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16 jun 2008

(The Malaysian Insider) - The race is on to prevent Datuk Yong Teck Lee and the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) from leaving Barisan Nasional.

Several Umno politicians are in Kota Kinabalu trying to persuade Yong from making the SAPP an independent political party, a move that will reduce BN majority in Parliament by two seats and heap more pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Early indications point to the prime minister's charm offensive ending in despair. So far the Umno politicians have not been able to make headway with the SAPP president, who believes that the time is ripe to "turn back the clock" and bring back political power from the federal government to Sabah.

Yong wants to take SAPP out of BN and make it a true multi-racial party which represents the interest of Sabah. Only after the next general election will the party decide whether to join BN or Pakatan Rakyat. By then Yong hopes that other disgruntled Sabah MPs from Umno, Parti Bersatu Sabah and UPKO would have joined the SAPP, giving it a better bargaining position to extract more Cabinet positions from whoever controls Parliament.

Yong has told his friends that the SAPP, which has two MPs, will not be joining Pakatan Rakyat just yet. SAPP's declaration of independence could come as early as next week. And Umno politicians who met Yong said: "There's a strong anti-federal sentiment in Sabah, especially among the Chinese and Kadazandusuns.

Yong is hoping to ride on this feeling. He wants Labuan to be returned to Sabah and thinks that Sabah should model itself after Sarawak which has more autonomy." The Sabah for Sabahan sentiment is also pervasive among other BN component parties but for now there is no sign of crossover. Still, the loss of two SAPP MPs from the backbench will create unease among BN and put more pressure on Abdullah to speed up his succession plan.

Abdullah's statement that he will hand over power to Najib has been well received but some BN officials are pushing for a handover date, something Abdullah supporters say will make him a "lame duck" prime minister. If the SAPP leaves BN, this will be interpreted as a loss of confidence in Abdullah's leadership.

SAPP tolak dakwaan keluar BN
17 Jun 2008
Utusan Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU 16 Jun - Parti Maju Rakyat Sabah (SAPP) menegaskan tidak akan keluar daripada komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) seperti yang didakwa banyak pihak, akhir-akhir ini.
Timbalan Presiden SAPP, Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah berkata, apa yang diperkatakan itu sekadar spekulasi dan tidak mempunyai kaitan dengan parti tersebut.

''Saya boleh beri jaminan tidak berlaku SAPP keluar BN, saya tidak tahu mengapa boleh timbul spekulasi seperti ini, tetapi ini bukan perkara yang kecil, pada masa sekarang parti kami langsung tidak ada keputusan untuk keluar dari BN.

''Parti kami ditubuhkan pada tahun 1994 pun mula dengan BN di Sabah dan bagi saya tidak ada alasan untuk keluar dari BN," katanya kepada pemberita semasa menghadiri Persidangan Antarabangsa Ketua-ketua Pegawai Eksekutif 2008 di sini hari ini.

Beliau mengulas pelbagai khabar angin yang mendakwa SAPP antara parti komponen yang disebut-sebut akan keluar daripada BN hujung bulan ini.

Khabar angin itu bertiup kencang selepas Ahli Parlimen Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah mendakwa parti komponen tersebut bukan berpusat di Semenanjung.

Tan Shu Kiah yang juga Timbalan Ketua Menteri tidak menolak kemungkinan spekulasi itu ditujukan kepada SAPP kerana kelantangan parti tersebut yang menyuarakan pelbagai isu berkaitan keperluan rakyat Sabah.

''Spekulasi ini mungkin disebabkan suara kami yang lantang, tetapi pada masa yang sama banyak parti komponen BN selepas pilihan raya suarakan banyak perkara kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Kerajaan Persekutuan.

''SAPP sangat lantang, tetapi semua itu atas sebab yang munasabah, kita perjuangkan banyak isu rakyat Sabah dan kita akan teruskan. Bersuara lantang tidak semestinya akan menukar kami kepada pembangkang dan meninggalkan BN," ujar beliau.

Sementara itu, Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Musa Aman ketika ditemui turut menafikan ada parti komponen di Sabah yang akan keluar daripada BN.

Menurut beliau, tidak ada sebab parti komponen mahu keluar daripada BN dalam keadaan hubungan yang sedia terjalin erat pada masa ini.

''Saya telah jumpa beliau (Presiden SAPP, Datuk Yong Teck Lee) sebelum ini, tetapi isu meninggalkan BN tidak pernah timbul. Ini hanya spekulasi. Kita ada hubungan yang baik dan tidak ada alasan untuk mereka keluar daripada BN," katanya.

SAPP sebagai salah sebuah parti komponen di Sabah mempunyai dua daripada 25 Ahli Parlimen dan empat daripada 60 Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri.

18 JUN 2008
The star
SAPP MPs cite reasons for supporting decision

PETALING JAYA: SAPP’s two MPs Datuk Dr Chua Soon Bui and Eric Enchin Majimbun said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should make way for other people to take over the country’s leadership if he could not perform.

During a press conference in Kota Kinabalu Wednesday, in which SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee announced the party’s decision to move a no-confidence motion against Abdullah when Parliament convenes this Monday, both Dr Chua and Majimbun issued signed press statements outlining their reasons for supporting their party’s decision.

Dr Chua, said Abdullah should step down due to a lack of action on several national issues and problems concerning Sabah despite repeated requests and appeals by several Sabah MPs from Umno, Upko and herself in Parliament.

“Our sovereignty is threatened,” she added.

She also said Malaysians, especially those in Sabah, had been greatly burdened by the sudden hike in fuel prices and the Government had not come up with a comprehensive plan to counter the issue.

“We will fail as elected representatives if the issues raised by the Sabah people on poor delivery system, corruption, waste of resources and lack of transparency and accountability are ignored,” she said.

Sepanggar MP Eric Majimbun said that he didn’t have confidence in Abdullah’s leadership in view of the clash in the dates of the announcement of the dissolution of Parliament in March and the sudden and shocking rise in fuel prices.