Ministers and Wakil Rakyat are our servants
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
Proud and arrogant
Many YB are very proud and arrogant after being elected and put into office by the government. Immediately after their appointment to a cabinet post, they think that there are the highest class of people in this country.
They wanted everybody around them to bow to them and sit up and do everything at their bid and calls. They start to treat their voters with disgust and insignificant and would not listen to their views.
It becomes very difficult to meet them -their excuse is always busy with work even though they might not be doing anything.
They forgot we VOTERS are the BOSS and the YBs and Ministers are our SERVANTS.
Our servant
Ministers and Wakil Rakyat are our servant. We elect them to work for us, to help us with our problem. As their BOSS we are giving them too much face and uncalled for respect. We fuss over them too much.
But we know of so many cases of our Ministers being upset if the reception for them is not to their satisfaction. They wanted to be given the best seat, the best food, eevn some insisted on getting the prettiest girl to seat beside them.
Ask yourself this question – who is the master and who is the servant. WE are the BOSS and they are our SERVANT so they better behave. The Ministers are the people who BEG for our votes during the election. They promised to serve us. They promised to work for us to make our life better and increase our income.
What happen if our servant do not do a good job?
Every election we are given the choice to change our servant. If they are good we keep them. If they are dumb and useless, we change them.
Why should we allow our servant to lie and cheat us – we are the BOSS? If you are the BOSS do you want you servant to lie / cheat you? Of course not.
Now this servant is behaving like KING and rule us. They made fools and idiot out of us. They threaten us with “no project” and tell us “anang ngelaban perintah”.
“Anang enda kerja enggau manah”
WE voters are the real BOSS who choose the government. We should tell our servant Minister ” anang enda kerja manah 2- enggai kena buai kerja” in the coming election.
Wakil Rakyat and Ministers wanted to be treated like KINGs
Firstly, remember that our servant the Wakil Rakyat and Ministers are just one of us that we have elected to work for us. We try to give them dignity and respect but we must not go over board. There are instances where the long house take a whole week to prepare for their servant visit – that is a waste of time and money. Nor should we over spend on food and entertainment.
Gospel truth
It is common for the voters to believe in every words that our servant say to us. Remember that our elected servant is not always the smartest and the brightest human in our constituency. We must make him explained more in detail of what he wanted to do.
If our Servant the Minister tell us lies, politely tell them to shut up and concentrate on doing their work to make our life better.
These Ministers are not ALLAH and ANGELS. They lied very often like a bad servant does to escape from their responsibilities.
Conclusion
It is now very vlear that we voters are the BOSS. Please register yourself to become the BOSS in the coming election. Take note that YBS and Ministers are our SERVANT. They beg us to vote for them, to support them.
Their role is to meet our needs. Our role is to tell them what we need. If they cannot do what we ask them to do, change them in the election process.
Dayakbaru – Change WE Must.
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Inspirational word from gkm2020
Apooo… Doc. anang munyi nya nuan… ila kena flying kick Abu kitai
Fish rots from the head.
Vote them out befor they clean out the coffers.
Vote them out before they wire all their money oversea.
Vote them out before they start rotting the rest of Malaysia
DOC,
Your tone seems to be too envious of others achievement. Well, I suggest that you should stand as candidate in the upcoming election.
If you are in their positions, can you distance yourself from that kind of stigma or the so-called bureaucracy!! I think you maybe as arrogant as they are…give it a try doc!
Indeed the ministers and YBs are the servants of the rakyat. Some ministers admitted that. Without the power of the people they cannot become the ministers and YBs. No body can dispute that.
That was why, BN YBs in Perak did not want to go to people`s power. They feared to be rejected by the people and lose their positions.
Hi Bala DB….One does not have to refer to history textbook to know that we are living in the Federated Malay states….NOT Federated Dayaks state as perceived by most if not all of you. So what you expect? While in Rome what did your grandpa told you to do, follow the Romans….correct, correct, correct!!!!!!!!
Deo: “…One does not have to refer to history textbook to know that we are living in the Federated Malay states…”
–And the same history textbook that never tell the truth of:
- original inhibitants of Peninsular is Orang Asli so as the original ‘Bumiputra’ on defination, not Jawa, Bugis, Minang, Lanun Mindanao Sulu etc.
- Hang Tuah is actually Chinese, not Malay.
- Melaka just another roadside mamak stalls for ships and sailors to rest, nothing great at all
- James Brooke never invaded Sarawak but upon request by Kuching chief Raja Muda Hashim (without informing Sultan Brunei his boss) to halt impending revolts from Dayaks
- Unknowing to Sultan Brunei big chunk of Sarawak ‘promised’ therefore given to James Brooke for crushing the revolts and to sweeten the deal James Brooke aimed the big guns from his ship toward Sultan Brunei for a forced ‘deal or no deal’ to become White Rajah
- Rajah Brooke did have a lovechild son from Malay mistress which eversince being sent to Canada for good but this lost Brooke decendents recently tried to locate their lost Malay great-great grand mum but stopped anyway not worth to alter history book again
“…NOT Federated Dayaks state as perceived by most if not all of you. So what you expect?…”
–Yes what do you expect also from the same history textbook that never tell the truth of:
- The bogus referendum to form Malaysia was really agreed by ALL, EVERY DAYAKS at that time or just a FEW bribed Dayak goons hijacked by UMNO made to agreed
- It’s UMNO trick to oust CM Stephen Kalong Ningkan from power with clear backstab from own bribed Dayak leaders under Yaakub and Yang Dikasihi (with clear view of younger J*bu also at that time, see no evil hear no evil speak no evil)
- What really happen to Stephen Kalong Ningkan that seems to be ‘blank’ from history book straight away to Yaakub and Yang Dikasihi ruling period over Sarawak
- While Yaakub admitted to send many Iban soldiers to fight communist in Malaya, died for nothing if not for that little shit pensions and forgetton graves in Perak, the actual winners until today are the commies and Yaakub BN goons as scores of lands, properties, govt contract projects given to make the commies surrender while the Dayak soldiers like Kanang well what is ‘Datuk’ title to cry now compared to mega millionaire communist-turned-capitalist businessmen the Dayak soldiers used to fight their lives against for.
- And now JAKIM asked ‘Allah’ ban to cover both Sabah and Sarawak well how fickle minded to forgot the 20/18 points agreement that clearly stated no official state religion ever for Sabah and Sarawak so who is JAKIM to overule us all above the law, High Court and anything else huh!
So to sick goons like Deo perhaps too much of history books perverted by UMNO really a good source of comedic science fiction afterall. Oh yeah how do you write, remember our current Dayak BN leaders in history book well that’s even more comedic than the already stupid Dayak folklore of apai saloi.
Nothing much to cry for so-called Federated Dayak states. For what now? It’s all gone like a joke. It’s Dayak like Deo, Dayaklama and times thousands of them that make Dayak today in such a pathetic state of a joke. You try to be smart Dayak Deo telling us here? Stop voting BN-UMNO. At least it’s no longer a stupid act joke from a Dayak ever.
The one that hate anything Dayak since day one is the same that Dayak made to worship til now. So Deo, you knew it too well it’s all a stupid joke history book. Suck that!
ENGKERAWAI
you LOSE when you say you lose,
You win when you say you can WIN. …You ask DOC if he can distance himself from the kind of stigma or the so-called bureaucracy and you think maybe he is as arrogant as they are, JUST MAYBE… Baka meli 4D enti kena tang lalu enda kena.The battle is not yet began but you say you’ve no chance.. Without trying..After 47 years of independence our mindset remain the same, never change.Always give ourself to the slaughter.Impossible if there is no DAYAK who can be our good leader our champion to speak for our rights. ,,,So where this Alexander the great,Genghis khan or Mahatma Gandhi come from? If the Mongol or the Indian think the Way you thinking, THis three great leader will never exist in the history of mankind.
I had a quick breakfast with Minister Dr. James Masing this morning.And you know what??? Any DB who dared say Dr. Masing is thier servant or “kuli” will be given a “flying kick” and a slap until “bleeding nose”.Its an insult!!!!
U paloi,
We cannot deny the possibility of the Dayaks becoming a great leader. Look at Rentap, his struggle against the colonials was indeed a glory, a massive victory for someone who lacked wisdom and the means during his time. But now, the true spirit of warriors seems to fade away and we Dayaks have fallen from from total disgrace. Our political stand tends to rot in time, we are no longer a playmaker in many aspects of life, as Malaysians.
Our culture and social attitudes seems to be outdated and slowly disintegrates. We are lagging behind in politics, social, economy, education etc… Where is our patriots among the Dayaks? Who is going to lead us? When is the time for us Dayaks to be the CM of Sarawak???
It’s a big question mark…?????
Bisa sengat engkerawai-bisi ditaatka ari lemai sampai ke jauh malam tengut-tengut.
Tumu bala sida Deo ngirup beer enggau menteri pagi tadi.Aku bisi meda sida ya wai.
Deo is a Liar……
he creates all sorts of nonsense to divert the attention of others.You’re quite defensive of this so-called ‘Doc semut masing’ If he is good in social sciences, what is his paramount achievemnet to the Dayaks community! $$$$$$$
He is just a shadow chaser..dreaming of the impossible dreams which will never materialise. Time is ticking and these people will be trapped in the horizon of time!!!Banished.
Ministers and Wakil Rakyat are our servants. Is it so? Depend……but why the voters call them YB?
Why must the voters has to kneel down when seeking help from YB? Why the voters cook for YB when they visted longhouse?
Why the voters eat not “so nice foods compare” to YBs?
Why voters (the boss) not given monthly allowances like the YBs?
Why Ministers or YB given garland during their official visits but not the voters?
Why Ministers/YB give instruction to voters and not the other way round?
Why ministers/Yb entitle for maids and gardeners but not voters? Why ministers/Yb given the privilage to contest in the GE but not voters? Why ministers/Yb use SG car but not voters?
Why ministers/YB shulffer driven but not the voters?
Why ministers/Yb sit infront during the function but voters sit in the back row?
Why sometime the voters carry the bag or shoes of Ministers/YBs?
SORRY any Tom ,Dick & Harry acknowledged that Ministers/YBs are the Bosses……Voters the servant or “Kuli”.
Engkerawai,
Amei ko nuan .Nadai jalai agi bala Dayak nyadi peritah.Just like going along the dead end road.Unless they changed their mindset???
What Doc have siad is true. We elect them to be our leaders and representatives. It has been rooted in our culture that we respect our leaders, but it should not go to the extent that we treat them as kings. As leadears they should lead us in many ways such as in politic, economy, education, etc.
They must perform their duties and be accountable for the the progress of their respective constituencies. In other words, the elected servants must meet the demands from the voters. In order to meet the demands, they must perform well, and in order to perform well, they must have credibility, capability and excellence quality in leadership.
Most of them are only good in making promises after promises to those who have elected them and keep on ‘polishing the ball’of YDK, but making less effort to fulfill their promises to the people.
People must be educated on how to differentiate between a lie and a truth. The rural folks must have “analitical & critical thinking”. I suggest that DB to conduct talks on analitical & critical thinking to the rural folks so that they are able to analyse any statement made by ybs.
Cheers,
John Hock
It is quite interesting to read Borneo Post To-day in the headline that YB. En. M.M.L mentioned that the government will construct road to ULU Lemanak/Engkari in the 12th.MP. i.e is 15 years from now. The question now will this be materialised in 15 years from now. I still remember Tan Sri Jab. Promised to the voters from Lemanak that road to Ng. Bawi Ulu lemanak will be constructed after 1987 election when PBDS was in the opposition. I could not remember how long PBDS had been accepted into BN`s fall but until now where is the road to Bawi/Ulu lemanak?. The people from Bawi and Patuh still use bus No. 11 ( walk on foot to Ng. patuh and then by boat to Engkilili which took them one day to reached the town.
BN had rule our sarawak state in the past 47 years, it is ashame by now BN goverment still fail to provide basic infrustructure and facilities such as road, water supply and electricity to the people. It is only ten years from now to reach the year 2020 that M`ysia supposed to be developed nation. This is just a dream and never be achieved as long as BN government still rule our nation.Our leaders only interested to fill their own pocket but forget to improved the people`s well-being.Even now some people in the rural areas still use candle lamp/api pelita to light their room, how can you expect they be a developed nation in ten years time from now.As mentioned in Borneo post that Rantau Kembayau Manis just two hours boat ride from Hydro Dam but this long house people still use generator for the power supply. If the government can affort to supply electricity to W.Malaysia across the South China Sea from Bakun Dam, there is no reason why BN. Government could notaffort to supply electricity use under water cable to Long house
up Engkari river and Delok, Batang Ai which is only a few kilometer from the dam.
Thank you
Mupok aku, ila betemu baru
ENGKERAWAI
I salute & I agree with you,but don’t lose hope bro.
KEEP MOVING.Nobody gives the JEWS any chance but now we all see the ISRAEL NATION is exist & become very powerful.
You see DB was you can’t never be the voice of the Dayaks is because you never able to distinguish that the politicians are leaders and not servant. The politicians were nominated by the majority and being lifted up from ordinary people to be their representatives. They are the ears and the eyes of their constituent and are authorised to say yes or no on matters with regards to his peoples. You see DB when they are bestow with authority to do and of course accorded with legal will, are you saying that they are the servant? Are you saying that those politicians stand to be elected are competing to be the servant on one purpose to die as mother Teressa.
To DL to stand at the DUN Kemena is another way to get more say and participate on the SCORE. Or for DB YB’s his role is just to ensure that others make profit but not for himself.
Aki Jos
“If the government can affort to supply electricity to W.Malaysia across the South China Sea from Bakun Dam, there is no reason why BN. Government could notaffort to supply electricity use under water cable to Long house
up Engkari river and Delok, Batang Ai which is only a few kilometer from the dam.”
The words you mentioned above is really2 true.
Just for ours collegue dayak info, Sarawak is the Fixed deposit for UMNO and BN.
But we got nothing, so many project developed by goverment sometime joints venture with company liked Hydro, but what is the log house get? Even the wire cable accros their roof.
But quite suprise goverment can affort to supply electricity to W.Malaysia across the South China Sea.
Doc,
don’t you think you are saying too much?
it seems from what you said that you are above the sky such as, ” Proud and arrogant
Many YB are very proud and arrogant after being elected and put into office by the government. Immediately after their appointment to a cabinet post, they think that there are the highest class of people in this country.
They wanted everybody around them to bow to them and sit up and do everything at their bid and calls. They start to treat their voters with disgust and insignificant and would not listen to their views.”
i think these comments are not the whole truth but rather MISLEADING.
Doc,
you are not a YB yet. my advised is, it better to keep a low profile first.
some YBs are not as what you are alleged as they were.
i may be wrong Doc, but i m not alone, i think mr. engkerawai is in the same boat as i m when he said, “DOC,
Your tone seems to be too envious of others achievement. Well, I suggest that you should stand as candidate in the upcoming election.
If you are in their positions, can you distance yourself from that kind of stigma or the so-called bureaucracy!! I think you maybe as arrogant as they are…give it a try doc!
or was he?
DAH BISI BUDGET MENUA BATANG AI WAI RM80JUTA, UJI TANYA YB MALCON TAU KE MP KE PEMADU JAI GAMAL YB BADAK. ENTI SEDUAI TU YB LELAKI KE BISI B*T*H TANYA DUITNYA NGAGAI NAJIB!!! ANANG2 YB 2 IKO TU PONDAN..
For heaven’s sake, how did the term “Tuan” first come to be used to address Members of Parliament? Previously, the MPs were only addressed as Y.B. Encik or Mister so-and-so.
It’s the electorates’ fault that the YBs have been pampered with so much ado over nothing whenever they come to visit villages or long-houses. Dek ka makai janek aku bunuh dek! Dek ka makai manok aku bunoh dek! That’s the attitude of our simple people in the long-houses. They will spare nothing to accord the YBs with the best reception whenever they came for a visit. Some will even go to the extent of engaging eloquent bards (“lemambang”) to recite rhyme verses and sing praises of the YBs.
Our British colonial masters had left us a legacy in many areas, especially in the administration. The word “your obedient servant” with which every official correspondence is signed off, is one such instance. This clearly denotes that any public official irrespective of ranks is the “people’s servant”. This is quite rightly so because his or hers salary is paid by the tax-payers.
Likewise the term “Yang Berhormat” which is the formal form of address for all elected representatives is a direct translation of the English word “the Honourable”. But many if not most of our YBs do not understand what’s the significance of addressing them as “the Honourable” or in its Bahasa Melayu version “Yang Berhormat”. They think that when the rakyat addressed them in like manner, it is an acknowledgement of their high office. In a way that is quite correct. But it is far beyond that. The people’s expectation is for them to be men and women of honour who can keep to their promises to the people who have voted for them. It is expected of them to do “honourable” things ( such as to keep their distances from corruption and not to abuse their position and the trust the electorates have placed upon them by amassing wealth for themselves). Otherwise they don’t deserve to be addressed as “the Honourable” or YB. That address carries with it such duty and responsibility towards the people serve who have voted for them. It should never be the other way around.
BEDAU TEMU MEH BROTHER DEO, BELUM JUMPA BELUM TAHU. NGANTI DAH BETEMU FACE TO FACE ILA MEH KITAI DEBATE ENGGAU YB MASING..
NI SIDA DAYAK LAMA ENDA PANSUT PANSUT ARI BILIK. KAMI DEKA NINGA KE PEMANSANG IKAN EMPURAU LALU BERITABUKAI ARI TAN SRI AFRAID & TAIK MAMUT. ANANG BTAPOK DALAM BILIK MEH TUSOI BERITA NGAGAI KAMI. NADAI KA NGAGA PROJECT NUPI IKAN BAM KITA? SHARKS FIN SOUP BEREGA AMAT. PROJECT SARANG BURUNG KE? TANG ANANG SARUK UKAI SARANG BURONG PIPIT, SARANG BURUNG LELEYANG LAH…
I elect myself to comment on behalf of anak mit;
He predictably would comment on this topic as,
” Kapa kiruh ka hal YB Dayak.Enti bala YB Dayak ka nulong bansa Dayak empu, ni ko sida iya meh! DB ukai bisi nyunting YB Dayak maya bepilih.Sigi udah baka nya, ukai tanggungjawab YB Dayak deka nulong DB.”
Do I sound like anak mit?
Hahaaa dah bisi pengari anakmit…. amat munyi ko nuan ugly msian. Ila kitai nyunting yb dayak ngena arok periok
Does our memory span go beyond 5 years?
In the long house some dogs are ….well…very naughty or dumb. They nose around into the neighbor’s kitchen. They got whacked several times with sticks and firewood. The latter has a more lethal effect if the blow lands on the ‘batang hidung’
But why on earth does the dog keep on repeating the same stupid non-beneficial action, nosing into the same kitchen where you just got clubbed 5 minutes ago? The goodies are too tempting and the dog has a short memory.
Change we must!
Telaga Kumang on January 19th, 2010 1:29 pm
1.Why ministers/Yb given the privilage to contest in the GE but not voters?
2.Why ministers/Yb use SG car but not voters?
Why ministers/YB shulffer driven but not the voters?
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TK,
What do mean by these two words-SHULFFER and PREVILAGE? They do not make sense to me and perhaps Cina Cantung as well.
This tells us so much about your character. I am sorry to say, this kind of vocabulary is totally new to me. In fact, they do not exist!
Thus, only buR*T licking job creatures will know how to pust themselves forward by making use of
our YBs.
Cheers…
Cikgu Iban,
What Telaga Kumang`s means, if people said that the Ministers are the servants of the voters they are not entitled to have government`s cars and drivers. Any person who is provided with a government`s car and driver is BOSS and not a servant who is only fit holding a broom.
Sorry DB my post on this going astray into the other subject. Anyway let me repeat here that YB means Yang Berhormat and that was why they deserved to be respected. They are not the Yang Berhidmat, the servant according to DB. Or in Iban language Ti-Dipebasaka Datuk Sri..JJ or Encik JJ or in English The honourable Lord..JJ.
They can’t never be the servant and that was the very reason they sometimes accorded with official protocol on their visit. When they go to the longhouse the Iban folks giving them the miring rituals or slaughtering of pig as show of gratitude. Got it DB?
gerabusengkiong on January 19th, 2010 7:25 pm
Interesting cross-cultural observation.
For the British aristocrat and politicians, being called “Honorable”, carries with it, a responsibility and sense of mission: that when they fail in that responsibility and mission, they would do the honorable thing – resign, and let others take the mantle.
The same can be said of the Japanese political and business leaders.The sense of accountability would force some to resign, and in some cases, commit hara kiri, when they fail to carry their responsibility.
The question that can be posed in the article is whether our present Dayak leaders at all levels, would have the same sense of honor and responsibility, toward their constituency ? Would they seriously look at themselves in the mirror, and ask if they had made any difference ? What really, have they done, to continue to carry the YB title ?
I think there has been so many posting on this subject, from many angle.
One aspect of this of course is our very own Dayak folks, in the constituency.Irrespective of who might be chosen as the representative of any given electoral constituency,the DB attitude expects the constituency to demand their rep to earn their right to keep their YB title.
It does not literally follow that the “honorable” YB should stoop down and sweep the streets. But at the very least,the YB should be honorable enough to produce his/her report card when visiting the longhouses, schools, functions … and let people know what he/she had done – and plan to do.He must be held accountable to explain himself.
If he does not remember, one expect the constituency to remind him (that of course, is what most of us do here, from time to time).
However, as I wrote earlier – there is this cultural aspect of our Dayak heritage, that seem destine to kill this modern democratic concept of holding the leadership accountable.
As I see it, our Dayak community equate leadership with the “Big Man” persona. I think many bona fide Dayak knows this. There is often the bizarre tendency to admire leadership, for precisely those reasons that would make a modern Dayak, with some political science bend, want to puke. Our community would often attribute leadership to people who is obviously corrupt and has amassed massive wealth from dubious source !
Like many community whose ethics have not been fully developed/evolved, many of our Dayak community notion of leadership is Power. And Power is admired for itself, regardless of how it is exercised. And many would want to follow the beacon of Power, hoping to get a few debris of goodies for themselves …(bisi “jalai” ngulih ke utai,wai !!) They would want to follow the Mafia Boss, where ever the killing would be made.
This is one (perhaps of many) virus within our community that need to be eradicated. The education system, and the church seem way too slow and ineffective.And the Dayak community has zero cultural milieu in the mass media, with which to impart modern value system through it (Wai FM is good for laughs only).
The Boss and Servant article may wake up some minds as it did in West Malaysia. But here, in Sarawak,the Dayaks and their leadership,may continue to want to follow the Mafia Boss,due to their cultural DNA – that they can’t shake off. Even as I’m writing this, I’m thinking of ways to neutralise the cultural virus, but I’ll save it for future post.For now, the question for they day, what would it take to change this Dayak mindset ?
Future studies, multiple intelligence….
My conscience is clear and I can forsee the causes and effects that our Dayak politicians had done. It’s catastrophic, but who is to be blamed? Voters….no! They vote for BN beacuse they were being cheated (sweet-talk) and fell victims to money politics.
For the educated group like us, we might be conscious of the agenda of BN as well as the PKR. We have good judgement and reasoning, but our rural voters are quite othrodox in their thinking [mentality kelia) because of their poor academic standing. Our patriots need to discipline our voters, stand firm in our struggle, go for unification, reformation, renaissance..etcccc!! whatever. Revive MDC. Why Can’t us!!!
So much has being said and opinions comes from all angels being contributed. For you Doc. I think the voters themselves are over pampered their YBs maybe out of their joy or too happy to be visited by the one they Love, for sure you will serve the best to the one you love , am I correct ? Now it up to the Lover to react, hopefully he doesn’t take the opportunity, advantage (ngambi oleh )or turn the whole thing for his own interest and gain only.
I have said this in my earlier comment of over pampered to our YBs in this blog.
We can give them a little warm welcome coz he is Our representative the one we hope to voice our problems and needs.Represent us in DUN or Parliament. If everyone of us to go to DUN or Parliament to speak for ourselves then there will be no place in the DUN or Parliament.
from what I have read above I think all of you can be the people representatives why don’t give it a try in the next election not only Doc.
Do you all remember if you are pointing one figure at others but you are pointing four figures to yourself. hah for five years only?
our icon in the history of (Dayak )the longhouse people are the most Hospitality people in the land of the Hornbil. So what more if our representative (YB) come to visit us. In
our old saying “Indah udok diberi makai anang ka anak mensia” enti iya datai ngaggai rumah kitai. that’s a real spirit of Iban.
to you all DL and gang & DB the good brilliant people and sweet candidates for the coming election good luck hah…
I think the Dayak Iban are too hospitable,to everybody just like those in Skabai,Bintulu.Kaban Ibanabroad had commented that the longhouse folks just watched when the enforcement DEMOLISHED their long house.
I know that their YB, Dr. Stephen Rundy is an Assistant Minister now.It is not possible that he does not offer any help to the long house folks.Will they get any compensation or not ??
May be KL will hand out another RM500,000.00 aid.
BJack on January 20th, 2010 5:09 pm
So what more if our representative (YB) come to visit us. In our old saying “Indah udok diberi makai anang ka anak mensia” enti iya datai ngaggai rumah kitai. that’s a real spirit of Iban.
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BJ,
Yes the Ibans are comparatively known for their hospitality. Nobody would readily deny it. It is truly a good traditional practice of the Ibans. We are always quick to reciprocate for all the kind things rendered to us. The Ibans are willing to give beyond their means if it is to return one’s generosity.
Unfortunately, nowadays the ever smart Iban YBs are more likely to exploit and abuse the poor Iban generosity for their political mileage. The are always willing to slaughter a pig or two for their visit, spending several days preparing for their coming. At the end, only a tiny token of MRPs promised to them. This is quite common nowadays.
YBs are our dogs. They are expected to voice out our predicaments and provide solutions thereon. They are to represent us in whatever the govt does and go against it when the govt decision is to aggravate the scenerio, or when it is unfair and unjust towards the Ibans. They are expected to concentrate all their efforts to really look after the welfare of their people, and those who have voted them into power.
But are our Iban YBs really doing this?. If they are our dogs, then do you think they have barked strong enough to be heard by their boss?. Are they just a bunch of domile domestic dogs without any hunting skills? The way they behave are no more than our loving pet dogs, asking for tender loving and some gentle strokes as a means of establish superficial rapport and fragile friendhip. They only know a little on how to request for assistance to assist the Ibans. They are quite good though in endlessly persuading the Ibans to vote for them, without giving the folks something concrete in return for the political favour.
Can we just ignore the YBs who could perform or those who have been observed to perform miserably? From now onward, can the Ibans just stop giving lost dogs any kind of foods? Can we just show less respect towards our YBs when they are performing not to our expectation? Kindly think to vote them out. Let others who could perform better become our real hunting dogs and get rid of those YBs who never open up their mouth to utter a few words.
Please show no mercy when they are seen to be mediacore.
This real spirit of the Ibans are not so applicable nowadays in so far as our YBs is concerned. Perhaps, it is not too selfish to claim that this sort of spirit should have been dead. It shall never be applied in welcoming our Iban YBs. They have actually manipulated the Iban generosity.
Let us all think of our Iban YBs as dogs amd not servants. AS dogs they are, vote them out when they are up to ecpectation.
Change we must.
Cheers…
AMAT PAMA UNGGAL CHANGOP4540 PASAL JAKO NILAT NILAT dot dot.. boleh endar iya belajar ba paramount chief sida iya nya..
TELAGA KUMANG… DINI ORANG INTERVIEW MINTA JADI YB?
Telaga Kumang – Any body or voters who are capable or qualify we can nominate them to become YB.
We can’t just nominate somebody from the ‘Kaki Lima’or from the ‘coffe shop’ overnight …it ridiculous.
The Dayak based political parties should organise mass rallies and speech to transform the mindset of our people the need to defend our mutual rights. Issues and matter about the Dayak community should be properly addressed or else our race will be banished from our own homeland and being colonised by the ‘ORANG LAUT’, ‘GREEDY CINA’etc…right infront of our ucu, icit..
Restructure or reform all the Dayak parties and be unified under the name of “SARAWAK DAYAK UNION PARTY” We must be vocal and courageous enough to speak …like LIM KIT SIANG, KARPAL. Where is our stand …who is our patriot??
It’s a guessing game….
Leboh betemu enggau Dr. James kira 15 lebih nyin suba, aku bisi mantai ke jaku bantah ngagai iya laban ti ngambi Dtk Sang maya nya suba. Nyadi ko iya, kitai deka ngena iya laban duit nya beguna.
Diatu anak iya udah bebandir di Pelagus iya nguji deka muai iya. Iya udah nguji ba bepilih ke udah tang Larry nemu utai ke kedeka bansa Iban ianya Vitamin M. Jangka aku Dr. James sigi peluh deka muai iya laban pemeli iya empu suba.
Taja pia, sida YB Dayak ke udah expired nya patut diganti enggai ka kitai Iban enda meda riak perau orang ila. Bepilih tu ila meh maya kitai ngubah Sarawak ngambika tanah berenyang leboh orang ke bisi ditulong orang Panggau tu masuk.
Enti BN alah ila mayuh amat kayu ke udah meragai ba BN deka rebah jangka aku including aki Buiban kitai.
Apai Migui:-
JJM selalu betukar runding.Aku agi ingat maia 1991 suba maia ti berumpu makai ba rumah iya ba dampih simpang SMK Abdul Gapor di Stampin dia.Iya mai projek KMS-Kepala Menteri Sarawak lekat ba T-shirt iya.Tang diatu iya nadai ingat ke nya agi.
Mahathir used to say ‘Melayu cepat lupa’.tang pelaba aku ‘bala DAYAK pen jampat ENDA INGAT’