No deal with Malaya-based parties
KUCHING: Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has clearly indicated that Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will not give way to peninsula-based parties in the 15th general election, said its secretary general Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. Nanta said, as chairman of the supreme leadership council of GPS, Abang Johari had remarked on […]
PBM cannot be taken seriously, says analysts
KUCHING: The political moves by Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) led by Julau MP Larry Sng cannot be taken seriously as the party is totally unknown, has no political machinery nor brand name. Political analyst, James Chin who is Professor of Asian Studies at University of Tasmania told the New Sarawak Tribune that Sng’s statement was […]
Keadilan Sarawak accepts election loss
BY JACINTHA JOLENE KUCHING: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) Sarawak is disappointed that it did not win any seat in the recent state election. Nonetheless, Keadilan Sarawak thanked the party’s machinery and supporters for their efforts in campaigning during the election. “We have identified the causes of our loss and studied our weaknesses in order to understand […]
State’s needs not top priority for Malayan parties
KUCHING: Malaya-based parties expect Sarawakians to toe their lines or ideologies, but they do not reciprocate by prioritising the needs of the state. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan stated this on Wednesday (Sept 22) when expressing strong support for Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah’s recent […]
Don’t allow Malaya-based party to contest under GPS
KUCHING: The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) should not allow any Malaya-based Perikatan Nasional (PN) component party to contest under its banner in the coming 12th state election. “Sarawak-based party under GPS knows Sarawak better. After all, its battle cry is ‘Sarawak First’,” said Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) senior youth member Robert Ayu. Robert questioned why […]
Solve your own problems, Malayan parties told
KUCHING: It is better and wiser for Malaya-based parties to focus on solving their own problems within their traditional territories instead of expending precious scarce resources to stretch their areas of influence elsewhere. A political analyst, Datuk Peter Minos, who feels strongly about this, noticed that both sides — those in government and the opposition […]
DAP unlatched its dirty tricks box
KUCHING: With the upcoming Sarawak state election, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) has begun to open its ‘dirty tricks box’, opined a political analyst. Datuk Peter Minos pointed out that Malaya-based party continues to be very negative despite not doing anything for themselves. He stated that the party has made big promises and pledges, but […]
