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1-11-2024
KOTA KINABALU : Aktivis hak Sabah, Dr Kanul Gindol, yang juga pemimpin Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri, menyelar menteri-menteri dari Sabah yang tidak bersuara apabila Perdana Menteri Persekutuan "menghilangkan" peruntukan subsidi tarif elektrik Sabah dalam Bajet 2025.
"Berita Daily Express dan Borneo Post hari ini (1 November 2024) telah memetik Pengerusi Elektrik Sabah (dahulu SESB), Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau, mempersoalkan ketiadaan peruntukan subsidi tarif elektrik untuk Sabah dalam Bajet 2025
"Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri menganggap perkara ini sangat serius dan ingin bertanya mengapa Menteri Kabinet Persekutuan dari Sabah tidak menangani perkara tersebut dalam Mesyuarat Kabinet Persekutuan?," kata Dr Kanul dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.
Madius dipetik berkata demikian ketika membahaskan Rang Undang-undang Perbekalan 2025 di Dewan Rakyat baru-baru ini.
Menurut Dr Kanul yang juga Penyelaras Zon Utara bagi Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri dan Ketua Bahagian Kota Belud, butiran besar mengenai Bajet 2025 termasuk subsidi tarif elektrik Sabah sepatutnya dibincangkan di peringkat Kabinet dan Kementerian Persekutuan.
"Tindakan MP Tuaran yang juga bekas Presiden UPKO membangkitkan isu tersebut di Dewan Rakyat adalah tepat dan wajar membuka mata rakyat Sabah.
"Rakyat Sabah kecewa kerana Menteri Persekutuan dari Sabah tidak meneliti butiran bajet 2025 untuk Sabah dan gagal menangani isu pembatalan subsidi tarif elektrik Sabah dalam Mesyuarat Kabinet Persekutuan," ujarnya lagi.
Dr Kanul berkata : "Saya ingin bertanya adakah Menteri Persekutuan dari Sabah itu jahil, tidak cekap atau ada kemungkinan mereka takut untuk menyuarakan masalah rakyat Sabah dalam Mesyuarat Kabinet Persekutuan?
"Menteri Persekutuan dari Sabah harus bertindak tegas dan proaktif untuk mempersoalkan kepincangan peruntukan kewangan untuk Sabah."
"Pada tahun 2024, sebanyak RM866 juta telah diperuntukkan untuk subsidi tarif elektrik Sabah, tetapi menurut Madius, peruntukan subsidi tarif tidak lagi diberikan atau tidak termasuk dalam Bajet 2025. Kenapa?
"Alasan Perdana Menteri bahawa Kerajaan Persekutuan menghadapi kekangan kewangan dan fiskal tidak boleh diterima kerana Kerajaan Persekutuan sebelum ini telah memberi komitmen untuk melanjutkan pemberian sokongan subsidi tarif (TTS) kepada Sabah sehingga enam tahun lagi," tambahnya lagi.
Beliau juga mempersoal adakah pembatalan subsidi tarif elektrik Sabah itu ada kaitan dengan penambahan bantuan Geran Khas Sabah berjumlah RM600 juta pada tahun 2025?
"Mungkinkah ada "udang di sebalik batu" di mana pembatalan tarif elektrik bersubsidi dalam Bajet 2025 dibuat bagi menampung peruntukan bantuan Geran Khas RM600 juta kepada Sabah? Saya minta penjelasan," katanya lagi.
Menurut Dr Kanul, tindakan membatalkan subsidi tarif elektrik untuk Sabah dalam Bajet 2025 bercanggah dengan janji atau komitmen awal Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk Sabah.
"Memandangkan Sabah Electricity tidak boleh menaikkan tarif elektrik sesuka hati dan subsidi tarif elektrik untuk Sabah juga kini dimansuhkan dalam Bajet 2025, sudah pasti operasi bekalan elektrik untuk Sabah tahun depan akan terjejas dan mungkin menjadi lebih teruk.
"Perdana Menteri sebenarnya tahu bahawa sebarang gangguan bekalan elektrik di Sabah akan menjejaskan operasi sektor sensitif seperti hospital dan kesihatan, lapangan terbang, air, telekomunikasi, pengangkutan, keselamatan dan keseluruhan sistem penyampaian kerajaan.
"Mungkinkah Kerajaan Persekutuan mahu memaksa Sabah Electricity menaikkan tarif elektrik untuk menghukum rakyat Sabah?," tanyanya lagi.
Menurut Dr Kanul isu pembatalan subsidi tarif bekalan elektrik untuk Sabah bagi tahun 2025 adalah perkara serius yang memerlukan perhatian rakyat dan Kerajaan Negeri Sabah.
"Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri sedang menunggu ulasan daripada Kerajaan GRS PH Plus Sabah berhubung tindakan Perdana Menteri mengabaikan keperluan subsidi tarif bekalan elektrik Negeri Sabah dalam Bajet 2025," tambahnya.#
The English version :
PRESS STATEMENT
1 November 2024
CANCELLATION OF SABAH ELECTRICITY TARIFF SUBSIDIES IN THE 2025 BUDGET
WHY ARE THE FEDERAL MINISTERS FROM SABAH SILENT?
1. The Daily Express and Borneo Post news today (November 1, 2024) have quoted the Chairman of Sabah Electricity (formerly SESB), Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau, questioning the absence of electricity tariff subsidy allocation for Sabah in the 2025 Budget.
2. He was quoted as saying this while debating the Supply Bill 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat recently.
3. Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri considers this a very serious matter and would like to ask why the Federal Cabinet Minister from Sabah did not address the matter in the Federal Cabinet Meeting?
4. The big details about the 2025 Budget including Sabah's electricity tariff subsidy should have been discussed at the Cabinet and Federal Ministry level.
5. The actions of MP Tuaran who is also the former UPKO President in raising the issue in the Dewan Rakyat was correct and should open the eyes of the people of Sabah.
6. The people of Sabah are disappointed because the Federal Minister from Sabah did not study the details of the 2025 budget for Sabah and failed to address the issue of canceling Sabah's electricity tariff subsidy in the Federal Cabinet Meeting.
7. I would like to ask if the Federal Minister from Sabah is ignorant, incompetent or is it possible that they are afraid to voice the problems of the people of Sabah in the Federal Cabinet Meeting?
8. The Federal Minister from Sabah should act decisively and proactively to question the shortcomings in the financial allocation for Sabah.
9. In 2024, as much as RM866 million has been allocated for Sabah's electricity tariff subsidy, but according to Madius, the tariff subsidy allocation is no longer given or not included in the 2025 Budget. Why?
10. The reason given by the Prime Minister that the Federal Government is facing financial and fiscal constraints cannot be accepted because the Federal Government has previously made a commitment to extend the provision of tariff subsidy support (TTS) to Sabah for up to another six years.
11. Does the cancellation of the Sabah electricity tariff subsidy have anything to do with the addition of the Sabah Special Grant aid amounting to RM600 million in 2025?
12. Could there be "a shrimp behind the rock" where the cancellation of the subsidized electricity tariff in the 2025 Budget was made to cover the Special Grant aid allocation of RM600 million to Sabah? I ask for an explanation.
13. I consider the action of canceling the electricity tariff subsidy for Sabah in the 2025 Budget contradicts the earlier promise or commitment of the Federal Government for Sabah.
14. Since Sabah Electricity cannot increase the electricity tariff at will and the electricity tariff subsidy for Sabah is also now abolished in the 2025 Budget, it is certain that the electricity supply operation for Sabah next year will be affected and perhaps become worse.
15. The Prime Minister actually knows that any electricity supply disruption in Sabah will affect the operation of sensitive sectors such as hospitals and health, airports, water, telecommunications, transport, security and the entire government delivery system.
16. Is it possible that the Federal Government wants to force Sabah Electricity to raise electricity tariffs to punish the people of Sabah?
17. The issue of canceling the electricity supply tariff subsidy for Sabah for 2025 is a serious matter that needs the attention of the people and the Sabah State Government.
18. Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri is waiting for a comment from the GRS PH Plus Government of Sabah regarding the Prime Minister's actions in ignoring the subsidy requirement for the electricity supply tariff of the State of Sabah in the 2025 Budget.
Dr Kanul Gindol
Supreme Council Member, Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri/
Division Coordinator for P169 Kota Belud and Sabah's Northern Zone
