Sabah used to be the great hope for a more cosmopolitan and inclusive Malaysia, especially when Joseph Pairin Kitingan won his Tambunan seat in a major upset against the BN many years ago.
But since he took PBS back into the BN, Sabah seems to be more complacent or maybe the a better word is acquiescent and the PBS has been a steady component of the BN for many years now.
The party is one of the many component BN parties of Sabah and both Sabah and Sarawak have become very strong contributors to the BN as far as federal control is concerned. Part of the reason is that the average size of the electorate in these 2 states is estimated at two-thirds those in Peninsula Malaysia.
But for the PM to describe Sabah in this malaysiakini article as "a fixed deposit" smacks of condesencion especially since the people of both Sabah and Sarawak make up the largest numbers of the poor in Malaysia.
Both these states have vast resources of timber and mineral wealth but it seems that the wealth is slow to trickle down to most ordinary folks.
On the other hand, being described as a "fixed deposit" may be accurate after all. Someone other than the citizens are surely enjoying the "interest" on their behalf.
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