Bumburing also support Pairin for TYT Post

Kota Kinabalu, Monday-October 3, 2022: Former Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred M Bumburing is the latest KDM leader who have come out with a statement in support of the proposal by KDCA to appoint Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan as the next Governor of Sabah saying it is indeed appropriate, timely and should be supported by the all Sabahans.

In a short statement issued to the media, Bumburing, also the former Tuaran Member of parliament from 2008 to 2013 said: “Pairin is the most senior and experienced candidate and fitting for the Sabah governor’s post. He is a former Chief Minister and Member of Parliament besides being the Huguan Siou or Paramount Leader of the Kadazandusun Community, the title bestowed upon him by the Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA).”

“It is a clear and straightforward understanding of the Sabah Constitution and Federal Constitution that religion is not a criteria for anyone to be nominated as the Sabah Governor. The head of Islam religion in Sabah is the Agong and not the TYT. The Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) also guarantees religious freedom for Sabah in the formation of Malaysia.” Bumburing added.

Bumburing who is the President of Angkatan Perpaduan Sabah (APS) also said that while the voices of the people of Sabah and the State government are increasingly vocal in asking the Federal government to fulfill the issues laid down in the MA63 as the prelude to the formation of Malaysia in 1963, it is equally important and necessary also for the Sabah Government itself to ratify and implement every important aspect of the provision of the State Constitution and MA63 including the criteria of appointing someone as the the Governor of Sabah.

“This proposal; for Pairin to be appointed the next TYT should be done in the same spirit as did the late Tun Leong Yew Koh, a Chinese and non-Muslim, who was appointed as the first TYT of Malacca in 1957.” Bumburing concluded.