SAPP signature drive underway
Published on: Friday, February 25, 2011
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) called on Malaysians in Sabah to fully support its ongoing signature campaign to demand the Government to set up a Royal commission of Inquiry (RCI) to resolve the perennial illegal immigrants and dubious citizens issue.Its Api-Api youth chief, Pang Thien Fook, said irrespective of where there are born in Malaysia, so long as they are currently living in Sabah, they should come forward to support the campaign for the sake of the sovereignty and future of this country.He said this is very important because the issue has been in existence for almost three decades and had adversely affected Sabah's politics and socio-economy in particular and Malaysia in general.
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"It is undeniable that the continuous presence of huge number of 'dubious citizens' in the state who are originally illegals from neighbouring countries like Philippines and Indonesia had significantly eroded or usurped the rights of the bona fide citizens in many aspects, from politics to socio-economy," he said. These dubious "citizens" have become Malaysians through dubious means such as through the infamous "Project IC", he said.Because of this, he said there is constant danger of the sovereignty and security of this country being compromised at any time.Hence, he said the time has come for all right thinking and concerned Malaysians to wake up and to come together to stop the ruling government's constant abuse and manipulation of the electoral process in using the "dubious citizens" to maintain its current status-quo.
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He believed there could be some basis in the recent accusation made by pro-opposition blogger Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib that Umno aimed to deploy the same modus operandi in Selangor to recapture the opposition Pakatan Rakyat-ruled state.Pang claimed to have reliably learnt that some of the "dubious citizens" dubbed the "fixed deposit" for Barisan Nasional (BN) have migrated to Peninsular Malaysia.
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According to him, the signature campaign was largely prompted by the gross indifference of the Federal Government towards the plight of Sabahans over the perennial issue.This was demonstrated by the recent statement of the Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein, who said there was no need for the setting up of a Royal commission of Inquiry.He said the signature campaign that was launched last week is targeting 100,000 signatures by end of March.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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