Sarawakians don’t need Jeffrey to teach them politics — Abdul Karim

February 7, 2011

KUCHING: Sarawakians do not need a Sabahan ‘frog’ in the form of Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan and his United Borneo Front (UBF) to teach them politics.

Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said it was very absurd to see a person like Jeffrey coming to Sarawak, trying to advise its people on politics.

“His political career is so tainted by jumping from one party to another that I don’t see him as a good adviser or teacher to Sarawak except to those who wear the same feather as him,” he said when contacted recently.

Karim advised Sarawak National Party (SNAP) to be wary of Jeffrey and also his UBF because from the way he looked at it, the Sabahan was merely looking for a platform in Sarawak to sustain his political agenda. 

He pointed out that Jeffrey is known as a politician who has failed numerous times in his political career in Sabah.

The chief political secretary added it would be sad for the people of Sarawak if an illustrious party like SNAP would fall into Jeffrey’s trick in providing him a political platform for him to boost his political career.

“SNAP has an illustrious history in Sarawak politics and surely its present leaders would not want it tainted with flimsy political characters like Jeffrey,” he added.

During Jeffrey’s recent visit to Kuching, SNAP declared that it had joined UBF as part of its political struggles.

In addition to this, a former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Dato Sri Daniel Tajem, who is now SNAP advisor, has been appointed as UBF advisor.

Tajem is now helping SNAP to rejuvenate itself and has urged all Dayaks to join the party as he claimed it has the same idealism as the now defunct Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS).