SPDP's Storm, Whereto Entrie and the Team?

Knowing that throughout the times inmemorial, when Dayak political personalities were feuding, the term compromise never existed. Their Political parties and individuals involved will be scurring in all directions and some went into political oblivion, period.


As for the on-going "hicup" in SPDP,as in the words of its President, Borneo Warrior begs to differ. It is no "hicup" but a huge burst of sneezing that will eventually weakened SPDP.


With great possibility, the bridge has been burnt and there will be no turning back and no deals on the table for the offering. With a series of meetings between YB Sylvester Entrie and his team with the top BN leadership, both in State and Federal, the message is quite clear for all political pundits to speculate. Whereto henceforth?


There will be few options, as usual, and here are some;


1. To form a new Party- the downside; assuming its formed, will SPDP protest if the new Party
wishes to join the BN?
2. Becoming BN direct YBs/candidates- the downside; it will create disharmony in the present
State BN lineup (surely PRS will shudder to think of this, as this will create an opportunity for
a party-less legislator and a BN friendly YB to ride on the bandwagon and PRS and SUPP will lose a seat each.)
3. Parking. Which Party to park with? Ideally it should be PRS, after all the top State leadership
and both SPDP and PRS have been harping on this for donkey years, so why not? It is a great
timing. So what if Entrie and gang go first?
(By the way, it is interesting to recall that when PRS was in a crisis, Mawan openly asked several
ybs then to park in SPDP... to the dismal of PRS leadership. So the saying goes...What goes around comes around...!) Lessons were meant to be learnt!

Now Its Najib's KPI, Where is Abdullah's NIP?

Presently Malaysians are being indoctrinated with the buzz slogans of the various KPIs conceptualised by Najib's administration with its glossy aims to improve all things Malaysians, so as to speak. Lets leave those initiatives for now.

Remember Pak Lah's National Integrity Plan? Aint those also the buzz word during his tenure as the PM then? What happened to all those plans? What happened to The Integrity Institute of Malaysia? Does Menara Integriti in Jalan Duta and the staff of Integrity Institute of Malaysia still exist and functioning?

As i recall, the formation of the NIP is predicated upon the spirit and principles of the Federal Constitution, the philosopy and principles of the Rukun Negara as well as the aspirations of Vision 2020. The National Integrity Plan is to establish a fully moral and ethical society whose citizens are strong in religious and spiritual values and imbued with the highest ethical standards.

Its noble aims, among others, are:

# Effectively reduce corruption, malpractices and abuse of power.
# Increase efficiency of the public delivery system and overcome bureaucratic red tape.
# Enhance corporate governance and business ethics.
# Strengthen the family institution, and
# Improve the quality of life and the people's well-being.

All sound familiar?
Has the NIP been thrown into the backburner?
Whats the major differences between the so-called PKIs, NKRAs, etc etc.. with those of the NIP?
Are all these just the Government grand propaganda to eye-winked the public just to stay relevant?
By the way, just the other day, we could not get a simple renewal of a State Government Licence to do business just because of conflicting policy of two Government Agencies. Thats a Government KPI staring at your face, fellow Malaysian!

DSAI ' S Sodomy 2..

Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim's trail for sodomy will be heard today and the eyes of the world will be fixed into Malaysia and her judiciary. Its dubbed as SODOMY 2.

At the SODOMY 1, DSAI was convicted and put into jail for six years only to be released after the Apex Court overturned the earlier court decisons. But DSAI suffered silently and painfully for years in jail. Lesser persons will fall and will never had a ghost of a chance to rise. ever again.
But DSAI was made of sterner stuff, he rose and even risen to lofty heights.

Who benefitted from the SODOMY 1? Well, Mahathir became more entrenched by holding the PM's post.The presiding judge rose to be become the federal court judge. Musa Hassan, the Police officer ''actively'' involved in the case then went on to become the IGP. Gani Patail, the senior DPP handling the case, was eventually promoted as the AG. Too coincidental? Figure it out folks!

But, several personalities who were in the centre of action in SODOMY 1 also fall from grace and even left us....without coming back.

Who will benefit from SODOMY 2? There will be heavy prices to pay, either way, for damn sure.

Government Transformation Programme.

How would the rest of us in Sarawak will benefit from the endless Government Initiatives recently introduced by the Prime Minister to enhance the overall standard of Malaysians in all fields, deriving from the famous KPIs, ''Perfomance Now '', NKRAs, MKRAs, MPKIs, Horizon 1, 2 and 3, Pemandu and the just launched GTP (Govt Transformation Programme)? Any clues of these abbreviations and acroymn? Its all mind boggling!

How would these initiatives will effect the lives and the way we live and perceived things to come for us in Sarawak, especially the natives. The reactions from our beloved Ministers, the Civil Service ,Legislators (YBs) and the power to be has all but errily quiet. The readiness, or aptly, the unreadiness of our Ministers to fully comprehend whats in store were evidently noticed when Koh Soo Koon and our own Idris Jala presented their cases to the audience (including Taib, The CM) at the Borneo Convention Centre recently. The overall responses were there for all those present to grasp, even the CM speech was not that of his usual self.

Is there political will to comply?

The various initiatives are principally aim at/to:

1. Be a transformation engine.
2. Creation of a high moral and ethical society.
3. Super fast Government Delivery System and principles.
4. To improve performance on social measures such as crime , corruption, education and the
distribution of income.


What will interest us in Sarawak will be the MKRAs- Ministerial Key Results Areas!

How would the Federal Ministers co-ordinate all these programmes together with their Sarawak counterparts? Already, we are talking of certain projects to be implemented at designated areas being taken to other areas and the like. Surely this is a strictly non-compliance to its hilt!
What about being seen as transparent in relation to the giving of large tracts of land to connected individuals and companies? What about the NCR development plans and the apparent weaknesses in its method and implementation. Any concrete plans to fine tune this?
What about the "payment-in -kind '' to connected companies and the mechanisim of negotiation to ensure its fairness to the general public?

We surely need the methods in the KPIs, NKRAs and the MKRAs to be brought to the table for all the stakeholders to understand and discuss in manners seen as fair, honest and holistic.

Will the Sarawak State Government has the guts for all of these? Past records on how the State Government run their businesses left much to be desired and not too encouraging, to say the least.

How would you explain why it takes endless years to have the NCR land of the natives to be registered? Why has a Joint Venture in land development dished a meresly sum of a few ringgit as dividends after all the good 15 years or even longer to bear a decent returns? KPIs? The marks will be surely a big Zero!

SPDP President's Turnaround.

Prior to Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) recent TGA the President announced as well as issued statement that his Party will maintain the status quo to keep the present line-up then intact and be able to carry on with the works progressively henceforth.

The so-called status quo list was then believed to have been agreed, signed, published and even used as ''The President List' for the Party election. The ensuing results truly showed that the delegates supported the ''President List'' and almost all won their respective seats. Yb Sylvester Entrie, however was not in the election ''President List'' as he was then in the ''list '' to be reappointed as the Sec Gen of the party, thus completing the final status quo line-up.

The change of heart by the president by not adhering to the status quo list caught all by surprise, especially Entrie and his group.
The appointed posts are the President prerogative technically and legally, albeit not morally. This is tantamount to an act of betrayal of your comrade.

Why Dato Sri William Mawan renegaded on this is anybody's guess and speculation.
But, thats the painfull part of being the President, in that there are things that you have to do alone and wish that you could confide in someone and yet you could not. Its called being ''lonely'', terribly lonely being at the top...only you and the Almighty one knows...and will have to live with your decision, rightfully or otherwise for the rest of one's political career and maybe beyond.

SNAP Ghost Haunts..

Both PRS and SPDP were conceived from the wretched and messy in-fightings and leadership tussles within SNAP over the years.

In the then SNAP, Leo Moggie led the mostly Dayak legislators to form the breakaway group to form PBDS after a bitter contest with James Wong for the Presidency. The story then was that SNAP should be led by a Dayak because the majority of its members and legislators were Dayaks. James Wong propogated a multiracial approach. He won the contest.

Then in PBDS, the maverick Sng played pivotal roles, in whatsoever form you want to interpret and the Party fell into pieces that eventually led to its deregistration afterwhich PRS was formed.

Shortly, barely two years infact, PRS was in a mess, involving a leadership tussle between Sng and Dr. James Masing. This time majority of the Dayak YBs were behind James steadfastly eventhough there were sweeteneers on the table offered.

Now in SPDP, the scenario is very very similiar...there is a "BIG GUY" behind calling all the shots...and several Dayak leaders there, seemingly led by Sylvester Entrie and Peter Nansian
must have thought that enough is enough... Sounds familiar?

A friend text me " boss, wats going on in Ass Pay Day Pay 2day is the same old story being repeated as in Pay A Ass (PRS) b4, i.e, d bumi r fed up of d cin-me-n colonial masters...last
time Pay A Ass hav managed 2 get free fr Sng and now Ass Pay Day Pay is trying to extricate itself fr Tiong...on the other side team bumi comprising MBA holder Entri, Dr Tiki, accountant Nansian, graduate teachers Rosie n Paulus etc r v formidale n credible force. Of d Presidential side altho they hv $ but $ alone cannot buy everything wen d meruah of d bumi r at stack here...thus basing on d lesson fr Pay A Ass b4, d bet is on team bumi led by Entri and Dr. Tiki to prevail if truly there is a power struggle in Ass Pay Day Pay n also if they play d game n momentum well..'' But i pray dats its only a '' small family quarrel'' as Mawan sd in d paper 2day..How Boss?? -text message- ends.

Whereto Entri and his colleagues will be heading for is the big question, bearing in mind that Mawan is in a solid position, both technical, political and financial, so as to remark.

Dayak Political Unity, in dreamland!

Yesterday a member of PBB Youth asked me that now SPDP had just concluded its TGA, "when are you guys want to merge" ? (He reminded me, I think, of Dr James Masing been taking the stance that the main consideration of the merger will very much depending on who he thinks will effectively helm SPDP to the hilt!, which is perceived to be not essentially the President.)

I retorted back, " jangan alang alang boss, let us all merge. We all get together. You guys in Pesaka, SPDP, PRS and also the Dayak legislators in SUPP as well, and we all will form a merged entity, thats a giant step!, " He rolled in eyes in disbelief and ordered his kopi o and changed to another topic. Hey, I said , haven't finished with you yet! What made all the Dayaks in Sarawak think that Mawan and James (as The boss of SPDP and PRS respectively) the only Dayak leaders? What about Jabu, Manyin, Richard Riot, Jerip, Ranum, Hardin, Uggah, Alex and the rest? He walked away giving me the flimsy excuse that he has an appointment!

Dayak Political Unity, in dreamland...!