PCM sertai BN ?

Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) yang ditubuhkan di Pulau Pinang oleh sekumpulan pemimpin Parti Gerakan, kain dilihat milik rejim BN apabila Pengerusi PCM negeri Sarawak, Gabriel Adit bersama-sama pemimpin SPDP, sebuah sekutu BN di Sarawak dalam satu kempen baru-baru ini.

Gambar Gabriel bersama-sama pemimpin SPDP dalam satu majlis didedahkan oleh seorang peimimpin PBB, di laman social facebook.com kira-kira 12 malam tadi.

Majlis yang diadakan dalam Parlimen Kanowit itu menimbulkan tanda tanya pelbagai pihak termasuklah PBB, sekutu utama BN di negeri Sarawak.

Terdahulu, beberapa hari sebelum Gabriel dilantik sebagai Pengerusi PCM negeri Sarawak, beliau ada menemui Presiden Umno, Najib Razak.

Tidak lama selepas itu, pimpinan tertinggi PCM di Pulau Pinang pula mengecam keras PKR di Pulau Pinang sehingga menyaksikan beberapa Ahli Parlimen PKR di negeri itu keluar parti menjadi wakil rakyat bebas pro BN.

Selain PCM terdapat lagi beberapa parti baru yang muncul di Bumi Kenyalang sejak akhir-akhir ini yang berhasrat untuk bertanding dalam pilihanraya negeri Sarawak akan datang.

Parti itu termasuklah Jawatankuasa Penaja Umno negeri Sarawak (JPUNS), Peace Party dan Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak (PERS) yang kesemuanya didakwa ada kaitan dengan pemimpin BN.

Peace Party dan PERS misalnya dipimpin oleh bekas ahli PBB.

Parti-parti baru itu mendapat liputan yang cukup baik di media tempatan negeri Sarawak khususnya Peace Party yang merayu secara terbuka kepada rakyat di negeri itu untuk menyertai mereka termasuklah nombor telefon yang diberi publisiti secara percuma di akhbar Borneo Post.

Anehnya, parti baru sebelum ini dikenali sebagai MDC tetapi pro kepada Pakatan Rakyat gagal mendapat liputan sebaik parti itu.

Untuk rekod, media tempatan di Sarawak kini mendapat ancaman dari pemimpin di negeri itu agar jangan memberi liputan secara meluas terhadap program Pakatan Rakyat.

Debate-shy S’wak MPs

Attendance may be good but they are neither vocal nor aggressive, says deputy speaker

KUCHING: Sarawak MPs are among the least active when it comes to speaking in parliament, thus have very low rate of involvement during parliamentary debates, it was revealed yesterday.

However, when it comes to attendance, theirs is said to be among the best.

Unfortunately their mere presence is hardly noticed because they are not as vocal or aggressive as their counterparts from the peninsula and Sabah, said Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

“I dare say Sarawak MPs are the least interested to speak. They seldom speak. More often than not their presence in the Dewan Rakyat is never felt because they do not seize the opportunity to be noticed.”

Junaidi told reporters after recording a radio show at RTM Kuching yesterday.

“Maybe they think they are representatives of their constituencies, thus should focus on problems in their constituencies … problems that they can solve by directly meeting local government officials.

“This is not entirely right because they must realise that they are representing their constituencies as members of parliament, as such in the Dewan, they should be able to debate on policies and how these policies can benefit our state, etc.

“Our MPs should be able to voice their concern over international matters such as disputed territories like the Ambalat islands and the Batu Putih. You must show yourselves as (knowledgeable) all-rounders,” said Junaidi.

Nevertheless, he said he must admit that Sarawak MPs were hard to match when it came to getting things done at the grassroots level.

He said he agreed that it was not necessary for matters like drainage, roads and electricity to be brought up to parliament because they were capable of solving them with local officers.

Nonetheless, he said the state MPs must no longer isolate themselves from the mainstream of parliamentary practice, “otherwise they cannot be part of the whole system”.

He said if they did not actively participate in debates in parliament or were seen as courageous or as aggressive as the MPs from other states, this could affect the people’s support for BN in the next election.

In this respect, Junaidi said he admired Sabah MPs whom he described as “not shy to speak when debating motion of thanks to the Yang Di Pertuan Agong’s speech, policy speeches by ministers and any other motion in the parliament”.

“Just don’t sit at the back there so much so that people do not know where you are. You’ll be surprised that some ministers do not know you because you never speak … because publicity (as a consequence of your involvement in parliament).

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