Penampang, Sabah, April 7, 2018– At the Kapayan DAP 14th General Election Preparations Dinner held in Penampang, Sabah, DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang told the audience that Prime Minister and Barisan Nasional Chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s manifesto, themed “Bersama BN Hebatkan Negaraku” (With BN for a Greater Malaysia) is wrong and misleading as “Bersama BN” will not “Hebatkan Negaraku” but “Hancurkan Negaraku”. He said that instead of becoming a great nation admired and respected by the world for our accomplishments in various fields of human endeavour, the latest Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2017 shows that Malaysia fell to the lowest ranking of No. 62 out of 180 countries, which is the lowest ranking in 23 years. He also said Najib “copied” Trump’s use of an ”anti-fake news” campaign not to combat fake news based on lies and false information but to impose a new form of censorship to suppress reports about abuses of power and corruption, in particular the 1MDB scandal.
The Barisan Nasional manifesto launched in Kuala Lumpur tonight pledged to implement the Malaysia Agreement 1963 proposals based on consensus achieved in Barisan Nasional. According to Lim Kit Siang, this is a real cop-out since consensus has got nothing to do with implementing the Malaysia Agreement 1963. However, he promised that if Pakatan Harapan wins the GE14 and forms the new Federal Government, they will implement the Malaysia Agreement 1963 without hesitation or compromise as the question of a consensus does not arise.
At the close of his speech, he reminded Sabahans that it is completely unacceptable that after more than half a century of nationhood, the people of Sabah still do not have basic infrastructures of clean water, electricity, health, education and transportation.
