It’s not a tsunami but this is definitely slowly turning into a king tide! After Riot’s exit Datuk Dr. Tiki Lafe, the MP for Mas Gading is reportedly to jump ship. Sarawak’s political scenario is getting more and more interesting with this new development.
[23/3 Update] Confirmed: Riot denied crossover. Malaysiakini news is not true.
Updated: See the u-turn report here!
This came as a shocking news!
Richard Riot, the five-term MP for Serian in Sarawak, has resigned from his party after being snubbed over a cabinet post. Riot blamed SUPP does not care for the Dayaks especially the Bidayuh community. Approximtaely 5000 of his loyal supporters also followed suit.
Sad but true! There are no Bidayuh ministers in the new Cabinet line-up this time around. Unlike in the last cabinet, where we have a representation of the Bidayuh community by Datuk Dr. Tiki Lafe as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Regional and Rural Development, the new cabinet line-up did not offer any opportunities for the surviving three Bidayuh MPs to hold post as deputy ministers, what more to say as full ministers.
The 12th GE was concluded over the weekend with the National Front (BN) winning on a simple majority. Sarawak and Sabah played a key role (kingmaker as the press reported) in making sure BN reinstalled as Federal Government of Malaysia despite losing Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor to the opposition joining Kelantan.
Today I want to blog in Manglish because I have no mood already. I read The Borneo Post today and the news on the front page gutted me. I feel so sick that I want to throw up. The news is so disgusting that it is smellier than my fart.
“A community is born” - says the headline on The Borneo Post’s headline today.
Bidayuh kampungs (villages) have been benefitting development brought to them by the government and during pre-independence days, by the missionaries. Longhouses are slowly being replaced by individual homes. Traditional hunter-gatherer jobs are now replaced by professional careers such as teachers, engineers, doctors, lawyers etc in the government and private sectors.
The 21st century Bidayuh generations now only recognised a Bidayuh longhouse based on what they see and experience at Sarawak Cultural Village.
