DAP Sarawak MPs to provide check and balance
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak strongly believes that with Pakatan Harapan (PH) as the backbone of the present government, the main principles of good governance, transparency and accountability will continue to be the main agenda. Its chairman, who is also the Stampin MP, Chong Chieng Jen said with that DAP Sarawak would make tangible […]
National interest above ministerial positions, says DAP Sarawak chief
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak said it will continue to play its role to ensure that the principles of transparency, accountability, and good governance are carried out in the new government. Its chairman Chong Chieng Jen said that they were informed that there were some quarters who had insisted on the exclusion of any […]
Use of rocket symbol may invite problems: Wong
SIBU: DAP Sarawak’s decision to use the party’s rocket symbol in this election may work against it in the event of a Pakatan Harapan victory this Saturday. Elsewhere the party has gone into the general election using the PH logo. GPS candidate for the Lanang, Wong Ching Yong, who questioned DAP Sarawak’s rationale said some […]
Voon doubts Anwar can deliver
KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan has questioned Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s confidence in securing a simple majority to form the government and become the prime minister after the 15th general election (GE15). “Anwar came with Democratic Action Party (DAP) secretary general Anthony Loke last Saturday (to Sarawak) […]
The Rocket logo for DAP
SIBU: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak will use its Rocket logo to contest in the 15th general election (GE15) despite the other component parties in Pakatan Harapan (PH) using the logo of the alliance. DAP Sarawak chairman, Chong Chieng Jen said the move is to avoid confusion as the voters throughout the state have been […]
EC urged to implement postal voting for S’wakians in Malaya, Sabah
SIBU: The Election Commission (EC) has been urged to implement postal voting for Sarawakians working in West Malaysia and Sabah. In making the call, Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen stressed that this is to provide and facilitate Sarawakians in exercising their constitutional right to vote during the 15th general election (GE15). […]
No problem for DAP to work with GPS for people’s benefit says Chong
KUCHING: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen does not rule out the possibility of cooperating with Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) as long as it benefits the people in Sarawak and the nation. This came after Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah rejected the possibility of working with DAP. “To […]
“High chance” of forming federal gov’t again if DAP retains six Sarawak seats: Chong
KUCHING: Sarawak DAP chairman and incumbent Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen said that they will do their very best to defend their six parliamentary seats. These seats, he said were vital to the formation of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government in the last general election, and believed it was important for the seats to […]
Assemblyman expresses shock and disappointment
KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang has expressed shock and disappointment over the rejection of an application for investment tax allowance from Sarawak Energy’s subsidiary Baleh Hydro Power Generation by then federal Minister of Finance, Lim Guan Eng in 2019. In a statement yesterday, Lo said he was shocked and disappointed that Lim had […]
Speaker’s reasoning absurd
KUCHING: Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen has hit out at Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun’s rejection of the motion to discuss the seizure of Petronas’ subsidiaries by the Sulu sultanate’s descendants on the grounds of sub judice as ‘absurd’ and ‘ridiculous’. He pointed out that the matter is in litigation in a foreign court […]
