KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has earned no rights to criticise others, including the Sarawak Government, said Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Central Youth chief Michael Tiang (pic).
Tiang, who is also a political secretary to the Chief Minister, was responding to Yii’s earlier statement criticising the state government for being slow in implementing the smoking ban at all eateries in Sarawak.
“I would like to remind Bandar Kuching MP that he promised Sarawakians in his election campaign video in the last GE14 that if Pakatan Harapan is to become the new government, there will be no more talks and negotiations but a done deal for Sarawak to get back its 20% oil royalty and 50% of all taxes collected from Sarawak.
“Now, where is our 20% oil royalty and 50% tax collected from us today? Where is the education and public health autonomy he promised last May? If our Bandar Kuching MP is so sensitive about fast delivery by the governing bodies, he and his Sarawakian colleagues in Pakatan Harapan (PH) are the ones who have failed miserably. Do your job first before telling others how to do theirs!” he said in a statement.
“With all the criticisms made by DAP Sarawak against the state government’s cautious steps in implementing the federal laws to ban smoking at eateries, none of them actually cares to make the effort to seek more federal resources from the PH government to help our local government to implement the smoking ban more efficiently and effectively,” said Tiang.
DAP Sarawak MPs, he pointed out had failed again to represent Sarawak in the PH government to help our local government. Why are they talking so loud in Sarawak but continue to keep mum about Sarawak local government needs in the federal?
Tiang pointed out, “It is not as easy as “there is a new federal law, and the local government just enforces it.”
“In order to enforce a new federal law like the new smoking ban at all eateries effectively, the local government always require further resources and guidelines from the federal government for their local enforcement teams. Moreover, there is nothing wrong for the state government to implement the smoking ban by first focusing on educational elements in its enforcement in the first six months from March 1. This shows that the state government is willing to think through and go the extra mile to educate the public than just bluntly enforcing the new ban as the federal government says so.
“Lastly, I would like to remind Yii and all Sarawak PH MPs that Sarawakians did not vote them in to become a federal agent to tell Sarawak what to do. They were elected by the people of Sarawak last May because our people were made to believe that the Sarawak PH MPs will fulfil all their election promises that they pledged to Sarawakians.”
