KUCHING, April 2: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) demands for Sarawak’s territory, territorial waters, oil and gas and one-third parliamentary seats to be returned to the rightful owner of Sarawak.
To its president Voon Lee Shan, the restoration of Sarawak to its previous pre-Malaysia position can wait but the resources and the legislative rights of Sarawak in parliament should be returned first.
“Sarawak wants its territory, territorial waters, oil and gas be returned back with one-third of all parliamentary seats in parliament first before looking to restore the status of Sarawak to its previous position pre-Malaysia.
“To restore its status to pre-Malaysia without returning our lost resources and territories is unacceptable,” said Voon in a statement today.
He said the talks of protecting and restoring Sarawak lost rights has been going on since Tan Sri Stephen Kalong Ningkan’s time.
The former Batu Lintang assemblyman predicted that there is not a possibility by the current PN (Perikatan Nasional) government to be able or to wish to “put all things right” before the coming Sarawak election.
He believed that after the election, the talks of recovering Sarawak’s may die off again.
“The Sarawak GPS government should be firm and if all demands are not met before the expiry of the current term of its government, GPS (Gabungan Parti Sarawak) government should declare Sarawak leaving Malaysia.
“If GPS still by that time wishes to prolong the matter and still wish to survive or stay in the same bed with Malaya, the best thing is for GPS is to move out of Sarawak and migrate to Malaya.
“Too many Sarawakians wish Sarawak to break off from Malaya now,” said Voon.
He said since Malaysia came into existence, Sarawak had never been given a fair deal by the federal government. Before Malaysia was formed, Tunku (Abdul Rahman) promised to develop Sarawak and it took more than 50 years to get Kapit connected with roads to Sibu and nearby towns.
“Most federal leaders had promised development and put things right for Sarawak and this time, none other than the prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin himself.
“Should we believe in him to put things right? He has been in the government for decades and he should know the anger of Sarawakians all these times.
“If the prime minister is serious in putting things right, there is no need to discuss and nothing to negotiate about the breaches in Malaysia Agreement 1963. He should know what went wrong,” said Voon. — DayakDaily
