By Remy Majangkim
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan as the Farmer of Opposition: Cultivating Sabah’s Future
The end of the Sabah state election has placed Warisan in the fields of opposition.
To some, this may look like barren land, but to those who understand agriculture, it is clear that every season has its purpose.
Opposition is not a wasteland; it is fertile ground where seeds of accountability, integrity, and vision can be planted.
For Warisan, this is the season to cultivate, to nurture, and to prepare for a harvest that will come in five years.
Like a farmer tending crops, Warisan must be patient and deliberate.
Each critique of government policy is a seed sown in the soil of public awareness. Each proposal for better governance is a sapling that, with care, can grow into trust.
The party must water these seeds with consistency, fertilize them with constructive ideas, and protect them from the weeds of division and complacency. In doing so, Warisan can ensure that the field of opposition becomes a thriving garden of credibility.
The challenges are real. Rural areas may be rocky soil where Warisan’s roots have yet to take hold.
But just as farmers adapt to different terrains, Warisan can learn to cultivate new ground by listening to rural voices, respecting indigenous traditions, and offering practical solutions for everyday struggles.
Urban support may be the fertile valley where Warisan already grows strong, but the true test of a farmer is the ability to make barren land bloom.
Encouragement lies in remembering that no harvest comes overnight. The rains of criticism may fall, the sun of opportunity may scorch, but with resilience, the crop will endure.
Five years from now, Sabahans will walk through the fields and decide whether Warisan’s planting has borne fruit. If the seeds sown today are of courage, service, and hope, then the harvest will be abundant — a mandate to lead Sabah into a brighter tomorrow.
Opposition, then, is not a setback but a season of cultivation. Warisan’s task is to be the farmer of Sabah’s democracy, tending the soil of accountability and planting the seeds of progress.
The harvest will come, and when it does, the people will taste the fruits of patience, principle, and perseverance.
