KUCHING, Nov 19, 2014:
Abdullah Saidol, chief political secretary to the chief minister, has praised Sarawak PKR
chief Baru Bian for supporting Chief Minister Adenan Satem's tough stance on
corruption and illegal logging in the state.
"I am happy that he (Baru) is supporting our chief
minister in the fight against corruption and illegal logging.
Abdullah (2nd left) shaking hands with Baru as See Chee How (left) and Sharifah Hasidah (right) watching.
"It shows that we (Barisan Nasional and PKR) are
willing to set aside our political differences and to work with and support
each other for the benefit of Sarawak," Abdullah, who is also the state
lawmaker for Semop, told reporters at the sidelines of the State Assembly
sitting, today.
He said the State BN is willing to support any views and
suggestions from PKR as long as these views and suggestions are for the good of
Sarawakians.
Baru, meanwhile, said he agreed with Abdullah that as
long as the views and suggestions are good, either from the BN or PKR, they
needed to be supported.
Abdullah shook hands with Baru in front of the pressmen
at the media centre of State Assembly sitting, gesturing that they will support
each other's views and suggestions. Also present were PKR state lawmaker for Batu Lintang See Chee How and PBB state lawmaker for Samariang Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali.
Abdullah was particularly happy with Baru's statement
yesterday, expressing his support for Adenan.
Baru had told reporters that it was undeniable that the
state's economy, environment and the
people had suffered heavy losses due to corruption and illegal logging over the
past decades.
"The scale of
corruption exposed is the reason that Sarawak is one of the poorest states in
Malaysia despite being wealthy in natural resources.
"The ‘big fish’ is still swimming freely in cool
waters while the smaller fish are feeling the heat. This is the one big thing
that has ‘painted a bad name on us internationally’, to borrow his words,"
Baru had said.
He said that it was also encouraging that 21 government
agencies, corporations and contractors had signed the Corporate Integrity
Pledge.
"However, it is the implementation of the pledge in
their everyday activities that counts and the degree of compliance by these
parties remains to be seen.
"What the Chief Minister has done is a start, but
the results must be seen, if the skeptics and cynics are to be convinced.
"The MACC must take the Chief Minister’s statement
seriously and be given enough resources, and protection if necessary, to
investigate every complaint lodged with them. Ultimately, the people will judge
for themselves and it is prosecutions and convictions that we want," Baru
said.
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