LEGISLATURE
SABAH STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARDS
Greater resources for the opposition and a role for the State Assembly in the appointment of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers would benefit the parliament and the people
Hon. Dr. Edwin @ Jack Bosi is Assemblyman N. 19 Kapayan in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
It is an honour to be able to contribute an article to The Parliamentarian. As one of 12 opposition lawmakers, I was excited to have been chosen to share my views and experience as a lawmaker in Sabah. The assurance that I could write without restriction as an opposition Member of the House is proof that we in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly practise the very tenet of democracy as we see it. I won the State seat of N.19 on 5th May 2013 in the 14th State Election under the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a national multiracial political party established in 1965. DAP made history when, in 2008, the party’s candidate
VI | The Parliamentarian | 2015: Issue One - Sabah
Hon. Dr. Edwin @ Jack Bosi
Jimmy Wong Sze Phin won the N.57 Sri Tanjung seat which sent him to the Assembly as the sole opposition lawmaker. History was made when I won and entered the Assembly as the first native Kadazan DAP lawmaker in Malaysia. Today DAP has three legislative
member in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly with me as the Party whip. The other opposition lawmakers are from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) with five seats, and one from State Reform Party (STAR). As first term assemblymen, we do not have much knowledge or experience with the working of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. But, as the Party secretary, I took time to follow my Party Chairman and lone opposition assemblyman Jimmy Wong to the Assembly sittings. By sitting and watching the Assembly in sessions I picked up many points, which put me in a comfortable position when I became a lawmaker, and I would certainly like to
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