By Lian Cheng
KUCHING, Oct 20: Despite holding 40 seats and being the second-largest party, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) has failed to act as an effective check and balance in Parliament.
According to Public Health, Housing, and Local Government Minister Datuk Amar Prof. Dr. Sim Kui Hian, DAP has merely been acting as a bystander (“Tengok saja”) rather than actively fulfilling its oversight role.
“(Sarawak has been enjoying) political stability because we do not have DAP in the Sarawak Government as they are always divisive, polarising and politicking; disguise as champions for the rakyat.
“We have witnessed in this August House their behaviour and drama in every DUN session as indeed one’s character cannot change,” said Dr Sim when delivering his ministerial winding-up speech during Sarawak Legislature at Sarawak Legislative Complex here today.
Dr Sim who is Batu Kawa assemblyman (GPS-SUPP) accused DAP Sarawak of political bankruptcy, claiming the party relies on gutter politics and cheap publicity to gain emotional sympathy without offering real substance or results, all while using democratic checks and balances as a guise.
Dr Sim who is also SUPP president held that Sarawak is blessed with strong unity of anak-anak Sarawak who are proud of being Sarawakians but warned of the presence of “anai-anai” (termites) among them.
“We must be on high alert for anai anai from both within and outside Sarawak and also for anai anai inside GPS (Gabungan Parti Sarawak).”
In light of the recent political instability in Peninsular Malaysia—highlighted by snap state elections in Johor, Negeri Sembilan, and Malacca taking precedence over Sarawak’s own polls, he said there is growing frustration with the increasingly toxic, divisive, and polarized nature of federal politics.
He held that over the past decade, political dynamics in Peninsular Malaysia have often relied on negative narratives that undermine national unity rather than foster constructive nation-building.
“Let Sarawak be different from Malaysia politics which has gone from bad to worse over the last 10 years where they thrived on divisive, polarising, negative, toxic narratives and destroying Malaysia instead of the nation building that we are doing for Sarawak,” said Dr Sim.
—DayakDaily
