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| 阿德南还没开始谈判，就先退一步。人民还能指望他替砂州争取自主权？ Posted: 21 Jan 2016 09:57 PM PST  （古晋21日讯）行政权和自主权根本就是两码子的事，不能混为一体而论。 民主行动党砂州主席张健仁指出，砂州人民要的是在一些领域的自主权，如行动党所提出的，教育、医药、内政和税务的主权，而阿德南所提的，只是行政上的一些权力下放，最终政策决定权还是由中央政府控制。 也是古晋市国会议员的张健仁举例，就以教育的自主权为例，自主权包括权力决定是否在砂拉越应有英语学校、砂州的学校的课程编排、多少钱应拨给教育用途、等。 而教育的行政权，只是决定哪里建学校、由那家承包商见学校、等非政策层面的权力。 阿德南所提到要向中央争取的，只是行政权而不是自主权。 "阿德南还没开始和中央政府谈判，就已经自己先退一步了。人民还能指望他能替砂州争取什么自主权？" 张氏也对自主权和行政权提出另一明确的比较。 自主权就像是部长层次的决定权，行政权则是政府部门主管所能做的决定权。 因此，把行政权当自主权而论，根本就是在混淆人民的视线。 "在教育领域，砂州人民要的是，恢复过去以英语教学的学校。这是政策上的决定。 但阿德南所争取的却是，由砂州政府来决定，哪里建学校，由谁来承包建学校的工程。" "甚至每年要拨多少的拨款作为砂州教育的发展和行政用途，在阿德南所争取的行政权下，州政府也没有权力过问，而是由联邦政府全权决定。 联邦政府决定一个款项，之后才由砂州政府在联邦政府所批准的款项中，决定如何使用。" 张健仁说，这行政权的下放所可带来的改变就是，原本是联邦部长的朋党拿到工程，现在变成由州部长的朋党拿到工程。这只是换了一批新的朋党受惠，普通的砂州人民并无法得到政策改革的好处，因为政策的决策权还是由联邦国阵和巫统决定。 张健仁指出，如果砂州要有真正的自主权，应该从税收着手，即，行动党所提议的，20%石油天然气开采税和50%所有在砂州所征收的税收归州政府，再由州政府自行决定如何分配拨款，而不是由联邦政府征收税收及决定如何分配，之后州政府才决定如何去执行中央政府的拨款分配。 "就如今天所暴露的，公共服务局取消奖学金的决定。就算有行政权力下放，联邦政策决定取消颁发奖学金，这行政权力就等同虚设。 如果我们有自主权，我们就可决定取不取消奖学金的计划。" 张氏表示，阿德南不可能不知道自主权和行政权的分别，但他却将之混为一体。 这是否意味着，阿德南根本就无法也无能力落实争取自主权的议程，却以行政权的下放来混淆视听，应付即将到来的州选。 | ||
| Adenan powerless to fight for True Autonomy for Sarawak? Posted: 21 Jan 2016 09:51 PM PST I call upon Adenan not to confuse and equate the notion of True Autonomy and Administrative Autonomy. These are two different matter. So far, the so-called devolution of power spoken by Adenan are mere Administrative Autonomy. Sarawakian wants True Autonomy and not mere Administrative Autonomy. The True Autonomy that we want is stated clearly in our DAP Sarawak's 2014 Bintulu Declaration, ie. autonomy in Education, Health care, Internal security and Taxation.  What Adenan is negotiating with the Federal Government is only Administrative Autonomy, not True Autonomy. Let me give an example of the difference between True Autonomy and Administrative Autonomy: True Autonomy in education means, we have the power to decide whether to revive English medium schools, to write our own school syllabus and to decide how much allocation it is for education every year. On the other hand, Administrative Autonomy is only the power to decide where to build the schools and who will be the contractors to build those schools, with the fund decided and allocated by the Federal Government. Basically, True Autonomy is the power to make policy, whereas Administrative Autonomy is only the power to decide how to carry out the policy that has already been made. The difference is like the roles of cabinet ministers making the policy and that of the departmental heads executing the policies. What Adenan is talking about is merely that of the departmental heads' power to carry out the policies made by the power that be in the Federal Government. This is a far cry from the notion of True Autonomy that we Sarawakian and DAP Sarawak talk about. Under the Administrative Autonomy that Adenan is asking for from the Federal Government, the State Government does not even have the power to decide the annual allocated for education in Sarawak. It has to abide by whatever decision or allocation decided by the Federal Government. Therefore, the only major change that Administrative Autonomy will bring about is a change of the cronies who will benefit from the government contracts. Previously, the main benefactors are the cronies of the Federal Ministers, with Administrative Autonomy to the State, they will be the cronies of the State Ministers. For the people of Sarawak, we will still be subject to the policies of the Federal Government, eg. no English medium schools. Without the source of revenue at our disposal, there cannot be True Autonomy for the State. That is why DAP Sarawak advocates for autonomy in Taxation, ie. 20% of oil and gas royalties and 50% of all tax revenue collected from Sarawak to be given to the State Government. It is only with sufficient revenue that the State will have True Autonomy. Another example of the difference between True Autonomy and Administrative Autonomy can be illustrated in today's expose in papers about the cancellation of JPA Scholarships for this year. This is a decision of the cabinet. Even if we have the so-called Administrative Autonomy that Adenan is talking about, we will still be subject to that decision on the cancellation of the JPA Scholarship. If we have True Autonomy, we will then have the discretion to decide whether to cancel the JPA scholarship for Sarawak students or otherwise. As a veteran politician, it is impossible that Adenan does not know the difference between True Autonomy and Administrative Autonomy. He is lumping the two together hoping that the people will be fooled into believing that he is fighting for True Autonomy for the State while in actual fact, he is only fighting for Administrative Autonomy. Is Adenan putting up this show with Najib merely for the coming State Elections? Is he powerless to fight for True Autonomy for Sarawak? 21-1-2016 Chong Chieng Jen MP for Bandar Kuching/ ADUN for Kota Sentosa DAP Sarawak Chairman | ||
| Chong sangkal dakwaan pembangkang perlekeh usaha dapat kuasa autonomi Posted: 20 Jan 2016 05:07 PM PST
KUCHING: Pengerusi Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) Sarawak Chong Chieng Jen menyangkal dakwaan bahawa pihak pembangkang memperlekeh usaha kerajaan negeri untuk mendapatkan kuasa autonomi daripada kerajaan persekutuan. Beliau menyatakan rasa kurang senang dengan ke-nyataan Ketua Menteri yang mendakwa pihak parti pembangkang seperti 'mencurah air sejuk' kepada usaha itu. "DAP Sarawak yang telah memulakan dan menetapkan agenda untuk pergerakan autonomi apabila kami melancarkan '2014 Bintulu Declaration-Towards Equal Partners' November dahulu. "Antara yang terkandung di dalam deklarasi itu adalah perjuangan autonomi negeri dalam bidang pendidikan, kesihatan, keselamatan dalam negeri dan cukai," katanya pada sidang media di pejabatnya di sini, semalam. Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Bandar Kuching berkata aspek kuasa autonomi yang paling penting adalah bagi cukai di mana DAP menyokong royalti minyak dan gas seba-nyak 20 peratus dan 50 peratus daripada semua cukai yang dikutip di Sarawak dikembalikan semula kepada kerajaan negeri. Katanya kerajaan negeri perlu tahu, mereka mendapat sokongan penuh daripada parti pembangkang di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) untuk usaha ini. Bagaimanapun, jelasnya sehinggga kini masih gagal mencapai persetujuan dengan kerajaan persekutuan bagi mendapat kenaikan royalti minyak dan gas daripada lima peratus kepada 20 peratus. Peningkatan 20 peratus tidak melibatkan apa-apa per-ubahan dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Ia hanya memerlukan keputusan kabinet untuk menjalankan peningkatan royalti itu, tegasnya. Oleh itu katanya, alasan Ketua Menteri yang memaklumkan bahawa ia memerlukan lebih banyak masa untuk melihat ke dalam aspek undang-undang dan perlembagaan autonomi yang dicari itu adalah sama sekali tidak boleh digunakan dalam isu royalti minyak dan gas. Chong berkata rundingan telah berlangsung antara kerajaan negeri dengan kerajaan pusat untuk lebih daripada 18 bulan, sehingga hari ini belum ada apa-apa keputusan pentadbiran yang telah dijalankan. Pada masa yang sama beliau turut berkata bahawa DAP sedang menjual peket angpau yang berisi enam keping di dalamnya pada harga RM5. Ia boleh didapati secara peribadi daripada pemimpin DAP Sarawak atau datang terus ke pejabat DAP Sarawak di sini. --theborneopost January 21, 2016, Thursday | ||
| Posted: 20 Jan 2016 05:02 PM PST 《转载自 诗华日报》
(本报古晋20日讯)要求将砂州石油开采税从5%增加到20%一事﹐其实不需要经过修改宪法的过程﹑也毋需涉及什么法律上的细节及程序﹐而是只需要一个内阁决定就可以成事。 砂行动党主席张健仁国州议员是在今早于该党总部召开的新闻发布会上发言时﹐如是指出。 为此，他指出﹐自主权的争取将涉及律法的修改等种种理由﹐其实与为砂州争取20%石油开采税的议题无关。 他更就此反击说﹐砂首长拿督巴丁宜丹斯里阿迪南沙登要求在野党别就政府当局争取自主权一事所做出的努力泼冷水之言论﹐其实乃是一种毫无根据的指责﹐并且目的在于要掩饰砂国阵在争取自主权方面所遭遇的失败。 "砂州争取20%石油开采税之动议在州立法议会中通过至今﹐已有18个月之久﹐但经过漫长的18个月后﹐有关事项却仍旧未能获得一个简单的内阁决定﹐所以砂首长的相关说法﹐其实乃是一种毫无根据的指责﹐并且目的在于要掩饰砂国阵在争取自主权方面所遭遇的失败。" 他更建议说﹐砂国阵应该退出全国国阵﹐以从中确保砂州人民的权益能够真正受到重视。 争20%油税火箭先提 与此同时﹐他也在会上说明﹐早在2014年﹐砂行动党就已经先行在该党的民都鲁宣言中提及要争取砂州自主权的课题。 他披露﹐在当时﹐相关宣言就说明﹐砂州自主权的争取﹐应该首要注重在教育﹑医药保健﹑内安及税收等4大领域。 "我们当时也强调说﹐税收自主权将是尤为重要的﹐因为如果缺乏税收自主权的话﹐那任何自主权的争取及执行﹐都将只会是空谈。" 他续称﹐在税收自主权的争取方面﹐该党就提出要将砂州石油开采税增加到20%的水平﹐然后再要求把砂州境内征收的50%税收归还给砂州政府。 他也透露﹐虽然在野党议员们悉数在州立法议会中表达了支持意愿﹐但砂国阵当前所掌管的砂州政府﹐却还是无法成功要求联邦政府将砂州的石油开采税从原来的5%增加到20%之水平。 砂国阵无法发挥优势 他还说明﹐我国目前共设有222个国会议席﹐而全国国阵所赢得的国会议席﹐却只有134个。 "如果不是概括了砂国阵的25个国会议席的话﹐那全国国阵所拥有的国会议席﹐将只会达到109个的水平﹐并且只能组成少数政府。" 但他遗憾看见﹐砂国阵始终无法发挥其在全国国阵中的造王者地位之优势。 "在拥有造王者的优势地位之前提下﹐砂州政府仍旧无法成功争取20%石油开采税之举﹐将是不能为砂州人民所接受的。" |
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