Sarawak BN reps urged to cross over
Tony Thien May 10, 08 12:06pm
PKR’s sole elected representative in the Sarawak legislative assembly has asked Barisan Nasional state assemblypersons and MPs to join the ranks of Pakatan Rakyat “to fulfill the phenomenal expectations of the people after the March 8 general election”.Dominique Ng Kim Ho (PKR-Padungan), who is also Sarawak PKR chairperson said the defining moment had come to realise what he called "the dimensions and meaning of Merdeka in Malaysia after decades of hardship and unjust subservience".
"You can help raise Sarawak to the centre stage in our nation, to a respected position in the Asean region and even beyond,” he told the ruling state BN’s 61 representatives, including ministers and assistant ministers.In his debate on the motion of thanks to the head of state, Ng said Pakatan has the numbers to take control of the federal government and that in due course there is a strong possibility Malaysia will have her first woman prime minister.According to Ng, Pakatan is confident of support from at least 10 MPs from Sabah and some from Sarawak.He said under a Pakatan government, apart from the oil/gas royalties being raised, the land policy of the BN government will also be changed and land will be returned to the people.’
Land a contentious issue Ng was referring to both urban and suburban lands under the mixed zone land category which have been placed under Section 47 (notice to compulsorily acquire the land). Land affected are public purchases which are expiring in their leases and may not be renewed as well as native customary rights (NCR) lands affected by commercial development, especially oil palm plantation activities. Land has been a contentious issue and is central to the election campaign theme of the opposition in the recent elections in the state. PKR has promised that land lease will be extended to 99 years or in perpetuity should Pakatan form the state government after the next state elections due in 2011.
Ng said the post Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud era is coming soon with the expected new dawn in the Land of Kenyalang (Sarawak) with the blossoming of the Malaysian spring that came on March 8 in a display of the Malaysian people’s power and the recent legal return to politics of former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, PKR de facto leader and prime minister-in-waiting.When Ng stood down, he received applause from the six DAP state assemblypersons, led by their leader Wong Ho Leng, the member for Bukit Assek.
source from www.malaysiakini.com
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