By Richard Lias
1. Accusations
that the Barisan Nasional ( BN) government marginalised certain races in its
development policy are not true and unfair on the state BN government.
DIG: The
government must be transparent by publishing the fact on the allegation to
prove its sincerity and honesty. A mere statement in today’s world is hard to
believe without hard evidence which we find hard to accept. That’s why in
today’s world, transparency is being pursued as the standard procedure to
guarantee that truth prevails. There is no necessity for the Minister to deny
without facts. The fact that we have points to the contrary. We have quoted the
management of Yayasan Sarawak as a case in point, where Dayak are marginalized.
Another case that we wish to highlight and to which the Minister’s should pay
attention is Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA), a state statutory
body set up in 1981 with the stated objective to be the catalyst in land
development. If you look into the management line-up of LCDA as published in
its website, you will see that ALL Senior Managers are from one ethnic group.
With this kind of exclusiveness, we could have used a stronger word other than
marginalization. However, we chose not to, out of respect for the Chief
Minister whom we believe is fair minded and inclusive.
