Amateurs doomed Sabah from the start

Jeffrey Kitingan claims which Sabahans have been right away profitable a price for a follies of these yesteryear domestic novices.

KOTA KINABALU: Amateurs in Sabah's domestic locus were a means of a state losing its autonomous rights as well as privileges when it assimilated joined Singapore, Sarawak as well as Malaya to form Malaysia in 1963, local opposition statesman Jeffrey Kitingan charged.

He pronounced Sabahans have been right away profitable a price due to poorly prepared as well as fresh initial leaders carrying been selected to come to terms Sabah's entrance in to a association as a initial member.

"All we had were Donald Stephens (Fuad Stephens), a Form Five school leaver as well as Mustapha Harun who finished usually Primary Six, during a top of a care of a young nation," he said.

The conduct of State Reform Party (STAR) Sabah chapter told a entertainment during a Borneo Tea Party in Kota Kinabalu which this was a reason Sabah became contingent upon Kuala Lumpur as well as Malayan leaders for guidance as well as leadership, which a latter gladly provided.

Kitingan pronounced little did those Sabah leaders realize which Malayan leaders had their own agendas as well as priorities.

"Their agendas as well as priorities were not a same as ours as well as they took full advantage of this situation.

"It was hapless which when Sabah was persuaded to stick on Singapore, Sarawak as well as Malaya to form Malaysia, she was politically confused as well as did not have prepared nor gifted leaders to come to terms as well as take upon a responsibilities of a young nation, what some-more be part of a fed! eration, " he said.

Sabahans, he added, should right away thus grow up as well as take charge of their state as well as resolve their problems instead of relying as well many upon Kuala Lumpur.

He pronounced Sabahans contingency realize what dependence had brought them as well as understand which a "neglect of responsibilities meant a detriment of a liberty as well as special rights, detriment of domestic franchise, detriment of revenues as well as carry out of a state's many profitable natural resource".

"Yet we Sabahans continue to be contingent upon KL as well as Malaya for leadership. We continue to believe which but a support of a pronounced care of a so called national or Malayan domestic parties we have been doomed," he said.

Divided upon joining federation

Former Sabah attorney-general Herman J Luping in his book "Indigenous Ethnic Communities of Sabah The Kadazandusun" wrote which a important personalities in a creation of a Malaysian Federation from Sabah Stephens, Mustapha, G S Sundang as well as Khoo Siak Siew were divided upon a offer.

Luping, also a former emissary arch apportion during a Usno-led Alliance government (1967-1976), pronounced when Tunku Abdul Rahman proposed a arrangement of Malaysia in 1961, a initial greeting of a four Sabah leaders differed.

"Mustapha accepted a devise outright, Stephens did not, nor did Sundang as well as Khoo," he wrote.

However, after several rounds of meetings a four initial leaders agreed which Sabah stick on Singapore, Sarawak as well as a Federation of Malaya to form a new republic called Malaysia. Sabah strictly became part of Malaysia upon Sep! t 16, 19 63.

What subsequently happened was Stephens became a arch minister, Mustapha was made conduct of state (then known as Yang di-Pertua Negara), Sundang was emissary arch apportion as well as Khoo was allocated a Cabinet minister.

Singapore was ejected from a association in 1965.

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