Photo above showed DAP's land issue signature campaign in the remote district of Durin.
DAP Sarawak urge the SUPP and the state BN government to stop fooling the people again about their rights to properties ownership. The new policies announced are not only unfair, unjust and unethical but outright outrageous in every sense.
Sarawak people deserve better! We deserve to be treated as the true masters of Sarawak and truly be treated as such. We are not begging for our own rights but demand that such rights be honored by the government that was put in place by the people. As the government is by the people, it has to be of the people and for the people. Our CM and his cabinet have to understand that we are living in a democratic country and they were elected to serve the people and the state and not the other way round.
The basic rights of all Sarawakian have to start from property’s ownership as the land is our “roots”, without true ownership, how could we call ourselves the masters of Sarawak. How could we call ourselves Sarawakian if we can’t even able to defend our properties against the policies of our elected government?
We do not want any nonsense policies that treated us as fool. The voice of the people have to be heard and they are all crying out “NO” very loudly to the new land policies announced by Sarawak’s second minister of planning and resources, Datuk Sri Awang Tengah on the 26th of May 2007 in Miri.
NO! We do not want and we do not have to “buy” back our own properties after 60 years or 99 years. It is absolutely ridiculous and barbaric for the government to ask the people to buy back what they already “owned”. It is like robbing the people in broad day light.
The DAP stand is very clear and firm, that the Sarawak Land Code must give unconditional and automatic renewal to all the land leases upon their expiry. The 1958 Sarawak Land Code must be amended to protect the rights of properties ownership such as SS. 26-27(renewal and compensation) and SS. 47-48(red line).
The people of Sarawak must stand firm on this issue and must not have any disillusion that the SUPP can stand up for their rights. We must stand united and the ballot papers must be fully utilized to make our stand known. Only through political pressure would be able to see a change in the government’s policies, towards this end, the equation of check and balance is critical.
DAP Sarawak publicity Sec.,
David Wong
2 comments:
I agree with you. But one thing is Sarawakians are much too nice. So nice that they allow the powerful to screw them and yet they just keep quiet.
On another note, I read you comments on the Suaram director who was refused entry. The very strange thing is when the illegals enter our land, nobody makes an effort to stop them. The reason being the illegals are not people who will question the government. On one hand we wish to have more clever people around. On another hand these clever people are not allowed to talk. We talk about Merdeka Day. So what is the meaning of the past 44 years if it means things are just going on too slowly because of the fear of stepping on somebody's tail ?
Orang ulu, i agree with your statement and opinion that Merdeka means more than just a slogan but the true spirit of liberty and independent not only from the colonial master but also from our own elected government.
We can't say that we have liberty when the BN government restrict the freedom of expression. The BN government passed so many Acts in the parliament just to safe guard its barbaric control on the peace-loving Malaysian. Acts such as the OSA, the Police Act, the printing and publication Act, the ISA, the Communiction and Multimedai Act and others are meant to impose restriction of the basic rights of Malaysian and especially the opposition.
There are so much work for us to do to make Malaysia a truely democratic nation that all can be proud of. Let us continue our political struggle through the peaceful means of our ballot papers and use our courage and widsom to curb the BN's authoritarian regime.
Regards,
DW
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