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THE overture by Star president and first deputy chief minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan for a merger between the Sabah Tanahairku (Star) party and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) reflects one of Star’s slogan, “Unity is Duty”, a demonstration of his ultraistic motive for a larger and stronger Momogun-based political entity.
ALTHOUGH the proud father of Penny Wong – Australia’s first Foreign Minister of Asian origin – Chartered Architect Professor Dr Ar Francis Wong, 82, who passed away in Melbourne on May 30, was forced to return to Sabah after graduating in architecture in 1967 because of the infamous “White Australian Policy”.
IN the middle of last month, all of a sudden the United Sabah National Organisation (Usno) was accepted into Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), a coalition of the State’s governing parties including PBS but excluding Umno and its BN partners.
I say all of a sudden because in the waiting list are three other Sabah political parties – KDM, LDP and PCS. But only Usno was accepted
A current hot topic is the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution to make party-hopping illegal. It was supposed to have been tabled and passed in Parliament a month or two ago. But what kept it on hold is the fine-tuning.
For example, if a law maker is sacked by his/her party, can that be considered as party-hopping? It is not my intention to comment on whether the proposed law is good or bad. I leave that to the politicians and readers