Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, Datuk Salleh Tun Said yang juga Ketua Umno Bahagian Kota Belud, merangkap Timbalan Ketua Perhubungan negeri dan ADUN USUKAN, menyuarakan kebimbangan mengenai persepsi rakyat Sabah terhadap Kerajaan Pusat dalam soal layanan dan tuntutan rakyat Sabah mengenai beberapa perkara berkaitan isu autonomi. Datuk Salleh dalam blognya menyuarakan betapa kepentingan Sabah Sarawak dalam politik negara, terutama PRU13 lepas yang memungkinkan Parlimen tergantung di Semenajung jika Tanpa penglibatan dan peranan Sabah Sarawak. Datuk Salleh memulakan penulisan beliau dengan ayat :
No one would deny the fact that Sabah and Sarawak are Barisan Nasional’s ‘fixed deposits’. Politicians from both sides of the political divide have openly admitted this, even the Prime Minister himself. Sabah and Sarawak are the Kingmakers and without these two states we would see a hung parliament in Peninsula Malaysia and neither Barisan Nasional nor Pakatan Rakyat would be able to form the federal government.
Kebimbangan Rakyat Sabah disuarakan Datuk salleh sebagai berikut:
Nevertheless, what is of concern to Sabah and Sarawak is the federalisation of the state government and the loss of its autonomy in deciding some matters. We are not talking about independence as a nation-state. That is not even a subject that requires discussion. We are talking about independence in decision-making, or at least in some of the decision-making.
Dan akhirnya beliau berpandangan rakyat Sabah sarawak pada asasnya perlu merasakan bahawa kehadiran mereka sebagai rakan kongsi dalam MALAYSIA:
Sabahans and Sarawakians must be made to feel they are partners in Malaysia and not servants of West Malaysian colonialists. Whether this is the correct perception or not is another matter but we must not deny that this is how many Sabahans and Sarawakians feel. The bone of contention here is the manner in how these funds are managed and how much say the states have in how these funds are utilised. Hence this is a fair request from Sabah and Sarawak and can only strengthen Barisan Nasional in Sabah and Sarawak when Sabahans and Sarawakians are made to feel that they do have some say in their own destiny.
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