this is why sept 16 must be declared a holiday
(Daily Express) - Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) said implications for Sabah and Sarawak to accept Malaya’s independence date (Aug 31, 1957) as Malaysia’s Independence Day is to deny and distort the facts of history and to disregard the importance of Sabah’s own independence from Britain.
“Sabah and Sarawak are not part of Malaya, neither did we join Malaysia.
Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya (all independent state entities) came together to merge and form a Federal Government to govern a federated nation called Malaysia.
“Such a nation was only formalised and declared on Sept. 16, 1963,” said PKR Vice President Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
According to him, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Barisan Nasional (BN) must decide whether Sarawak and Sabah are important variables in the Malaysia equation or only Malaya is.
“If yes, then Sept 16 should be declared a public holiday,” he said, pointing out that he disagreed with Najib’s reasoning for rejecting Sept 16 as a public holiday. “Sabah and Sarawak had nothing to do with Malaya’s Independence in 1957 so why should we be forced to mark that day?,” he asked.
September 16 should be Malaysia’s National Day as that is the day Malaysia was born and it is more meaningful as Sabah, Sarawak and the peninsula are featured together on this date.
“If we really want to promote national unity and territorial integration, we can then share and celebrate a common date or anniversary. That being the case, Sept 16 should be declared a national holiday,” he said.
As for Aug 31, he said it can be celebrated separately as Independence Day for the peninsula (1957) and Sabah and Sarawak (1963) as the years are different.
“Celebrating Malaysian Independence on Aug 31, 1957 does not make sense for two reasons namely, Malaysia only existed in 1963 and Sabah and Sarawak have no feeling of affinity or connection to 1957,” he said.
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i guess not many of us really know what’s the meaning behind the Sept 16 eh. how much has history change to the course of one’s benefits and the only remaining fact is ‘we are not yet free from the hands of imperial’. sabah is a free nation yet tied under the ruling dictactorship of malaya. malaysia is a federation same like the European Union, should non of the countries govern someone else’s. Only in the federation of malaysia can a country to be striped down to become a state and absorbed under one united flag. did i just write ‘united’? how pity are we.
Revolution of the People Power in New Malaysia is going to happen. Our current ruling racist UMNO (Undemocratic Malay Nazi Organistaion) have turn against their citizen. If this Malay Nazi party turns anti against their very rakyat, what have we become? We becomes anti-UNMO automatically, right !
The sentiment of the rakyat in West Malaysia is just eagerly waiting for a new government to take place. We just hate this BN government. They are so corrupted, racist and they even can cover up a murder.
The problem is East Malaysian have given them a simple majority in the last GE2008. I guess BN must have treated them very well.
i wonder the purpose and reason again for Jeffery using PKR this issue. i had been listening him talk and argue about the special autonomy rights and some other issues but had done nothing to act. maybe he can’t do anything about it. thou, once upon a time, Jeffery Kitingan has the power to make a changes to this states and he choose to keep silent and do nothing. now, he pretended to fight this issue again and i hope that the people will not again be fooled into this cheap shot scam.
seriously, i think the sabahan don’t even dare to fight for the rights of their states and let others like PKR and DAP to fight something they don’t belong. no matter they win or not, the people of the sabah state is the losing party because they don’t dare to lead and be example to the people state and stand for what they deserved and promised long time ago.
malayan boleh!
sabahan tidak boleh