ENGLISH - Malaysia is being hit by yet another political scandal as rumours abound that the Prime Minister was attempting to reshuffle his entire coalition following meetings at the Sheraton and pally dinners seating old political opponents together in a parody of new partnerships. Speculation suggests that Gombak MP Azmin Ali is preparing to jump ship to another party, with several other PKR MPs, to form a new coalition with UMNO/PAS, of all people. The only thing that remains the same, so far at least, is Dr M at the helm of this increasingly shaky ship. It seems that they are playing a numbers game, simply counting up the seats on each side, regardless of what they stand for. But, the question remains: what did the voters vote for? Was it personality, was it party, or was it a policy of reformasi? In fact, was it simply a vote against the previous lot? More importantly, which politician has the right or the gall to believe that their voters will simply follow them wherever they will go?

On today’s show, we ask a range of voters and party members what drives them to their choices. Achul of Kapit tells us that his own family member is the elected representative in his area and yet he still does not vote for him personally. Policy drives his choices and a very distant second is his trust in the candidate to perform. So, a candidate should not represent themselves one way, and then mid-term, change what they stand for. Where’s the trust then?

Meanwhile, Joshua Jabeng talks about loyalty to the party. Some months back, he was accused of disloyalty to Sarawak PKR’s leader Baru Bian and even that he had been suborned by bribery for suggesting that Baru had lost the confidence of his party grassroots. But, he says he raised the issue then as rumours of just this eventuality had already started to swirl. He wanted to support the duly elected leader of his party according to their constitution because the party and the system are bigger than any one person.

Ambrose Badi of Miri then talks about his commitment to voting for policy, which comes hand in hand with party. Whichever party offers a way forward that resonates with his values will get his vote. So switching mid-term just to unseat a party leader is a betrayal of the people, he says. They didn’t vote for that leader or that party member, they voted for the policy that the party stood for.

Patrick Sibat tells us that, in his view, most of the voters cast their choice, not for personality, party or policy, but rather for protest. They wanted change, plain and simple. But while Anwar stands for Reformasi, in his mind, Dr M stands for nothing less than transformasi, according to his own vision of Malaysia of course. Patrick says that this focuses on uplifting the Malays and, for that, he must get all the Malay parties under one umbrella, including his former opponents. But for all those who exercised a protest vote against the former PAS/UMNO leadership, this is the ultimate slap in the face.

Then Buln Ribos of Parti Aspirasi Sarawak - coincidentally also PAS – looks at the Sarawak side of things. If GPS get back into a coalition with UMNO/PAS, then we are right back where we started. Let’s focus on Sarawak, he says, and not sell our support short. Voon Li San of Parti Bumi Kenyalang also says that GPS should not get involved with Malayan politics. Remain as the kingmaker, he counsels, and let them fight amongst themselves.

Finally, as we turn back to community issues, Indai Arun of Saratok faces a different problem with enjoying the fruits of her land. In her case, the mill run by TSB plantations, just 10 minutes from their kampung, will not accept fruit from smallholders. Now they face a stark choice: sell to the middleman who will beat down the price or else travel an extra 40 minutes to the SALCRA mill where they can still get good value. What’s the deal with this mill, she wonders?

Tune in for all this and more, including our usual Berita Menoa. Semoa Kitai Tau Bejako!

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IBAN - Menua Malaysia diatu benung dituntung penyarut politic, bepun ari berita ti selebubu pasal Menteri Besai ti deka nukar cabinet perintah kunsi iya ti dipejuraika dalam sebengkah aum ba Hotel Sheraton enggau ba pengerami makai-lemai begulai enggau bala penyakal kaban party lama iya. Berita angin madahka Kaban Parliament Sitak Gombak Azmin Ali deka bekalih nyadi kaban party bukai, lalu mai sekeda kaban Parliament PKR, sida deka begulai nudukka perintah kunsi enggau UMNO/PAS. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohd udah badu nyadi Menteri Besai Malaysia. Datuk Seri Wan Izazah Ismail udah dipaduka nyadi Menteri Besai Malaysia Sementara. Azmin Ali Menteri Berumah Zuraida Kamaruddin udah dilepaska ari PKR.

Tang pekara ti mengkang ditanya kitai, sapa ti diundi rayat? Kitai rayat ngundi mua-mata orang politic, ngundi party, tauka ngundi policy reformasi? Nitihka pematut, patutka enda kitai milih baru bala YB ti diatu ?  Ia ti beguna agi, ni bagi orang politic ti bekuasa tauka beratka bala pengundi ti nyukung iya, lalu nitihka penemu sida.

Dalam programme ari Radio Nyawa Sarawak lemai tu, kami bisi nanya penemu bala pengundi enggau bala kaban party politic, ni bagi pekara ti narit ati sida. Achul ari Kapit, taja siku ari sida sebilik nyadi pengari rayat ba menua sida, tang iya enda ngundi iya ketegal iya nya kaban iya. Iya milih orang ti nyadi pengari bepanggaika pemanah policy lalu kedua pengarap ati ba pengari ti rurus ngereja pengawa iya. Nya alai candidate ukai semina ngereja pengawa nitihka tuju ati iyaempu, tang ngereja pengawa ti udah dipaduka dikereja iya. Enti enda bekenya, dini penemu rayat?

Joshua Jabeng bisi ngena pasal penaluk iya ka party. Dalam kandang 2-3 bulan ke udah iya bisi dituduhka enda talukka tuai PKR Sarawak Baru Bian, sereta dituduhka bisi disuap lalu madahka bala penyukung nadai agi pengarap-ati ba Baru Bian. Tang ku iya iya mansutka penemu nya laban sekeda penerang bisi selebubu ngapa. Iya semina deka ngukung tuai ti endang dipilih party lalu atur pengawa ti diatur party ari atas penemu kaban party siku2.

Ambrose Badi ari Miri bisi ngenang pasal iya ti ngundi milih policy party. Sebarang party politic ti ngatur pemansang ti besenutuk enggau pematut runding iya nya ti diundi iya. Lebuh ukai maya ti patut nukar tuai party nya tau dikumbai ngelakar rayat, ku iya. Bala pengundi ukai ngundi tuai party tauka kaban party, tang ngudi pemanah policy party nya.

Patrick Sibat bisi ngenang pasal mayuh agi pengundi ukai milih canidate, party tauka policy party, tang undi nya dikena madahka pengeringat. Bala pengundi deka nukar party politic ti megai perintah. Nyadi Anwar bisi policy Reformasi dalam runding iya, lalu Dr. Mahathir bisi policy transformasi, nitihka penemu iyaempu ngemansangka Malaysia. Patrict madahka tuju Mahathir nya deka nyerakupka bansa Melayu, lalu nya kebuah iya ngempuruka semua party Melayu dalam siti party kunsi, nyengkaum party ti udah nyakal iya. Tu pengerugi orang ti udah ngundi nyakal PAS/UMNO. 

Bulan Ribos ari Parti Aspirasi Sarawak - enti GPS begulai baru enggau UMNO/PAS reti nya nikal baru ngagai perau lama. Manah agi kitai numpuka runding politic ngemansangka Sarawak, ku iya. Voon Li San ari Parti Bumi Kenyalang madahka GPS patut enda besangkut-paut enggau politic di menua Malaya, lalu tejuka sida charut ngelaban pangan diri.

Ke penudi kitai mutar ngagai pekara menua Sarawak, lndai Arun ari Saratok bisi dituntung siti pekara ketegal injin sawit enggi kompini TSB, ti kira 10 minit ari rumahpanjai sida, enggai meli buah sawit ari sida ti bekebun mit. Ketegal nya sida nyual ngagai tokey ti meli buah sawit ngena rega ti murah, enti enda pia sida nyual buah sawit  ngagai mill Salcra ti meli ngena rega ti tinggi agi, tang endur nya 40 minit pejalai ari rumahpanjai sida. Nama atur mill nya bekenya kini, ku iya?   

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