The Youth wing of Sarawak United People\u2019s Party (SUPP) is strongly against the federal government\u2019s decision not to send federal veterinary officers to Sarawak to assist the state in its fight against rabies by giving vaccinations.<\/p>\n
Youth head Michael Tiang said such a decision should not be made by the government of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a new government formed by Pakatan Harapan (PH) and yet they make such decision by not sending veterinary officers to Sarawak to help fight rabies. We have new rabies cases detected almost every month.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre they (federal government) saying our lives are not important, that they can\u2019t even help Sarawak?\u201d questioned Tiang at a press conference during the party\u2019s Annual Delegates Conference (ADC) 2018 at its headquarters here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Tiang was reacting to The Borneo Post report yesterday that the federal veterinary department had difficulty in helping Sarawak to be rabies-free by assisting in vaccination programmes due to budget constraints.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the federal government said that they have budget constraints, why is that they can afford to maintain the Equanimity for RM3 million and said no budget to help us fight rabies disease,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
He added that Sarawak is one of the biggest contributors to the national coffers (which he said was almost one third of the national coffers).<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t it fair for the federal government to give back what is owed to Sarawak, so that we can manage our own autonomy? It\u2019s absolutely inexcusable and ridiculous of the federal government to tell us otherwise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Youth secretary Milton Foo said Sarawak has 12 members of Parliament under PH and they were headed by Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Chong Chieng Jien and Minister of Works Baru Bian.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat have you done to help Sarawak?\u201d he asked both of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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