PBDSB Youth wants findings of London trip revealed
KUCHING: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru ( PBDSB) Youth wants the state to disclose the delegation’s finding on Malaysia Agreement 1963 ( MA63) during its recent London trip.
PBDSB Youth also wants the MA63 to be a subject for public discussion.
Its chief Rapelson Richard Hamit, through a press statement received here yesterday, said the mission to London has been over for more than a month now but the state cabinet is still silent on it.
The legal team led by Assistant Minister of Law, State - Federal Relations and Project Monitoring Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali went to London on July 16.
“After the trip, a general public discussion of this important matter must be allowed, with representatives from various political parties invited to participate.
“The future of this nation does not depend only on the party in power but on all who are concerned about the future and the generations to come, or else it is just Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg’s political gesture to please Sarawakians, over their rights that have been deprived by the federal government.
“It will just be a myth and a mysterious mission if the state Barisan Nasional ( BN) fails to disclose the findings to every Sarawakian.
“It’s an analysis that makes sense, given that for BN leaders in Sarawak there is zero advantage to returning the rights and resources that were taken away from the people because they are the ones who have been enjoying their cut of the proceeds ever since,” Rapelson said.
The move ( London mission) made by the state government received mixed reactions from both sides of the political divide.
State Democratic Action Party ( DAP) said the trip was unnecessary and a huge waste of money while state Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth supported the trip but suggested the appointment of lawyers from the opposition to be included in the team.
State PKR vice- chairman See Chee How even said it was rather strange to have this fact- finding mission after two rounds of negotiation with Putrajaya on the devolution of power during the time of the previous administration under the late Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem.
Rapelson said Sarawak has lost so much over the last 50 years since the formation of Malaysia, and that it’s only right and in the interest of the future generations that things should be put right immediately.
Citing an example, he said while MA63 provides for English to remain as an official language of the state but because education in Malaysia is in Bahasa Malaysia, the people of Sarawak now have very poor command of the English language.