KUCHING, Dec 2 2025: The disastrous outings by PKR, DAP and Perikatan Nasional (PN) and to some extent Umno in last week’s Sabah election are a stark reminder that the Malayan politicians cannot take Sabah and Sarawak’s rights for granted anymore, activist Peter John Jaban warned today.
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Peter John Jaban: The local voters will no longer accept the rhetoric and empty promises
He said the federal leadership and political parties from Malaya must understand that Sabah and Sarawak are no longer peripheral regions that can be treated as political testing grounds.
“The local voters will no longer accept the rhetoric, empty promises, or populist peninsula-centered politics,” he said in his analysis of the Sabah state polls held on November 29.
“The time to respect Borneo’s rights and voices has arrived or else the people will act for themselves during elections,” he said.
Peter urged Putrajaya to respect the decisions of the people and the autonomy of the Borneo states and return their rights that have remained unfulfilled.
He also Putrajaya to stop marginalising Borneo states for national political gain, saying that the people of Sabah and Sarawak will no longer submit silently.
Peter said they demand justice, integrity, and dignity, and as an activist, he stands with them until their rights are fully restored.
He noted that PKR and PN each won one seat while DAP lost all the eight seats it contested. BN-Umno just managed to win six seats.
Peter stressed that the disastrous outings are not merely a defeat, it is a direct political rebuke from the people of Sabah.
He said the Sabahans, particularly urban Chinese and local communities, rejected PKR and DAP, which are parts of the unity government, because of the unfilled promises, failing to understand local interests and realities and giving priority to national agenda over local interests.
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