SIBU: The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) members are reminded to always stay vigilant pertaining to the moves made by the opposition parties at the state level in their effort to reach out to the people.
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) senior vice president, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said that Sarawak has a different political scenario as compared to Malaya.
“We (the party members) need to understand that even though we are currently a part of the federal government, it doesn’t mean that opposition parties in Sarawak are also inside the state government. They are still the opposition at the state level. So, we need to be careful.
“The spirit of the opposition party component is of course more enthusiastic considering that their president has become the prime minister.
“Therefore, we must ensure that the grassroots from our side to always provide the best service to the people… This is to ensure that in the next state election, GPS will continue to lead Sarawak,” he said in his speech at a dinner with GPS leaders at Malay Union Club (MUC) Hall on Friday (Jan 6).
The Petra Jaya MP stressed that there is a need to clarify that GPS and the state government are part of the unity government and not the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government.
“The Agong wanted the various political parties to form a unity government for a stable government. After the election, GPS supported Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to form the next government according to the statutory declaration (SD).
“PN, Barisan Nasional (BN), GPS, and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) had enough majority to form the new federal government. However, the Agong could not appoint PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the next prime minister because UMNO said some of the SDs were not valid.
“Hence, the Agong had to meet all party leaders to resolve the issue. We maintain our support for Muhyiddin based on our SD but we decided to leave it to Agong to decide.
“Agong wanted to have a unity government because of what happened to the last government in which we had three different prime ministers. He did not want that to happen again, and so we abided by Agong’s decision,” he said.
Also present were Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee, Deputy Minister for Public Health, Housing and Local Government Michael Tiang, Bukit Assek assemblyman Joseph Chieng, Katibas assemblyman Lidam Assan and others.
