Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Sarawak Headhunter Declares War

Sarawak Headhunter today declares war on racism in any form.

The first target is that dirty newspaper Utusan Malaysia. While their boss, the erstwhile PM of Malaysia, is trying to put forward his "1Malaysia" concept, opportunistic though it may be, they are blatantly pushing a racist and racial agenda. Obviously this is both a challenge to Najib as well as a warning to the other races of this country.

Their headline today reads "Bangkitlah Melayu" and they are blaming this highly provocative incitement on the "extreme" demands of the other races - how convenient! THIS IS SEDITION!

If Najib doesn't take immediate and stern action against Utusan Malaysia, Khir Toyo and other dastardly proponents of this deadly doctrine, such form of extremism will put paid to his "1Malaysia" concept and tear this nation apart. This threatens to be more explosive than we all know what.

Any Dayak wants to fight them with "Bangkitlah Dayak"? THAT IS ALSO SEDITION!

Is this what we want? ALL Sarawakians and Malaysians should protest and declare war on all forms of racism as well, not because we favour Najib's opportunistic doctrine or concept, but because that is the right thing to do.

And that will send a message to these feudal chauvinists that we do not tolerate such nonsense.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Dayakism Is (Or Should Be) Dead & Buried In Batang Ai (Updated)

Yes, this is what happened in Batang Ai. Believe it or not, that is up to you. If this is not what happened, then it should have. This is not a complete analysis of the Batang Ai by election and ignores personal issues which may or may not have influenced the voters of Batang Ai.

In Sarawak Headhunter's opinion, the Iban voters of Batang Ai deliberately went about to kill Dayakism and bury it with all the pomp and ceremony of a seemingly well-fought election campaign that will cost the BN RM80 million or more and help it to lose the next State Elections.

They did us all a favour, for it is only with the death of Dayakism that a new Sarawak will soon be born for all Sarawakians and not just for the Dayaks.

With the rest of Malaysia rapidly abandoning "Ketuanan Melayu" in favour of "Ketuanan Rakyat", is Sarawak going to accept "Ketuanan Dayak"? Is Dayakism the only solution to Dayak unity? And is Dayak unity the only answer to change the BN regime? Will it be enough?

The Ibans of Batang Ai understood this well and chopped off the head of that useless fighting cock called "Dayakism", a fighting cock which had fought and lost so many wars (not just battles) and disappointed so many Dayaks and which was summarily deserted by its own proponents and leaders such as James Masing who defected to the "safe" but enslavish pirate harbour of the BN.

They were helped along in this intent - but unintentionally of course - by the BN's normal chicanery, corruption and cheating. I am not discounting the effect of vote-buying and ballot-box tampering, but I am saying that this would not have made much difference, whether in Batang Ai or elsewhere in Sarawak.

There is a factor that both BN and PKR underestimate, and that is the collective intelligence of the voters.

The voters of Batang Ai are not stupid. They understood full well the dilemma that this by-election put them in - a vote for PKR which had only "Dayakism" on its agenda would have made them a target for discrimination by the BN until at least the next state elections, while a vote for the BN would mean that they had to swallow their Dayak pride yet again and accept the "goodies" offered to them by the BN, tempting enough as these were.

Do you think that the Ibans of Batang Ai still don't know what Taib and his bunch of rampaging rapists, pillagers and looters have done throughout Sarawak under the guise of the "politics of development" and how they and other Sarawakians have been abused, made use of and discriminated against by Taib's evil regime? All this is no longer news in Sarawak and has gone beyond the blogs.

The Dayak voters are awake already and have been for some time. But when will the Dayak politicians wake up from the nightmare of Dayakism? When will the latter understand that there are larger issues at stake here? Stop harping on Dayakism - it will be in their own interests and that of the Dayaks to do so! Start thinking like Sarawakians.

What Taib and his evil BN regime has done and continues to do has adversely affected all Sarawakians except for his family, henchmen and cronies, not just the Dayaks.

PKR Sarawak is stupid if they still think that the Batang Ai voters have been fooled yet again by the BN and BN Sarawak is stupid if they think they have managed to fool the voters yet again as well.

The BN is self-delusional if they regard the results of the Batang Ai by-election as an endorsement of Taib, Jabu or Masing and BN so-called "policies". Even less is it an endorsement of Najib and neither is Batang Ai theirs to give to him.

The voters of Batang Ai do not need to be convinced by PKR to be united whether through Dayakism or any other agenda against an evil BN regime. They already are. They voted for BN out of convenience and because PKR could not as yet offer a convincing alternative - one that could make a positive difference to both their present as well as future circumstances.

Other than putting down the Taib and the BN for their crimes (which everyone already knows) and harping on Dayakism and Dayak "unity", where was PKR's agenda for "change"? What is PKR's agenda for change? Now that is what the Batang Ai voters wanted to hear, but PKR did not or could not tell them.

Maybe the time was not right yet and a win for PKR in Batang Ai would have been disastrous for the longer term goal of overthrowing the BN, since it would have given credence to Dayakism and put a scare into the other non-Dayak Sarawakians.

Dayakism makes for good "entertainment" but poor politics. If PKR Sarawak sees Dayakism as the alternative, that is even worse. How does it expect critical support from the crucial Malay/Melanau voters who may see Taib Mahmud and his evil regime as their only refuge against a fullscale Dayak uprising?

Dayakism has not worked for the last 20 years. Don't expect it to work in the next 2 years. PKR Sarawak needs a fresh new approach.

Even Dayak voters themselves have rejected Dayakism. If PKR still continues to put this fighting cock into the ring, it can expect to lose the next state elections as well. Sarawak does not need a Dayak (or Malay, Melanau, Orang Ulu or Chinese) Chief Minister. It needs a Sarawakian Chief Minister who has the support of all races of Sarawak.

Sarawak Headhunter will sumpit - blow-pipe - anyone who brings up the issue of Dayakism in future. What Sarawak needs is an agenda for all Sarawakians.

What else can PKR offer to the Dayaks other than Dayakism that will convince the Dayaks and other Sarawakians as well to dump Taib and BN in the next state elections?

That is another story, parts of which are all over Sarawak Headhunter's blog. Let us all work on it together.

Sarawakians for Sarawak!

The following is Sarawak Headhunter's reply (which also appears below) to some of the comments below:

1. There is no need for Dayaks to disassociate themselves from the so-called Dayakbaru concept. This is not a form of Dayakism in a new jar, as no doubt Dr John Brian Anthony will tell us.

Sarawak Headhunter does not think that Dayakbaru will have to close shop.

What is important is for the Dayakbaru concept to include the struggle of the entire poor population of Sarawak, Dayak and non-Dayak alike.

The fact that the Dayaks can join a multi-racial party like PKR, even if that is not the ideal solution for Sarawak yet, speaks for itself.

But they must resist the temptation to try and turn PKR Sarawak into another SNAP or PBDS.

2. Sarawakians must not be fooled by the BN Malayans' new trick - Najib's "1 Malaysia".

This is merely an excuse to maintain the hegemony of the ruling elite, and that includes Taib and his evil regime.

If the Malayan BN were really serious they would have gotten rid of Taib long ago - that would have enabled the reform of the Sarawak BN - with an infusion of new leaders, not the current batch of non-performing sycophants.

But they have always been and still are addicted to Sarawak's oil and gas resources to change.

"1 Malaysia" is just another means for them to get their daily fix at the expense of all Sarawakians.

Oi Najib, get rid of Taib, his henchmen and cronies and give us back a fair share of our own oil and gas resources, then talk to us about "1 Malaysia"!

3. Race is merely an identity and there is no harm in referring to each other by race, but it should not be used as a means to discriminate against others.

Things change. Those who were Bugis, Javanese, Indian, Melanau, even some Dayak, etc. have become Malay over time.

That has not made them any less or any more Malaysian or Sarawakian.

"1 Malaysia" will not change that either if its aim (undeclared no doubt) is to keep the feudal BN regime in place.

The BN status quo leaves no room for the continued development of all races in this country but caters only for the unjust enrichment of a few at the expense of the deprived majority.

"1 Malaysia" is just another tool in a massive arsenal of dirty tricks to ensure the continuation of corruption.

SKY is right again when he warns us against believing in this slogan.

So who should be the first to be stoned to death or beheaded?

4. Of what use is a battle cry which will lose the war for us while the real enemy sits back and laughs at our distractions?

As bongkersz has aptly said below, we risk alienating the very people we need support from, the Dayak voters and Sarawakians as a whole.

Isn't that self-defeating?

Think long and hard about this, my Dayak friends, and do not let your anger and frustration get the better of you.

5. Sarawak Headhunter agrees that Sarawak needs a new political party, but who's going to start it?

We have no choice but PKR for now and we have to make the best we can out of the situation and circumstances we find ourselves in.

Hopefully, PKR will be able to reinvent itself as far as Sarawak is concerned and come up with a vision, mission, plan and program that can convince Sarawakians that at long last a viable and better alternative government is ready, willing and able to replace the state BN in the coming state elections.

ALL concerned Sarawakians will have to work for it together, each in his own way. And we have the support now of many good Malayans as well.

Many voters still need to be convinced.

6. The sacred cow of Dayak nationalism must be sacrificed if Sarawak is to rid itself of Taib and his evil BN regime for the Dayaks themselves to progress and bring themselves out of poverty and deprivation.

Until then the NCR land issue will also remain unresolved.

The other sacred cows of Sarawak autonomy and the need to have a greater share of the Federal Government will be taken care of by a more responsive and responsible Federal government in the form of Pakatan Rakyat in place.

Nothing to sacrifice here, except the Malayan addiction to Sarawak's oil and gas.

If the Ibanas and Melanaus can accept a Malayan party like UMNO/BN, there is no reason why they can't accept PKR.

PKR just has to repackage itself and make itself acceptable.

PKR (Malaya) must make greater effort to understand Sarawakians better and PKR Sarawak must really open up to all Sarawakians instead of being held hostage by cliques intent on politicking and each holding on to their pitiful little turf at the expense of the bigger goal.

All Sarawakians, not just the other Dayaks as well, will be able to accept a more open PKR Sarawak which concentrates on its vision for a new Sarawak free from the petty yet vicious tyranny of Taib and his gang.

7. Those who are too shortsighted to see why Dayakism shouldn't be buried deserve to be subservient to Taib and his gang.

UMNO, MCA and MIC are barely surviving and will probably be swept away in the next general elections. Will Sarawakians want to be left behind again?

PBDS is dead. There is nothing left to mend. The ghost of PBDS needs to be laid to rest, not resurrected.

If we allow ourselves to dwell too much on the past, this will drag us down and prevent us from advancing.

Sarawakians deserve more hope than this.

A New Sarawak awaits to be born.

Or are we going to put this baby in the hands of the likes of Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib to be abused?

Keep A Look Out For Sarawak Headhunter's Analysis Of The Batang Ai Results

A bit of suspense there, but Sarawak Headhunter promises that it will be worth the while waiting for maybe 1 or 2 days. The analysis may come as a shock to both PKR and BN, and has the potential of igniting a controversy bigger than the by-election itself (haha, is that possible?). Wait and see, Sarawak Headhunter is not known to hype things up for nothing.

Suffice to say for the time being, the Iban voters of Batang Ai are not stupid and neither did they betray or sell themselves to Taib's evil BN regime. BN did not win in Batang Ai and will have a hard time fulfilling all its promises. PKR still has a lot to learn about the mentality of Sarawakian voters.

Coming soon to Sarawak Headhunter's blog and all pro-rakyat blogs and online news portals...

Monday, April 6, 2009

Voting Result Updates For Batang Ai 7.4.2009

Sarawak Headhunter will attempt to bring the latest voting result updates for the N29 Batang Ai by-election from each counting station as soon as they are known, barring unforeseen circumstances such as communication or internet breakdown or blackout. Please refer to this post for all voting result updates or go to Lina Soo for live coverage and results.

So far as at 11 am, voter turnout at SK Lubok Antu 50+% and at SMK Lubok Antu 40+%.

12.15 pm, voter turnout at Sebangki 70%.

Final Unofficial Results/Voters' voting patterns for Batang Ai







N.29 Batang Ai (2009)









7th April 2009 By-Election N.29 Batang Ai







S/No
Polling District
Polling Station
Reg
Votes
PKR Jawah
BN Malcolm






Voters
Cast
Gerang
Mussen
1
Sebangki
SK Sebangki
479
351
103
248
2
Lubok Antu
SMK Lubok Antu 1
350
260
93
167




SMK Lubok Antu 2
366
224
98
126
3
Sekarok
SK Sekarok
356
261
86
175
4
Kesit
SK Ng Kesit
673
365
124
241




SK Ng Kesit


168
46
122
5
Engkari
SK Ulu Engkari
98
76
33
42













6
Delok
SK Ng Delok
196
142
21
121
7
Kaong
Tadika Kemas
382
280
63
217
8
Empit
SK Melaban
432
321
58
263
9
Kumpang
SK Ng Aup
155
108
24
84
10
Klampu
Rh Renggie Bukong
385
285
129
156
11
Sayat
SK Ng Kumpang
329
260
150 110
12
Kutai
SK Lubok Antu
627
474
134
340
13
Mepi
SK Batang Ai
437
319
72
247













14
Jela
Tadika Kemas
449
366
122
244
15
Sempang
Tadika Kemas
123
89
52 37
16
Bertik
Dewan SALCRA
196
157
47
107
17
Krangan Mong
Tadika Kemas
148
103
15
88
18
Ensawang
Dewan SALCRA
551
221
88
133
19
Kachong
SK Ng Menyebat
240
159
72
87
20
Patoh
Pej P'tanian Ng Patoh
133
90
25
65
21
Bilararap
SK Ulu Lemanak
198
133
66
67
22
Sepaya
SK Ng Tibu
293
239
45
194
23
Gugu
Rh Intang, Mengiling
292
207
147 59
24
Nenyang
SESCO Township
75
61
11
50
25
Lubok Antu
Pos
43




















TOTAL


8006
5719
1924
3790


MAJORITY








1866

Previous Election Results For Batang Ai

Results/Voters' voting patterns for Batang Ai based on last Parliamentary and DUN Elections for

P203 Lubok Antu (2008) & N.29 Batang Ai (2006)














P203 Lubok Antu


N.29 Batang Ai
S/No
Polling District
Polling Station
Votes
BN William
SNAP Nicholas
Votes BN Dublin SNAP Nicholas






Cast
Nyallau
Bawin
Cast
Unting Bawin
1
Sebangki
SK Sebangki
357
273
84
385
276 109
2
Lubok Antu
SMK Lubok Antu 1
253
150
103
254
162 92




SMK Lubok Antu 2
199
116
83
222
147 75
3
Sekarok
SK Sekarok
236
157
79
270
178 92
4
Kesit
SK Ng Kesit
348
197
151
275
149 126




SK Ng Kesit






224
132 92




Rh Umping
159
69
90




5
Engkari
SK Ulu Engkari
80
28
52
193
54 139




Rh Intang, Mengiling






83
1 82
6
Delok
SK Ng Delok
143
76
67
135
63 72
7
Kaong
Tadika Kemas
273
185
88
267
201 66
8
Empit
SK Melaban
300
206
94
307
247 60
9
Kumpang
SK Ng Aup
113
89
24
119
101 18
10
Klampu
Rh Renggie Bukong
264
142
122
278
136 142
11
Sayat
SK Ng Kumpang
248
125
123








Dewan S'guna






246
56 190
12
Kutai
SK Lubok Antu
435
317
118
456
314 142
13
Mepi
SK Batang Ai
320
217
103
274
143 131




SK Batang Ai






308
182 126
14
Jela
Tadika Kemas
361
66
295




15
Sempang
Tadika Kemas
96
35
61
228
49 179
16
Bertik
Dewan SALCRA
148
62
86
141
32 109
17
Krangan Mong
Tadika Kemas
101
86
15




18
Ensawang
Dewan SALCRA
377
229
148
375
294 81
19
Kachong
SK Ng Menyebat
176
61
115
181
77 104
20
Patoh
Pej P'tanian Ng Patoh 85
82
3
74
68 6
21
Bilararap
SK Ulu Lemanak
130
62
68
128
75 53
22
Sepaya
SK Ng Tibu
226
81
145
228
61 167
23
Gugu
Rh Intang, Mengiling
201
60
141




24
Nenyang
SESCO Township
61
46
15
77
58 19
25
Lubok Antu
Pos






56
39 17


















TOTAL


5690
3217
2473
5784
3295 2489


MAJORITY




744




806