PITAS: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) Sabah President Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey G. Kitingan welcomed United Borneo Front’s (UBF) early activists in re-joining the party to pursue efforts to implement Sabah’s rights under MA63.
Dr Jeffey who is also Deputy Chief Minister said the struggle to claim financial rights and power in accordance with MA63, 20-Point and Borneonisation has been accepted by the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) Government and the Federal Unity Governments.
“Now we can demand the implementation of rights without doubt because the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) has agreed to implement MA63,” he said.
Dr Jeffrey stressed that the struggle to claim the rights of MA63 has become the agenda of all parties and leaders in Borneo, unlike in the past when the ISA (Internal Security Act) was used to imprison people who spoke about rights of the Sabah people.
Dr Jeffrey, who founded UBF more than 10 years ago, said this at a Star Bengkoka gathering at Simpang Kg Rukom-Longgom.
At the ceremony attended by about 400 people, Dr Jeffrey accepted the re-joining of Maklin Masiau along with 320 new members including former Star Youth Chief Hasmin Azroy Abdullah into the party which was supported by Star Bengkoka Division Head, Henry Matimbun Mojongkok.
Dr Jeffrey, who is also State Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry, expressed willingness to assist in the construction of Bengkoka Hall which also houses administrative office facilities.
Maklin once contested on the Star (Sarawak) ticket and was an Independent candidate for Bengkoka in the last state election.
In the 11-cornered contest won by BN-Umno Harun Durabi who obtained 2,538 votes with a majority of 1,337, Maklin obtained 1,149 compared to PBS (898) and the most in the total of 2,855 votes obtained by four Independent candidates.
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