Being optimistic and realistic on MA63 rights
What can be solved within a month, we will solve them while the rest, hopefully, we will see and maybe we will have to bring the matters to Parliament to get the approval. – Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof One month. That was the deadline set by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who gave full […]
GPS will protect people’s interest, says Deputy Premier
MIRI: Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan says Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) under the leadership of Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg will always be the protector of the rakyat. “Regardless of their backgrounds, religions, or race, we (GPS) will protect the rakyat’s interest as enshrined in the constitution, […]
Call for more Sarawak MPs to head key federal ministries
KUCHING: With the new federal Cabinet line-up to be announced this week, it would be far more important to have Sarawak MPs appointed to head key ministries rather than only being appointed as deputy prime minister. Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sarawak (ACCCIS) secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon Tok said that if a […]
Ismail Sabri: From DPM to PM in less than two months
KUALA LUMPUR: Less than two months after assuming the position of deputy prime minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today has been given the mandate to shoulder the big responsibility as the country’s number one leader. The Bera Member of Parliament (MP) was today appointed as the ninth Prime Minister, following the resignation of Tan […]
DPM from Sarawak proposal should be considered
MUKAH: A call for a Sarawakian to be appointed as deputy prime minister (DPM) by many quarters is getting louder following the collapse of the Perikatan Nasional (PN)-led government recently. The reason is simple – Sarawak along with its neighbour Sabah were founding partners with Malaya in the formation of Malaysia in 1963. In recent […]
DUBS joins in call for DPM post for Sarawak
KUCHING: There have been more calls for the country’s deputy prime minister’s post to be given to a candidate who is either from Sarawak or Sabah. Sarawak Bumiputera Entrepreneurs Chamber (DUBS) Information chief Mohammad Hafidz Rohani said it was time for Malaysia to have a deputy prime minister from East Malaysia. “All this while we […]
Fatimah hopes for a woman DPM
KUCHING: It will truly be in the spirit of equal partners and inclusivity if a Sarawakian is appointed to be the country’s deputy prime minister. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah stressed that the time was right for the newly formed federal government to have a deputy […]
Two DPM posts should have been created long ago
KUCHING: The federal government should have created two deputy prime minister posts, with one allocated to either Sarawak or Sabah, a long time ago, said political analyst Dick Lembang Dugun. He said the proposal should even have been made during Barisan Nasional’s (BN) governance of over 50 years. “Nevertheless, it is never too late to […]
Timely for DPM post be given to Sarawak or Sabah
KUCHING: It is timely that the country’s deputy prime minister post be given to a candidate from either Sarawak or Sabah. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) professor Datuk Mohd Fadzil Abdul Rahman said the person appointed could take charge of the welfare of Sarawakians and Sabahans. “After 58 years of the formation of Malaysia, I think […]
Sarawakians hope for no. 2 post
BY TANIA LAM & AISYAH AZZAHRA SUHIRI KUCHING: Many Sarawakians are of the view that a leader from Sarawak should be given the opportunity to fill the role of Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister of the country. Following Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s recent resignation as prime minister, the question on everyone’s mind has been […]
