No Cabinet Decision to Abolish JPPS: Sidek

See... I told you so!

Didn't I tell you so?! The Prime Minister WILL NOT disband the Sabah Federal Development Department (JPPS). The Federal BN has no intention to close down the JPPS . To quote the report under this headline in a local daily today on the statement by Chief Secretary to the Government, TS Md Sidek Hassan:

"no decision has been made on the proposal to disband the Sabah Federal Development Department (JPPS). He said the Federal Cabinet did discuss the proposal on Wednesday but that no decision was made on the issue, which was raised by the Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) when it met with the Prime Minister earlier this week. We did discuss the matter and I have related the results of the discussion (at the Federal Cabinet meeting) to the Chief Minister of Sabah this (Thursday) morning. As what has been promised by the Prime Minister, we are willing to consider the proposal and it will be discussed thoroughly to achieve the objectives that were discussed earlier (during the the Prime Minister's meeting with the Sabah BN leaders on Monday), he said." (Daily Express, p1-2, 11/04/08)

Uuiii urang BN Sabah, kamu inda sedar kah kamu kena tipu oleh ketua BN kamu, itu Perdana Menteri sendiri??? The Prime Minister lied through his teeth right to your face, and you cannot even SEE the reality of the situation. All Sidek need to do is putar belit on the words the PM used (look again at the pix of his face in the article...can't you see the obvious snicker as he struggles hard to hide his laughter at your stupidity!). Of course, the PM made a promise to you last Monday. Yes, he made you a promise. The promise that he made to you was: 'he will consider your proposals and to discuss them thoroughly". Technically, as stated by Sidek (see the purposely bolded part in para above), the PM fulfilled his promise which was to 'consider your proposals and to discuss them thoroughly' on Wednesday (09/04/08) at the Federal Cabinet meeting. Yes, he did fulfill his promise, after all, so no more accusing si lembek of only giving empty promises! So, to all BN leaders who submitted your wonderful proposals last Monday, the Prime Minister has indeed fulfilled all his promises to you. He promised you that he consider ALL your proposals and to discuss them thoroughly, which he did. So, technically, he fulfilled his promise. You see, the PM never lied to the Sabah BN reps and the Sabahans. The fact of the matter is this: the PM NEVER promised to close down the JPPS. The PM NEVER promised to resolve all problems relating to illegal aliens, MyKad, giving more ministerial posts to Sabah MPs, borneonisation of federal departments, street kids, poverty, etc. He NEVER made any promise to resolve any of these Sabah problems! The PM never promised to make any decision on these problems. The ONLY promise he made to the Sabah BN leaders last Monday is this: he will consider your proposals and to discuss them thoroughly'. Come the following Wednesday, the PM fulfilled that promise, he considered the proposals and discussed them thoroughly at the Federal Cabinet. Promise fulfilled. Job done. Sidek informed the Sabah Chief Minister on the fulfillment of PM's promise. End of story. See what excellent loyar buruk we have managing this country!!!

Next question. Why won't the PM disband the JPPS? Because JPPS is more or less like the 'Wang Ehsan' for Terengganu. The JPPS was established in Sabah during the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) rule (1985-1994 thereabouts) when it was still an opposition party "to oversee the implementation of Federal projects in the State" (DE, p2, 11/04/08). Last Monday, the Sabah BN leaders propose to PM "to abolish the JPPS so as to smoothen the implementation of Federal projects by channeling funds to the State Government through the Chief Minister's Department". Gosh! Does the Sabah BN leaders actually believe that the PM would allow federal government money to be channeled to the Sabah Chief Minister's Office? Are you people serious in actually believing that that is a remote possibility? Gosh! I am just speechless! Buduuuh butul urang Sabah ni! I bet my bottom dollar that those in the Federal Cabinet must have been rolling on the floor laughing their heads off last Wednesday at the stupidity of the Sabah BN leaders. I'm sure they must have ask: Are these Sabah BN leaders for real?!! Whoah...back up a minute, there. No, don't be fooled by all these wayang kulit. Something is definitely going on behind the scene. You think the Sabah BN leaders are fools? Nahhh. They, too, want (and all these while must have been having, I am sure) their hands in the cookie jar. It's all wayang kulit...and it's all about dollars and sen!

If you can recall my take on this in my last article "Sabah will be duly rewarded: PM", posted last 8th April, that I was very sure the Federal BN will NOT close down the JPPS. In that article I wrote:

"JPPS has been in Sabah for about 20 years. It doesn't look like it is ready to close shop. It is already deeply entrenched within the underground halls and dark spaces where fattened contractors and well-fed government servants negotiate and roam. Imagine, if you may, a cancer growing and and flourishing in a human body for 20 long years. Imagine how obnoxious and abhorrent that cancer would look today. You cut away the cancer, not sure whether the host will live. So are we still surprise that JPPS is very much alive, fat and kicking even as we speak? You think they and their few hosts will want JPPS to close shop? Well, think again."

Of course, the PM and his cronies, his SIL included, will not allow the JPPS to close. Otherwise, how can they get their grubby hands on the federal government money that are meant for development in Sabah. Remember, the Wang Ehsan, the Patrick Lim and the Monsoon Cup of Terengganu. Well, the JPPS will be the Patrick Lim (the proxy of you-know-who) et al who will control the Wang Ehsan and build all kinds of Monsoon Cups (including the RM15 million schools-turned-white elephants, projects that we don't hear about, and possibly the upcoming Sabah Development Corridor) in Sabah. JPPS will be very much needed to continue in Sabah to enrich certain umnoputras especially in the next 5 years and hopefully forever, if Sabahans continue to be buduh. In the end, Malaysian politics is about grabbing or stealing as much money as possible from the federal and ALL states (so-called) development projects. Yes, that, in a nutshell, is Malaysian politics.

I'd give my left pinky to know what the Sabah Chief Minister is now thinking, now that TS Sidek had already informed him that the PM will not share with him even a single sen from all that federal development money that Sabah should be getting in the next 5 years. Or maybe, they have made some nice arrangement already (in which case, I'll take back my bet). Wayang kulit lah, of course...it's all just wayang kulit and oscar-standard acting. That and of course the fact that politics in Sabah, and worst , politics in Malaysia, is all about becoming rich instantly. Malaysian politics (state politics included) is the biggest, largest and most successful get-rich-quick scheme in the nation's history. Oh my...that is Malaysian politics in a nutshell.