4/11/11 WILL TAIB REALLY STEP DOWN?

Interestingly, every time I went down to KL or Peninsula Malaysia, and sat down with new group of people, either the young or the matured one, the very questions being posted to me is either: Who will replace Taib or Will Taib really step down?. My last trip to Putra Jaya and Kota Bharu is not an exemption. Surely my immediate sarcastic respond to the first question is: Well you don't have to think too far, I'm willing if he is willing to hand over to me. As usual, the answer always being followed with a big laugh and well, some will just say:Why not?.

(2) For the second question, I have provided some thinkings that Sarawakian especially the Malays should ponder. I'm not interested to repeat what I have said.

(3) In this article, I would love to put forward a much synical view over the matter, and I believe, I won't anymore be writing about this in the near future unless it became too necessary.

(4) Let get back to the root of the issue. The main reason why there was a call for Taib to step down was because DAP, PKR and sure PAS would love to make Sarawak as their steping stone to capture Putra Jaya in the next National Election (PRU13). If this PR aliance could make an impact in the last State election surely that would give them a boost to the struggle to make a better in road for the PRU13.

(5) Taib 'controlled' style of management had been seen as authocrative to some. Timber, land, and properties development are all under his strict 'controlled', that made some feel uneasy. To some, even 'his' big boys or even lots of the smaller one, they feel that the growth of the State could be much faster if Taib could be much more liberal in his development approval approach. Surely the argument sounded about State growth, but in reality, was nothing but to feed into their self greed and unwillingness to get less.

(6) Thus in the last election, particularly the DAP, knowing that the Sarawak urban Chinese are much affected by Taib's land policy, thus they garnered the atmosphere to hate Taib to his grave. The DAP work all out to get the Sarawak general Chinese to throw Taib out.

(7) For PKR, the NCR issue became their golden opportunity. PKR seem to understand NCR purely from their 'simple political-customary adherance', the real customary and State Land Code perspective of the NCR is not their interest and they purposely ignored such a code. Thus, seeing the possibility of 30% vote lost among the Chinese, the PKR harped on the possible to gather the next 30% vote lost among the non-Malays natives ie Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulus to deny Taib to lead the State.

(8) As every body knew, the PRU10 result doesn't work on such a very simple arithmatic formula, the Sarawak Malays in particular, threw their full support to Taib, and majority of the non-Malays natives still have good faith in his good management calibre. Thus it was left to SUPP to lost most of the seats, with two of the non-SUPP natives seat snaped by independent and PKR candidate. Despite so, four of SUPP native seats remain within the BN arm.

(9) Lying in bed, with bad flu and fever, with intermitence being forced to woke up due to heavy cough, those question haunting my resting time. Probably, due to my unstable mind, I figure out this anwser to the call for Taib to step down:

(a) The general Sarawak Chinese, with great influenced of the DAP, had requested Taib to step down. Taib, responded honourably to their request, by agreeing to step down after the State election, PRU10. Though he didn't give the exact time schedule, but he did made a promised to do so, as widely quoted by the local papers (I personally didn't hear he did so). Now, from a legal perspective, should Taib step down? By the Chinese denying the winning of majority of SUPP seats, doesn't that implied that Taib had been punished. If he continue being forced to step down, are not the Chinese, and DAP in particular not imposing a double jeopardy upon Taib? Most of DAP candidates are legal personalities, would that not be a breach of their professionalism if they are professional? To me, it is immaterial that, now Taib should listen to the Chinese since he had not be trusted by them!

(b) Even if one look at it from a moral perspective, after one being punished, should he or she be punched with another punishment? Thus, to my calculation, for those who hate Taib so much, basically, they had inflicted their punishment onto him by not delivering the SUPP majority vote to BN. The Chinese had punished Taib, thus should the non-Chinese who gave him a handsome vote of confident should now work to throw him out immorally?

(c) For the Malays, be they in Sarawak, Sabah or Peninsula Malaysia, let me flash you with this pail of ayaq caq or air juruk. If your hate of Taib is a matter of personal, then take that personal matter direct to him. The Malays proverb, marahkan nyamuk, bakar kelambu or the folk story of kalah sabung, kampung tergadai must always be our rememberance.

(d) To the out of Sarawak Malays, let me say this:just take care of your jamban, don't let others freely shit in them.

(10) Personally, I don't support a person whom don't perform. As a Muslim, there are lots of specific advice on how to deal with non-good leader(s). As long as our lives could prpogress, we must continue to move forward progressively for the better, and never forget, what would happen if: anak dikendong dibiar bertangisan, kera di hutan disusui. The Malays, we had made enough stupid mistakes in the past, and should we again being lured to be stupid!

Kuching, Sarawak
13 June, 2011