KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang president Voon Lee Shan’s assertion that Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) had been asked by certain political group to abandon the Unity Government in exchange for the prime minister’s post is baseless speculation, said Miro Simuh.
The GPS Youth chief highlighted that GPS’s focus has always been on political stability rather than engaging in political manoeuvring and conspiracies, including the purported ‘Dubai Move’ to topple the Unity Government.
Hence, he dismissed Voon’s allegations as pure speculation and asserted that the priority is ensuring that the current government completes its term.
“Ensuring political stability has always been GPS’s priority and focus instead of getting involved in political manoeuvring and conspiracies,” he said.
Furthermore, Miro said Voon would be better served by refraining from provoking Sarawakians towards seeking independence, which Miro considers futile at this juncture.
Instead, he suggested that Voon redirect his efforts towards promoting unity and autonomy for Sarawak within the Federation of Malaysia.
“His persistent statements and opinion on independence for Sarawak is just to draw attention to himself and to his party.
“As a lawyer, he is fully aware that under the Federal Constitution, all member States in the Federation of Malaysia, including Sarawak have no right to leave the Federation,” he said.
He further said there are international protocols that a state must fulfil before being recognised by the United Nations as an independent and sovereign entity.
According to Miro, Sarawak is not currently in a position to meet these conditions and protocols.
He added that GPS recognises these realities and remains focused on attaining autonomy within the Federation, as outlined in the Malaysian Agreement 1963 and the Federal and State constitutions.
“In other words, Sarawak cannot leave the Federation without the agreement of the Federal government.
“Singapore left the Federation of Malaysia with the agreement of the Federal government.
“In fact, Singapore was asked to leave the Federation and not because Singapore decided to leave. Sarawak’s current situation is very different from Singapore’s situation when they left the Federation,” he added.
