Candidate traits count

KUCHING: Voters will be looking into the personality traits of candidates before deciding if they should cast their ballots for them in elections from now on. “In this new era of politics, personality traits have become a major consideration for voters to choose, especially among the middle age group of voters,” said political analyst Dick […]

Tasik Biru incumbent to defend seat

BAU: Tasik Biru incumbent Datuk Henry Harry Jinep will defend his seat in the upcoming Sarawak state election. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), he revealed this when speaking at the annual general meeting of Kampung Bobak Sejinjang held at the village’s multipurpose hall here on Sunday (Nov 14). Henry, […]

Postal voting application opened until Nov 24

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KUCHING: Online application for postal voting for the 12th Sarawak state election for Malaysians residing abroad and those in the security and health sectors is open from Nov 8 to 24. Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said the application is for Form 1B (Malaysian citizens who are abroad) and Form 1C (nine agencies […]

Confirmed!! GPS to contest all 82 seats in the coming State Election

BAU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has reiterated that the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will contest in all 82 seats in the coming 12th Sarawak Election. He said that now the focus of the ruling coalition is to make sure that it will win all the seats allocated […]

Support GPS instead of contesting PN, BN told

KUCHING: Perikatan Nasional (PN) should be supporting Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) instead of contesting in the 12th state election, suggested Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. The Senior Works Minister said the upcoming state election was a time for them (PN) to show their support and help GPS as GPS has been supporting PN to stabilise the […]

GPS does not fear opposition parties

BAU: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is all ready to face opposition parties in the coming 12th State Election. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president, Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, said that opposition parties including Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) are expected to contest but GPS does not fear them. For GPS, he said that the […]

Voting safer than dining-in

SIBU: People are advised not to be worried when going to the polls in the 12th State Election (PRN12) which will be held in the near future. Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee when updating Sibu’s Covid-19 update on Saturday stated that risk of going to the polls are less than […]

GPS’ service track record a huge asset

BY HASNAH JUSID KUALA LUMPUR: Although Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) was only established officially in 2018, the fact is the parties that form the political grouping have had an excellent track record in governing the state over many years. In fact, the proven service track record of the respective parties, – Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu […]

GPS all set to take on Opposition in state polls

KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is ready to face the Opposition in the upcoming state election to protect Sarawak and Sarawakians and to continue its plan to develop the state, says Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom. The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president said such development was as mentioned by the chief minister under […]

Election Commission to announce poll date

KUCHING: The 12th state election can be held within 60 days after the revocation of the Sarawak Emergency has been gazetted and the notice of that has been received by the state government. “After that, we wait for the SPR (Election Commission) to announce the election date,” Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, […]