DAP will honour the agreement forged with PKR which will see DAP contesting a historic 30 seats in the upcoming Sarawak state election. The 30 seats will see more non-Chinese than Chinese-majority seats – 16 to 14.
As part of the accord with the PKR leadership, DAP has sacrificed the newly created seat of Batu Kitang (carved out from the DAP-held seats of Batu Kawah and Kota Sentosa) which was intended to be contested by Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen. DAP will give full support to the female candidate Voon Shiak Ni as announced by PKR deputy president and Selangor MB Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.
DAP also hails our first female Dayak candidate Rinda Juliza Alexander , who is contesting in Pakan against political giant, SPDP president Tan Sri William Mawan. We hope she can be a giant-killer.
DAP hopes that both PKR and DAP can work together and help each other to ensure mutual victories and to fulfil the historic mission of denying BN its two-thirds majority in the Sarawak state assembly.
BN will not ensure a fair fight by barring Pakatan Harapan leaders from entering Sarawak , not just MPs and state assemblypersons. But even our Ubah bird creator, Ooi Leng Hang, Penang State Exco members and the Selangor State Speaker Hannah Yeoh was barred from entering Sarawak!
This is a blatant abuse of power by Sarawak CM Tan Sri Adenan Satem. Not even his predecessor Taib Mahmud has dared to go as low as Tan Sri Adenan in abusing his powers.
Tan Sri Adenan has also challenged the opposition to discuss only local issues and not bring in national issues into the state election. DAP accepts his challenge but Tan Sr Adenan must also explain why he has not stood up for Sarawakians’ interest when Sarawakians are affected.
Two national issues stand out that directly affect Sarawakians:
- The implementation of GST – If Tan Sri Adenan can support Najib as PM, he is also supporting the implementation of GST. Can he call on his good friend Najib to exclude Sarawakians from paying GST?
- The RM50 billion 1MDB scandal – Where in the event of a default, ordinary Malaysians will have to bear the debt. The RM50 billion debt shared out among 30 million Malaysians will mean a debt of RM1,700 per person. For a family of 10, that would equate to RM17,000. Can Tan Sri Adenan ask Najib to exclude Sarawakians from having to pay their share of the debt burden of RM1,700 per Malaysian.
If Tan Sri Adenan cannot get his good friend Najib to exclude Sarawakians from paying GST and their share of the debt burden of 1MDB, these two national issues will still be discussed as a local issue due to its direct impact on Sarawakians.