Corrupt officials got away with treacherous, treasonous and traitorous issuance of ICs.
KOTA KINABALU: The Royal Commission of Inquiry on Illegal Immigrants in Sabah (RCI) was a political gimmick for the General Election last year to hoodwink Sabahans to vote Umno/BN. It was also a manipulated cover-up to absolve the Federal Government, its leaders and the political party referred to in Project IC.
Star Sabah Chief Jeffrey Kitingan stressed these points when commenting on the RCI Report released on Wednesday.
”Faced with a potential revolt by Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and a loss in the General Elections last Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak relented with the RCI in a face-saving gesture and political gimmick,” said Jeffrey. ”The insincerity of the Federal Government was clear from the outset with the delay in setting out the Terms of Reference (TOR).”
When the TOR was announced, added Jeffrey, it only reinforced the view that the RCI was just a whitewash to pacify angry Sabahans including PBS President, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who had issued an ultimatum on the issue of illegal immigrants.
”Now that the RCI Report has been released, the government has downgraded it from ‘Royal Commission’ to a mere ‘Commission of Enquiry”, said Jeffrey. “Such is the insincerity of the federal government.”
Despite its limited scope and lack of pursuit of the truth by the parties involved, it is important to note that the RCI made two very substantive and damning findings, viz. there was an issuance of at least 67,675 blue ICs to illegal immigrants and citizenships granted to at least 68,703 foreigners but concluded that the exact numbers could not be determined; and an undetermined number of these illegal immigrants were entered in the electoral rolls.
“The actual number is at least 1.5 to 1.7 million ICs dubiously issued based on the population census in 2010,” said Jeffrey. ”The number of dubious voters, based on the electoral rolls last year was at least 250,000 to 300,000 out of a total of 982,337 registered voters in Sabah.”
Despite the finding by the RCI that the number of illegal voters could not be determined, pointed out Jeffrey, the Federal Attorney General claimed that the number of voters involved would not affect any election results.
“The RCI’s opinion that the government and political parties were not involved in Project IC was a laughable and feeble attempt to absolve the Federal Government and past leaders and Umno,” said Jeffrey. ”It is unbelievable that a syndicate aided by corrupt officials could have gotten away with such treacherous, treasonous and traitorous issuance of ICs.”
Then there was also evidence of illegals being entered in the electoral rolls and of the giving out of actual voters’ data to enable foreigners to vote, alleged Jeffrey. “The corrupt officials at the National Registration Department (NRD) and Election Commission (EC) were not considered when the RCI opined that the government was not implicated.”
The RCI was not empowered under the TOR to go after the culprits responsible for the issuance of dubious ICs in Sabah and this clears wrong-doers of illegal issuance of ICs and entry of phantom voters, observed Jeffrey. ”Other than its two findings which is only a mild acknowledgement of the true numbers and which everyone in Sabah already knows, no one in Sabah believes the RCI Report.”
Sabahans everywhere are now even angrier than ever with the Federal Government for the cover-up, he stressed.
Talking too much about this matter is useless. They won't take any action if, and only if their cronies had been involved.
ReplyDeleteThe only best solution without any alternative is, never give your Sabahan votes to BN in the next general election. This advise is also addressed to Sarawakian as well. Ini kalilah!!!