Its deputy president Dr. Maximus Ongkili said that recently the chief minister had been making comments about past government actions or happenings by twisting facts and shirking responsibility.

"A classic example is Dompok’s statement that the delineation of the new election boundaries was discussed between the BN and the opposition parties to which apparently everybody agreed.

"The chief minister has conveniently forgotten that as the PBS deputy president in 1993 Dompok chaired the special task force on constituency delineation and spearheaded the party’s objection to the new delineation on grounds of ‘Jerry Meandering’ and racial bias," he claimed.

The Bandau member of parliament further alleged that together with other PBS leaders at that time, Dompok also voiced his objections to the new delineation through public statements as well as comments in parliament.

"How could Dompok say that the opposition parties agreed to the new delineation? Dompok either has poor memory or he is purposely practising sef-denial," he charged.

Dr. Ongkili also said the so-called "development achievements" of the present BN government published by a research agency were nothing more than mere rhetoric because "the government has totally failed to fulfil the promises of Sabah Baru, a phrase not even mentioned once in the 1999 State budget."

He claimed that whatever achievements made were the results of the economic foundations laid by the PBS government, particularly in the areas of tourism, industrial development, environment and agriculture.

"Specifically, it is nothing but a great rhetoric for the government to claim there has been a dynamic civil service during the present government’s term of office.

"The fact is that the bulk of civil servants are demoralised because countless have been displaced, demoted, set aside as ‘consultants with no job specifications’, scolded publicly by inconsiderate BN politicians, and deprived of government quarters due to the failed housing project in Tanjung Aru."

Dr.Ongkili said it had been demonstrated over and over that the Barisan Nasional government was good in talking and making promises but hopeless in delivering the goods, adding that "judgement day is just around the corner when the people will have the opportunity to clean Sabah from the political mess created by the present government."

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