KUCHING: Political analyst Datuk Peter Minos said Sarawakians cannot afford be part of the kind of politics played in Malaya.
He said in Malaya politicians viciously hit and attack each other most of the time.
“We, in Sarawak do not want to be in part of this kind of ‘dirty politics’. Their politics is low-down and sickly. Except for a very few, Sarawakians don’t play dirty politics,” Minos told New Sarawak Tribune when contacted yesterday.
He said this in response to a statement by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg when he declared open Long Lama bridge in Baram on Thursday.
The chief minister had asked Sarawakians to reject Malayan politics, saying the jostling for power in Malaya was never-ending.
He said Malayan politicians seemed unhesitant about using racial and religious issues and even dirty tactics like the sex video that went viral recently to win political milage and bring their rivals down.
Minos stressed that such politics is cannot be good to Sarawak where most people have a disdain for “dirty politics”.
“Just see how the peninsula-based politicians carry themselves when they are here in Sarawak. They only know on how to find fault in us Sarawakians.
“They hit below the belt, deliberately provoke, surreptitiously getting credit from the effort or initiatives of others, create issues from petty and non-issue matters and demolishing opponents and giving them no quarters.
“It is unfortunate that there are a handful of Sarawakians who have been influenced by these Malayans.
“Now these Sarawakians are doing the very thing their masters have taught them – twist facts, make u-turns and speaking double-tongued.
“We in Sarawak find these obnoxious and most objectionable.
“I would like to urge Sarawakians to reject this dirty politics and all those who propagate it.”
