The comment in response by “Mata Kuching” is missing the point which is DBNA was given a government grant of RM7. 0 million to build its headquarters hall at Jalan Ong Tiang Swee, Kuching. And since then Michael Manyin, a minister from PBB of Bidayuh descent from Serian, is tasked to ensuring that money will be generously reciprocated by Bidayuh voters voting for BN i.e. Bidayuh community must be totally gratified for that money for after all when can ever this poor community be elevated to “millionaire” status. This has been it!.
It must also be noted that in Bau where the dinner was recently held during which function Michael Manyin was exhorting unity in the Bidiayuh Community and to vote for BN in the coming GE13, Nansen Nguse was in attendance too. And he should be because simultaneous with the funding given to DBNA above the incumbent ADUN of Tasik Biru was given another fund of RM5.0 million to build his REDEEMS Building. That REDEEMS building he will use yearly to celebrate his Gawai Redeems for building his personal ego and image which would be the underpin to perpetuate his grip in Bau Politics, and thus ensuring he will remain paramount leader until thy kingdom come in Tasik Biru State Constituency.
The call by Micaheal Manyin for Bidayuh Unity, and that all Bidayuh voters will vote BN in the coming GE13 is to ensuring that the status quo will be retained. The creme de la creme of the Bidayuh Community will always and shall remain the existing BN YBs. Of course if their wishes are fulfilled by the gullible poor Bidayuh voters voting for BN upon Michael Manyin’s call as such the same bunch of the status quo peoples will be rewarded: all of them will be millionaires. That is all what they are after. And to make the call for unity appealing to the people at large they promise that only their BN leaders could bring about development and projects. Alas, the project they always put forth will remain the MRP of less than $5K. Now with the economy depleting globally and the availability of funds get scares even while the amount of promised MRP will be getting lesser, their implementations will have to wait after next 10 years of BN provided it remained in office.
I do not think the people should be too worked up by Michael Manyin’s call actually insofar as Nansen and Tkiki are concerned. Both of them are outcast from SPDP. And SPDP has spoken that it will put its own candidate in Mas Gading. And the master tactician in CM Taib will apply the 1983 formula whereby then Peter Minos of PBB used BN ticket to contest while Patau of SNAP used the latter party’s ticket to contest for Tasik Biru. In that contest BN lost it to SNAP’s Patau. And my gut feeling is that CM will not be deterred from whatever he wants to do. Look at how he went to swear himself at midnight after the recent state election. He did so due to fear of Naib might want to persuade him to step down in favour of some-one else from the chief executive seat. And as now he is finally in control of Sarawak’s politic where that could ensure him to last the next at least 10 more years, or at his own wish after all he is the sultan without a crown but more powerful than that. He knows it is Najib that is fighting for survival while knowing that his PBB’s sector is firmly under his control. Therefore he can afford SPDP to square it out in the poll by the above 1983 formula. After all either wins it i.e. between Tiki and SPDP’s candidate, he/she will still under his grip and for BN.
I would only want to caution anyone especially from the civil service and or those who are budding leaders to keep away from the coming fight in Mas Gading. Please leave this fight to those already involved. And do not enlarge the already crowded pit. There is no point. Others are only asking us to fight one another to weaken the community.
Lastly despite what Micahel Manyin recently had exhorted the Bidayuh community to do to vote BN, I still think all of us should take stock of it all. What has we got from these 50 years of BN been in office?. Our community has been the same – “kais pagi makan pagi kais petang makan petang”. Except of course our YBs and those immediately close to them, but only a small number. Therefore make a break for this time round: vote opposition.