau, keliru akibat terlalu kerap kes itu ditangguhkan.
''Akibatnya orang ramai tidak mampu mengikuti kes ini. Kita kena faham bukan semua orang peguam. Kadang kala peguam sendiripun keliru, inikan pula kita orang biasa.
''Lama kelamaan orang sudah tidak boleh mengikuti kes ini yang terlalu mengelirukan. Baik selesaikan once and for all,'' katanya lagi.
gempur, jangan tak gempur...saat-saat penting ni. ada 24 jam lagi ni...pilihanraya sarawak ni penting untuk bn...manalah tau umpan mengena... di semanjung tak laku dah bn ni...so mengharap sarawak ja la ni...
senang betul kalau tak nak aksi anwar ceramah... bila anwar nak pegang mic kat atas pentas tanyalah pasal jam omega. Time tu jugak anwar belah... tak payah nak tunjuk video tu. Tanya je?
zach2008 Post at 15-4-2011 10:48
ka senang sangat...tak payah kerah seluruh adun sabah turun Sarawak dan mintak bantuan pak menteri dari Semenanjung kan..hantar wartawan je sudah tak payah bayar mahal2 umi tuh
Post time 15-4-2011 11:22 AM
Leaflets claiming that Baru - a lawyer well-known for representing natives in NCR land legal cases against the government - had made huge profit from these cases, were found making their rounds in the constituency, lamented Paul.
Located in the rural constituncy of 
"There is an area where every family was given RM200. They also ask PAS for money in exchange for their support but I refused because this is corruption," said Jamaludin Ishak, a PAS campaigner there.
"We hope to launch a counter-attack by inviting (PKR de facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim to give a speech on the last night. No need to be long, 30 minutes is enough (to swing votes)," said Saribas PKR campaign director Abang Kassim Abang Bujang.
According to PKR Youth leader Lee Khai Loon, who has been camping out in Kedup, Tarat and Bengoh, the reception has been overwhelming compared to 2006 when the response was cold.
He accused Sarawak tycoon Sng Chee Hua, the father of partyless former Pelagus assemblyperson Larry Sng (right in photo), who has been dropped in this election, of assisting the opposition candidate in Pelagus.
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