PBDS hopes unity govt comply with Undrip, respect NCR to land

Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) hopes that the Unity Government will comply with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Undrip) and obligates the Sarawak state government to fully respect native customary rights (NCR) to land.

Its president Bobby William said they pray that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be a fair Prime Minister to serve the people of this country while urgently attending to the rights of all indigenous people as outlined in Undrip to which Malaysia is a signatory.

“We congratulate Anwar on his appointment as 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

“As a political party with special interest in the rights of the indigenous people, PBDS is hopeful that he will build a nation that unifies all races with the purpose towards a common goal to make Malaysia a country that is determined, progressive and harmonious society, competing with the rest of the world in the field of economic, social and cultural endeavours and enjoying its prosperity,” he said in a statement yesterday.

On Anwar’s proposal for the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister from Borneo states, Bobby said PBDS hopes Anwar will consider a non-Muslim native member of Parliament to be his deputy to assist him in all matters affecting all the special interests of the Borneo states as enshrined in the Federal Constitution and to realise the unfulfilled expectations of the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

“In the meantime, PBDS is open for discussion with Pakatan Harapan on all issues affecting the Dayak community in Sarawak,” he added.