How do you solve a problem like Sabah?

If you ask me what I think about Pak Lah, I'll say that he's lazy. He's too lazy to think; he's too lazy to check the temparature of the people's sentiment; and he's too lazy to work even.

Pak Lah just don't have the foresight a leader should have.

When two Sabah MPs declined appointments as Deputy Ministers at the federal level in March, Pak Lah should have taken the cue from there. To him, it's okaylah if they don't want to be Deputy Ministers. He can appoint other MPs.

Pak Lah failed to see that the portfolio does not help the MPs in their effort to forge the relationship between Sabah and the federal government. Shafie Apdal, the Umno man from Sabah was appointed as Minister of National Unity, Cultural, Arts and Heritage. In layman's term, he's a penjaga muzium or museum caretaker. That role given to Shafie wasn't enough to reflect the importance of Sabah in the federal government.

In fact, there is no suitable portfolio that can ensure an even distribution of wealth in Sabah and Sarawak.

Thus, if I am Pak Lah, I would certainly be alarmed with the allegations saying that a party within BN is opting to leave the coalition. And today, 18 June, 2008, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is going to make a very important announcement which could affect the whole country.

SAPP's president Yong Teck Lee even referred to his deputy's statement earlier, denying rumours that the party is pulling out of BN as "politicking".

This is politics. In politics, you cannot be nice. You can be "polite" but never nice. However, Pak Lah's style of politics is being nice. He was known as Mr. Nice Man. He still is. Within a month, he visited Sabah twice. During the first visit, he gave out a lot of goodies to Sabah. He thinks, that'll do.

Wrong. There is still no active participation of Sabah politicians in the federal administration. The federal law is also not doing justice to Sabah. The Labuan issue and oil royalty are other matters which remains unsolved.

Wake up, Pak Lah. It's the dawn of a new era. If you want to sleep and continue dreaming, let other people do the job. Sabah cannot be taken lightly.