Put Mahathir on the stand. Enough said. The ex-PM must be tried for high treason! What risk? The elections will be held before the RCI report is out. No one will be implicated. Why? Because this is not in the terms of reference. The traitors in UMNO would go free as a result. A sham RCI without nailing traitors and acts of TREASON. Dr Chong Eng Leong's claim that "only one third of Sabah citizens, or 1.6 million people, were genuine Sabahans. The rest became citizens under the citizenship-for-votes scheme dubbed 'Project IC' or ‘Project M' (M for Mahathir), on top of one to two million more foreigners in the country.", shows the extent of Mahathir's atrocity of political re-engineering to drastically alter the demographic of Sabah and that of the country. This is perhaps the most unscrupulous, damaging piece of Mahathir's misrule during his 22 year reign. Of course, Lim Ket Siang is right in saying this illegal act is now being duplicated and extended to Peninsula, especially Selangor in effort to wrest control of the state. Najib does not call Sabah as BN's 'fixed deposits' for nothing, it's not Sabah as such but rather the newly neutralized illegals in exchange for votes.What risk! They have rigged the RCI to say what they want to in the end. Haven't we Malaysians learnt our lessons from this corrupt ruling regime. Its all a smoke screen for the GE13.LKS is absolutely right. The RCI TOR is seriously lacking as to investigating who was involved in introducing and implementing it. We all know who is, because the BN govt and it's pm are responsible for this. Something like this can't be done without knowledge and initiation of the PM himself. So that is the very reason for not touching on that subject. Protecting mahathir, Sabah umno leaders, NRD and EC , even police in coordinating all this. The TOR makes it sound that there is NO Treason in this case? Shameful tOR and yet najib is being applauded? Najib is the Mr Shame himself , don't expect anything. Steve can only say what umno will allow him to investigate or say in terms of findings
What we are interested to know is will the RCI on Illegal Immigrant in Sabah just end like other RCI's like Lingam, TBH.........?Will Steve Shim accept after 1) refusing to be included in the Bersih 3 panel? And more importantly 2) after seeing his effort in the Lingam gate inquiry conveniently marked "NFA"?Reminder Najib Hope its will not end up just as TBH and Lingam Case.With other as well.RCI finding are gethering dust no NFA.Why due to TUN M was found one of them to save his neck equally Macc Necks as wellAny guess what will come out after the completion of this RCI, if it is allowed to complete before GE13? This Ajib is just buying time. He completely ignore a request for one earlier and now, knowing how much this so-called safe deposit has deteriorated, he was forced to go begging and making promises - as we know, his promises are meant to be broken and forgotten till the next time he needs you. He is obviously a puppet with strings being pulled. Absolutely confused what he is doing - totally inconceivable all these flip-floppings by him for a person in his position It will be another Teoh Beng Hock. They annnounced the RCI before the by election to placate voters. After the election, they just abused the verdict, and no one was punished when MACC was squarely cornered. If you all believe Najib, he will take you to hell.The influx of Illegal is due to wide border within Indonesia/philipine.To find out past issue is one thing but the remedy for now and furture, Should their be a promineint person from the ATM Border /cost guard,Navy,Marine police rope in as well like the time during vietam days.They were task to sent them off with some place in a island until they return back to their home land proper
PR CAN ESTABLISH A BETTER RCI FOR MALAYSIA COZ THOSE FROM SABAH PROJECT IC ARE NOW ALL OVER M'SIA.JUST IMAGINE HOW CAN A CROOK CATCH ITS MASTER!
have an additional term:suggest two more tor: One: to establish and disclose any special directive (and by who), to solicit and issue Malaysian Blue ICs and citizenship documents to persons illegally and wilfully. Two: to establish and disclose any special unit/task force/clandestine operation within the Malaysian public service to carry out illegal directive to solicit and issue Malaysian Blue ICs and citizenship documents to persons illegally and wilfully. Who issued directive for issuance of citizenship to non qualified immigrants. a RCI now and just like before just ignore its recommendations! Just stop pulling the wool over our eyes! BN is desperate, as its looking at its "fixed deposit" turning into a "debt" account! It would be better for PR to conduct an RCI with fresh terms of reference, instead of the trash at present!What "wide ranging" terms of reference is this? Why isn't there a term to find the culprits behind this and bring them to justice? They are traitors. How can you confer citizenship to illegals. Mahathir says it's ok. What logic is this? These traitors need to be brought to justice. A RCI that does not address this is NOT a RCI but a eye wash. Sabahans should vote BN out to get justice!Term of Reference 9 : To determine the person(s) who directed the issuance of blue identity cards to illegal immigrants in violation of the laws and recommend the actions to be taken against them terms of reference do seem fairly comprehensive on the face of it, which is a surprise. How've, since it is unlikely to report, or any action taken, prior to the GE, it's outcome is somewhat academic unless PKR take over Putrajaya (please god!). The other big question is whether it's recommendations will ever be implemented or will they just be shlved like all the previous RCIs. Another reason why PKR must take over Putrajaya.
Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced an 8-point terms of referencefor a long-awaited Royal Commission of Inquiry into Sabah's illegal migrants problem, but he failed to stem the tide of indignation sweeping through the state, with the people still deeply angered by his federal government's perceived bad faith towards them through the decades.
"We fear it is another eyewash. Most of the panel members are staunch BN supporters who have worked as top civil servants. They will surely try to show their gratitude to Najib and Mahathir," PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
"The other factor is the 6-months time-frame. We believed the RCI was intentionally delayed so as to allow Najib and BN to dodge the outcome of the RCI findings until after the 13th general election. I think we all know
about President Obama and Mitt Romney's being two unelectable candidates about to face off in the general election.
There were many unanswered questions at the time, and much has transpired since, but let's take a look again at the equation.
Well, different day, same story. After all these many months, we still have two unelectable candidates running against each other. If you look at historical precedents, Gov. Romney and President Obama wouldn't be able to win this presidential election. But because they face each other, someone has to win this very tight election.
Let's take a look at President Obama. According to the latest Gallup poll ratings, his approval has been stuck at roughly 47 percent for months. No incumbent president has won re-election with an approval rating consistently in the 40s. Further, Gallup rates the direction of the country, and today it has 28 percent of Americans satisfied with how things are going, and 69 percent dissatisfied. In 2004, in that close election for President Bush, the numbers were 44 percent satisfied and 54 percent dissatisfied, a whopping net difference for President Obama of minus 31 points.
Further, the Consumer Confidence numbers that Bloomberg News tracks on consumer attitudes toward the economy and spending show the latest levels at minus 39.7. A number much more akin to President George H. W. Bush. who lost re-election (minus 42), than President George W. Bush, who won re-election (minus 5).
Now, Gov. Romney's turn. His personal ratings in the latest ABC News poll show him with a net negative of minus 9 points (40 percent view him favorably, 49 percent view him unfavorably). He finished the primary season with the lowest favorability of any nominee since ABC News-Washington Post has been doing polling the past 28 years. No nominee of a major party has won the presidency with that high a negative favorability going into Election Day.
So, where does this leave us?
First, this is some explanation for why the campaigns have conducted themselves the way they have. Neither one, it seems, can run and win on its own record or its own approval. This is why for the past few weeks, 90 percent of the television ads run by both campaigns have been negative. And this doesn't seem likely to change. It seems the message from Romney is "Fire Obama,' and from President Obama it is, "Don't Hire Romney."
Second, the electorate is almost totally polarized at this point, with Republicans solidly backing Romney and Democrats solidly behind the president. And each side is unified in its dislike for the opposing party candidate, so there doesn't look like much room to gather votes across the aisle. And so the battleground for this election will be a tiny percentage of swing voters (roughly 5 or 6 percent) who are either undecided or soft in their support; meaning this seems to be an election that is likely to stay within the margin of error all the way until November, absent a major surprise or mistake.
In February, I speculated that this might leave room for a third party. That is no longer possible because the major-party supporters are solidly behind their candidates. And I also thought that Romney might be able to adjust the equation by unifying the Republicans. He has done so, but so has the president with Democrats. So it's a wash.
Two unelectable candidates running overwhelming negative campaigns against each other will result in one's winning and one's losing in November, but with the winner unlike to have a mandate for governing or a vision that the public was behind. And with the results in congressional races likely to produce a Congress even more split, it certainly doesn't bode well for functional governing next year.
I hold out hope that in the next three months something will break this dynamic, and give us an opportunity to deal with the major issues in a positive way. But I am realistic that whoever wins the election as president might be akin to the No. 2 finisher at the Tour de France who won because the winner was disqualified.
GE-13 will surely be called within these 6 months."
Eyewash like the Lingam and Teoh Beng Hock RCIs
At a press conference in the Umno headquarters in Kota Kinabalu, Najib said the RCI would be given 6 months to investigate allegations that foreigners had been unlawfully awarded Malaysian identity cards.
Many Sabahans have accused former premier Mahathir Mohamad of conferring either citizenship or permanent residency to the illegals in this manner in exchange for them promising to vote for the BN during elections.
Najib, who flew in today ahead of Sunday's mammoth rally in Kota Marudu where Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim is due to speak, said the RCI would also probe whether the Sabah illegals had been given citizenship and was this done legally.
“The formation of this RCI proves the federal government’s commitment to investigate the issues surrounding the presence of illegal immigrants in Sabah. The government hopes that Sabahans will benefit from this inquiry and join the government in seeking the best strategy and method to solve the problem,” Najib told reporters (scroll below for the RCI's 8 terms of reference).
The five-member RCI panel will be chaired by former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Steve Chim Lip Kiong and will comprise four commissioners ― former Universiti Malaysia Sabah vice-chancellor Prof Dr Kamaruzaman Ampon, former Sabah Attorney-General Herman J Luping, Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation deputy chairman and former Kuala Lumpur police chief Henry Poy-Wu, and former Sabah State Secretary Kee Mustafa.
RCI won't solve core problem of INFLUX
Like Tian, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang too slammed Najib for the tepid and 'insincere' RCI, which he doubts could do much to resolve the four-decades-old problem.
Indeed, Sabahans have long protested illegal migrants problem, which has brought on widespread social and economic misery.
Overcrowding, rising crime, shortage of housing and facilities, fighting for jobs and educational opportunities amid an economic pie shrunk by political corruption have kept Sabah one of the poorest of Malaysia's 13 states despite it owning massive oil and timber wealth.
"No RCI as Sabah RCIII (Illegal Immigrants) assailed with such ocean of public skepticism/doubt it is bona fide solution 2 four-decade problem. Can RCI probe Project M n call up Mahathir as star-witness? Can RCI probe those responsible for massive issue of false documents? Why has PM taken six months to finalise eight RCI terms of reference? BN rejected my Sabah RCI motion in Parliament in 2008 - why?" said Kit Siang in a statement.
"The scope of the RCI is very limited. Mostly on how illegal immigrants became voters. It won't solve the core problem of influx," said Tian.
Revolt in Sabah BN
A third senior BN leader is expected to announce his intention to join the Sabah Reform Front at the Kota Marudu rally, where Anwar is the guest of honor. The Sabah movement has aligned itself to Anwar's Pakatan Rakyat, which currently forms the federal Opposition and governs 4 of the country's 13 states.
Lajim Ukin, an Umno Supreme Council member and the MP for Beaufort, had sent a shudder through the BN when he handed in his resignation last month. He is expected to contest under the PAS flag during GE-13.
Wilfrid Bumburing, the Upko deputy president and MP for Tuaran, was the other leader who left Upko and BN to form Sabah Reform Front.“What Dr Mahathir did was a blatant betrayal to the people of Sabah and Sarawak on that promise,” Bumburing said in response to "insensitive comments" made by Mahathir Mohamad in a bid perceived as being aimed to help blunt the impact of Najib's vague terms of reference.
Indeed, few Sabahans really held much hope that Najib would order a thorough probe as it is Mahathir who allegedly masterminded the Project M or Project IC in the 1980s. The objective was to pad the BN's voter bank with the illegals so as to ensure the coalition could remain in control of the federal government.
"Would Najib dare to do anything that could get Mahathir arrested? Look at the Lingam tape RCI, where the panel recommended prosecution. Yet Mahathir and all the others involved got away with the Attorney General refusing to take further action. The same thing will happen in the Sabah RCI as it also happened in the Teoh Beng Hock RCI," said Tian.
It's OK, they deserved citizenship - defends Dr M
“On the basis of length of stay and mastering of the national language, they qualify to be citizens of this country. And so they acquired citizenship. By comparison we have many citizens who cannot speak the national language who were accepted as citizens," said Mahathir.
“So why cannot the migrants to Sabah who have all these qualifications be accepted as citizens? The objections for them being accepted seem to be political."
A 2010 census of Sabah’s population shows an extraordinary 390-per cent increase from 636, 431 citizens in 1970 to 3,120,040 citizens in 2010 ― more than double the national population growth of just 164 per cent. Of the 3.12 million Sabahans today, reports have estimated that 27 per cent are foreigners.
“I tell you, it has come to stage when these PTIs (‘pendatang tanpa izin’ or illegal immigrants) dare to speak out. I hear it every day from the people. When they fight for a place to sell vegetables at the markets, our locals are driven out. Yesterday when our locals fought back and said, ‘this is our country’, these foreigners retaliated and said, ‘No, we will be taking over your state very soon’," said Bumburing.
"When our officers reprimand them at government departments, they retort, ‘don’t you be so conceited. Our people will be in your seats soon’. These illegals are costing us our resources, causing health, social problems, they bring drugs and they bring disease to Sabah. But the most important thing is that our sovereignty has been breached and the government has not done anything."
8 terms of reference
The eight terms of reference of the RCI are:
1. To investigate the number of foreigners in Sabah given blue Malaysian ICs or citizenships;
2. To investigate if the award of such ICs or citizenships were according to the law;
3. To investigate if those given blue ICs, temporary identification receipts or citizenships through unlawful means have been registered in Sabah’s electoral roll;
4. To investigate if the authorities have taken any action or made improvements to standard operating procedures (SOPs), methods and regulations to prevent any irregularities in accordance with the law;
5. To conduct a deeper probe into the SOPs, methods and regulations on the award of blue ICs or citizenships to foreigners in Sabah by taking into consideration international norms and standards that are applicable to Malaysia, and to recommend amendments or changes to improve current practices;
6. To investigate the reasons behind Sabah’s population growth according to the following categories:
a) Sabah citizens residing in the state, including those given blue ICs or citizenships through birth certificates (late registration);
b) foreign workers (including family members);
c) illegal immigrants (including family members); and
d) fugitives
and to study their impact on the number of those registered in the electoral roll;
7. To investigate the social implications on the Sabah community following the award of blue ICs or citizenships to foreigners in the state; and
8) To investigate the number of “stateless” foreigners in Sabah given blue ICs or citizenships.
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