Keputusan masyarakat Cina untuk bersama DAP perlu dihormati

April 19, 2011

Sokongan padu kepada DAP bukti mereka mahu perwakilan dalam DUN bukan dalam kerajaan 

KUCHING: Keputusan masyarakat Cina untuk tidak mempunyai perwakilan dalam kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) perlu dihormati. 

Ketua Setiausaha Politik Ketua Menteri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menjelaskan bahawa masyarakat tersebut sudah menjelaskan suara mereka dengan lantang dan jelas menerusi sokongan padu yang diberikan kepada Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) ketika pilihan raya negeri yang baru selesai. 

"Tidak perlu ada kemasukan ‘pintu belakang’ bagi masyarakat Cina dalam kabinet. 

“Masyarakat Cina sudah lantang dan jelas bersuara bahawa mereka tidak mahu perwakilan dalam kerajaan, dan kita mesti menghormati keputusan mereka,” katanya. 

Beliau berkata demikian ketika dihubungi semalam bagi mengulas cadangan untuk menggubal undang-undang bagi membolehkan kerajaan negeri melantik wakil tidak terpilih daripada masyarakat Cina di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN). 

Cadangan itu dikemukakan oleh Senator Datuk Idris Buang yang juga merupakan ahli Majlis Tertinggi Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB). 

Karim berkata, dengan mempunyai wakil rakyat daripada Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP), ia juga mencerminkan kaum Cina diwakili.

PBB Youth wing praised for lodging police report

March 6, 2011

KUCHING: Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah praised the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth wing for lodging a police report against Radio Free Sarawak.

He said the movement had done a justified act because its members were trying to fight an evil cause aimed at creating disunity among the ‘rakyat’.

“It is my hope that Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Home Ministry (KDN) and police would investigate and (subsequently) take action against those involved,” he said when met during the BN Convention at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) yesterday.

He pointed out that all parties should be united in protecting the racial harmony that is being enjoyed by all.

The PBB youth wing led by its youth vice chief Pandi Suhaili lodged a police report against the radio station at the Simpang Tiga Police station last Friday.

Pandi, when interviewed at the police station, said the wing was responding to a statement made by the Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture Datuk Joseph Salang that MCMC could take action against the radio station if a report were lodged with the police.

“The rakyat feel uneasy (with the radio station) because they know it is operating illegally. It is not good for the country because Malaysia is multi-racial and its existence hinges on mutual respect among its citizens,” said Pandi.

PKR fighting for justice without justice within — Karim

January 4, 2011

KUCHING: Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, chief political secretary to the Chief Minister, yesterday chided Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) for claiming to fight for justice while failing to dispense justice within the party itself.

He reminded PKR vice-president Baru Bian to ‘cakap mesti mau serupa bikin’ (walk the talk) and not hoodwink the rakyat by brushing aside fundamental issues in PKR as petty issues.

“How can you claim to fight for justice, good governance and transparency when you and your party are not practising it?” he asked in reference to the many unresolved internal PKR issues as claimed by several party former leaders like Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

Baru, who is also PKR Sarawak chief, when asked last Sunday to comment on the resignation of Jeffrey said the party would not lose its strength in Sarawak.

He believed voters in Sarawak would still vote for PKR and Pakatan Rakyat for a change in government as there were more important issues like land rights and the need for better infrastructure to look into.

“Whether it will affect the ground support or not, it’s just speculation (at the moment). The bottom line is bread-and-butter issues for the people,” said Baru.

Karim, who is Asajaya assemblyman and State Barisan Nasional Backbenchers chairman, pointed out that Baru and PKR could not brush aside fundamental issues against the party.