PAS spewing lies in Sarawak – Kelantanese motivator

A Kelantanese yesterday advised Sibuti folks not to vote for PAS as the Islamic party had not proven its worth.
Freelance motivational speaker Sharif Mahmood, 55, opined that the PAS government had not shown any credibility in the past 25 years of governing the state.
“I would like to advise Sibuti folk to see for themselves what is happening in Kelantan under PAS and compared with Sarawak,” said Sharif, who used to be a civil servant in Kelatan.
“There is so much difference, the gap is so big. It is obvious that the BN government is more caring,” he said when met at Rumah Anyai Ijau in Saeh here yesterday.
He added that because of this reason he had personally visited villages and longhouses in Sarawak to spread the truth about PAS with the hope that Sarawakians would not make the wrong choice come May 5.
When asked about the issues raised by PAS in their campaign in Sibuti, especially those pertaining to native customary right (NCR) land, Sharif said PAS should rectify their own NCR issues before trying to be a hero in Sarawak.
“For those who do not know, Kelantan not only have the most critical NCR issues, but also critical water crisis.
“If they (PAS) really can resolve NCR issues, they should first resolve the one in Kelantan which they have governed for 25 years,” he said adding that PAS is spewing lies to hoodwink voters in Sibuti.
Sharif claimed that the federal government channelled about RM600 million to the Kelantan government annually, but so far the state was still in a poor condition and people questioned where the annual allocation had gone to.
“I dare say this because I am a Kelantanese, born and bred. I want Sarawakians to know that PAS cannot bring in development no matter what they promise.
“I have visited many longhouses in Sibuti, and I saw that the longhouses here had received numerous assistances from the government.
“The area is developing well and there will be more assistance for all these longhouses in the future. But if PAS took over Sibuti, these aids would stopped because PAS cannot give it to them like the BN government.”
He added that PAS would never disclose the progress and development in Kelantan when campaigning in Sarawak because they had nothing to be proud of there.
PAS’s intention when entering Sarawak, he opined, was just to be in power and not to help the people or look into their welfare because if they really cared they would have cared for the welfare of Kelantanese.
“PAS is only here to stir racial sentiments, which is a very valuable asset of Sarawak’s multi-racial community. Sarawakians should unite to preserve this asset and not let PAS destroy it.”
When asked about PAS deputy president Mat Sabu’s claim that Sibuti would be their first born in Sarawak, Sharif said the claim was only Mat Sabu’s dream that would never come true.
“He (Mat Sabu) better stops dreaming and waste his time with Sibuti. Sibuti folk want continuous development and only BN can give them these developments.