PH state chief dancing to the tune of his political masters: PRS Women
KUCHING: Chong Chieng Jen’s statement reflects his insensitivity and shallow understanding of Sarawakians’ aspiration and wishes. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Brodie said that she was aghast by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister’s comment on why Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs objected
the bill.
“How can he not feel the pulse of his constituents and Sarawakians at large,” she told New Sarawak Tribune yesterday. “Chong is a big letdown seeing that he is a fellow Sarawakian
|and also an MP from Sarawak,” she said.
“We perceive him to be less patriotic to Sarawak but more to pleasing his political master and thus has to swim with their tide,” she said.
Doris said it is just a simple request from Sarawakians that the people want their state to be restored to its original constitutional status as a component nation that formed the Federation of Malaysia, in which Amendment Bill to Article 1 (2) of the Federal Consitution tabled at the Dewan Rakyat failed to address it.
“The amendment will not change the status of Sarawak and Sabah in the Federation of Malaysia. This is because, even after the amendment, there will still be 13 states in Malaysia and these states include Sarawak and Sabah.
“So where are the changes? Amendments are only purely English, namely just a reconstruction of the sentences as per Clause (2) in the proposed amended bill but yet still carries the same meaning,” she pointed out.
Doris, who is also the political secretary to the Chief Minister further said the tabling of the said bill is simply an act of belittling Sarawakians’ intelligence.
“Chong’s sincerity in regard to speaking and ‘fighting’ for Sarawak’s right remains rhetoric.
“If Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is sincere in honouring the MA63, the entire process must not be done hastily and amendments must be thoroughly refined and defined by all stakeholders before the Act is tabled at Parliament,” she stressed.
She also agreed and believed the amendment should be done as what the Sarawak Legal Counsel Datuk Seri JC Fong’s had stated. JC Fong last Thursday said the Article 1 (2) could not be amended without amending the definition of the ‘Federation’.
