Putrajaya unilaterally appointing a new non-local as Unimas chairman before the current Chairman contract expiry (April 30, 2021) has created disappointment and uproar in Sarawak. This shows that federal government has never treated Sarawak and Sabah as equal partners.在目前的Unimas大学主席合同到期(2021年4月30日)之前,布城单方面任命一名新的非本地人担任Unimas大学主席,这在砂拉越造成了失望和骚动。这表明联邦政府从未将砂拉越和沙巴视为平等伙伴。
Putrajaya disregards the delicate feeling of Sarawak people just may be they interpret Sarawak CM views wrongly thinking CM will not object to such arrangement? Why CM and his lawyers team silence so deafening? GPS government should make a stand to accept or reject the appointment especially with reason of no working permit will be issued for such post and it is reserved for Sarawak people?
布城无视砂拉越人的细腻的感觉,也许是他们错误地认为砂拉越首长的观点会认为砂拉越首长不会反对这种安排吗?为什么砂拉越首长和他的律师团队沉默得如此震耳欲聋?砂拉越政党联盟(GPS)政府应该采取立场接受或拒绝任命,特别是因为将不会颁发此类职位的工作许可证,而该职位是应该为砂拉越人保留的不是吗?
In view of such non negotiable issue threatening the very right of Sarawak, some would suggest CM and his GPS government should at DUN call for an emergency meeting to unilateral declare independence. By not proceeding to answer the wish of Sarawak people for independence, Sarawak government will be perceived by federal government and sarawak people as weak, scared and indecisive in championing the Sarawak rights. Further federal government other decisions with the intention to further erode Sarawak rights will follow and Sarawak GPS government will continue to play the role of punching bag? Will this affect the outcome of coming Sarawak election especially when there is undesired rumour that 23 GPS YBs intended to jump ship?
鉴于此类不可谈判的问题威胁着砂拉越的权利,有人建议砂拉越首长及其砂拉越政党联盟(GPS)政府应在砂拉越议会(DUN)召开紧急会议,以单方面宣布独立。如果不继续回应砂拉越人民的独立愿望,联邦政府和砂拉越人民就会将砂拉越政府视为在捍卫砂拉越权利的软弱,恐惧和优柔寡断。为了进一步侵蚀砂拉越的权利,联邦政府还将做出其他不利砂拉越自主权的决定,而砂拉越政党联盟(GPS)将继续扮演出气筒的角色吗?这是否会影响即将到来的砂拉越大选的结果,特别是在有谣言说有23个砂拉越政党联盟(GPS)的立法议员 (YBs)打算跳槽到另一个政党的时候?
SUPP Women slams Putrajaya for appointing non-local as Unimas chairman
(Malay Mail - Friday, 03 Jan 2020 09:34 PM MYT BY SULOK TAWIE)
KUCHING, Jan 3 — The Women wing of the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) today slammed the federal government for appointing a non-Sarawakian to be chairman of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) without consulting the state government.
Its chief Kho Teck Wan said the appointment of Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) chairman Tan Sri Kamal Mat Salih as the fourth Unimas chairman has come as a shock to people of Sarawak.
“Prior to this, all previous appointments have been filled by Sarawakians after consultation with the Sarawak government,” Kho said when commenting on the appointment of Kamal for a three-year term, effective two days ago.
She expressed regret that the appointment was done abruptly since the term of the third board chairman Tan Sri Sulong Matjeraie will not expire until April 30, 2021.
She questioned the rationale of the federal government for appointing a non-Sarawakian as there are many Sarawakians who have the qualifications to hold the post.
“What is the reason to replace the current chairman in such a hurry?” she asked.
Kho also questioned if the interests of Sarawakians, especially in terms of priority entry to Unimas, will remain the same with a non- Sarawakian as the chairman.
Kho said Kamal’s appointment is one of various “disturbing and conflicting stunts” against Sarawak made by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government.
She said a month after the PH government took over Putrajaya, the national oil company Petronas filed a legal challenge against Sarawak government over the right to regulate oil and gas upstream activities in Sarawak.
“Soon after, the federal government announced the relocation of the Office of the Registrar of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu without the consultation of the state government.
Kho said in the case of Unimas, it has been the tradition that a Sarawakian is made the board chairman.
She said the first chairman was former state secretary Tan Sri Bujang Mohammed Nor, the second was former Sarawak Foundation deputy chairman and director of the Malaysian Centre for Development Studies, Dr Hatta Solhi, before the appointment of Sulong, a former federal court judge, on May 1, 2018.
Latest Update: 6 Jan 2020
KAMAL Salih has quit as the new chairman of the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) chairman, after the state government made known its displeasure over his appointment public.
The former Wangsa Maju MP said it was pointless for him to take up the post after the state said it preferred a local.