CM: no need for Peninsular parties here

suppadmin | May 7, 2018

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said local based component parties are already representing the people, thus there is no need for BN component parties from Peninsular Malaysia to establish their presence in the state. This is due to the fact that the culture is different of that in West Malaysia.

Speaking at the Sejiwa Senada programe in Batu Kawa, the chief minister said Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) has been together with its other partners, including Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), for a long time for the unity of the people in Sarawak.

SUPP and United People’s Party (UPP) has come together to show their willingness to work together for the betterment of the Chinese community. Urging them to stay together so that they could be strong, Abang Jo said it will be for the benefit of the Chinese.

Chinese in Sarawak are Sarawakians and as the late CM, Pehin Sri Adenan Satem had said, we have stayed together, we have mixed around together, we have studied together, we eat and we drink together in the same ‘kopitiam’ (coffee shop), and we even marry among one another. That has been our culture.

This parliamentary election would be the best time for the Chinese to show that Sarawak Chinese are united – that they are ‘part and parcel’ with the government.