‘PKR’s confidence is a wakeup call for PBB’

September 7, 2018

KUCHING: A Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Supreme Council member believed that the confidence of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in winning 18 seats in Sarawak and wresting away Balingian, Tellian and Dalat is a wakeup call for PBB.

“We must take it with a pinch of salt (but) work harder and ensure Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)’s victory in the next state election,” Pandi Suhaili told The Borneo Post.

He stressed that PBB leaders must also take the PKR leaders’ statement as a warning and motivate them to work harder for the people on the ground.

“PKR Mukah leader Abdul Jalil Bujang is always on the ground, he must have done his own homework. Furthermore, in the last election PBB faced quite a fight from a relatively unknown candidate in Balingian,” he observed.

Pandi admitted that perhaps there are internal issues on the ground that could have contributed to PBB’s unconvincing display in some of the state seats’ voting districts during the last parliamentary election.

Govt urged to solve Malay-Melanau communities housing woes now

August 30th, 2018

KUCHING: Housing woes faced by Malay and Melanau communities in Sarawak must be addressed quickly and effectively by Gabungan Parti Sarawak the ruling coalition in the state.

Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) supreme council member, Pandi Suhaili said if the problem were to be addressed just before the next state election the people would perceive the effort as an election gimmick.

“Nobody will take last minute effort seriously. Even children will say such a move will be nothing but an election gimmick,”he told The Borneo Post in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.

Pandi was saddened that many families, are squatting in one house now as the newlyweds could not afford to buy their own property.

“Some houses are shared by five families. You are not only seeing the father, the son family, grandson family and in some extreme cases even the great grandchildren families are sharing the old family house because they cannot afford to buy a home,” he said.

BAHAM defends Pandi

August 30th, 2018

KUCHING: The issue of Malay communal land brought up by Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) supreme council member, Pandi Suhaili was not intended to question the credibility of the state government leadership under Datuk Patinggi Dr Abdul Rahman Johari Tun Openg.

Sarawak Malays Rights Group (Baham) chairman, Dr Sanib Said in responding to Pandi’s concern, claimed that 90 per cent of Sarawak Malays do not own any communal land and their claim on such land should not be taken lightly.

“The issue became hotter after the Dayak community rights over Pemakai Menoa Pulau Galau (PMPG) are recognised and they just happened to take place under this new leadership,” he explained.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Borneo Post at SCMF office at Jalan Rodway, Sanib said that PMPG issue had awakened the Malays on land ownership issues because to the Malays community land come under full control of the government, Sanib pointed.

“The Malays knew they are in trouble and this issue is very serious to the Malays because 90 per cent of Sarawak Malays are landless.

Gen Y Melayu/Melanau payah memiliki rumah

28hb Ogos 2018

KUCHING: Kepayahan memiliki rumah yang dihadapi oleh kalangan anak muda Melayu/Melanau di seluruh Sarawak mesti ditangani dengan cepat dan berkesan oleh kerajaan negeri.

Ahli majlis tertinggi Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Pandi Suhaili (gambar) menegaskan kerajaan negeri boleh kehilangan kepercayaan daripada golongan tersebut jika membuat apa-apa pengumuman untuk menangani isu itu pada saat terakhir sebelum pilihan raya negeri akan datang.

"Tiada sesiapa akan memandang serius tindakan saat terakhir. Malah kanak-kanak sekarang juga tahu itu cuma gimik pilihan raya," katanya ketika ditemu-bual Utusan Borneo, hari ini.

Pandi berkata kerajaan negeri telah memberi respon kepada seruan masyarakat Dayak untuk mengiktiraf isu Pemakai Menoa Pulau Galau (PMPG), dan ia hanya adil bagi Melayu/Melanau jika isu mereka itu turut diambil berat.

Tidak seperti Dayak, komuniti Melayu/Melanau kini hampir hilang semua tanah apabila semua rizab kampung mereka telah diterokai oleh syarikat swasta (dengan bantuan daripada individu tertentu) untuk membuka ladang kelapa sawit.

Ucapan Penghargaan dan Terimakasih - YB Karim Hamzah

Tahniah kepada Naib Presiden PBB baharu

Setinggi-tinggi tahniah diucapkan kepada keempat-empat Naib Presiden PBB (sayap Bumiputera) baharu - Datuk Julaihi Narawi, Dr Annuar Rapaee, Dr Abdul  Rahman Junaidi dan Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

Kejayaan mereka memenangi jawatan tersebut menunjukkan para delegasi PBB telah menaruh kepercayaan tinggi  kepada mereka serta mahukan kombinasi antara pemimpin baru dan lama bagi membantu Presiden mengukuhkan PBB.

Pemilihan dalam PBB adalah satu aktiviti yang sihat yang dilakukan dalam suasana kekeluargaan serta cukup harmoni.

Oleh itu, daripada perspektif ini, sebenarnya tiada pihak yang kalah ataupun yang menang kerana tanpa mengira siapa yang dipilih oleh ahli-ahli PBB, kesemua mereka akan berjuang untuk PBB.

Saya juga ingin menggunakan kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan jutaan terimakasih kepada semua ahli-ahli PBB diatas kepercayaan yang telah diberikan kepada saya untuk menggalas tanggungjawab sebagai Exco Majlis Kerja Tertinggi (Bumiputera) pada konvensyen PBB tahun ini.

Karim Pejuang Tulin PBB

Secara peribadi, saya amat kagum dan terharu dengan semangat tinggi Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dalam memastikan perpaduan PBB sentiasa terjaga.

Saya percaya, ramai yang menjangka akan berlaku pertandingan untuk jawatan Naib Presiden Kanan diantara beliau dan Datuk Seri Fadilah Yusuf.

Tetapi apa yang gagal dijangka oleh ramai pihak ialah kesanggupan Karim  untuk menolak ketepi hasratnya demi menjaga perpaduan dalam parti!

Inilah semangat tulin seorang pemimpin PBB yang sanggup mengundur diri demi kepentingan parti.

Semangat Karim inilah yang sepatutnya menjadi ikutan kepada ahli-ahli PBB - iaitu meletakkan kepentingan parti diatas kepentingan peribadi!