Tan Sri Masing on Teras

suppadmin | June 15, 2014

President of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) President, Tan Sri James Masing affirmed that Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (Teras) will not be able to make it into the fold of the Barisan Nasional(BN) as BN will continue to be strong without accepting Teras.

Stressing this point when speaking to reporters last night at the Gawai celebration of PRS Secretary General, Datuk Wilfred Nissom’s residence, Masing said not only his party will disallow Teras to join BN but he knew for sure, Sarawak Progressive Democratic party (SPDP) and Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) too will never allow it to even step a foot in.

“Why BN remain strong is because we have rules to guide us. We have the principles and we know that we cannot break that rule for a few person’s interest. You break the rule, you break up the strength of BN,” said Masing.

The rules of the BN constitution said that if anyone, just one of the 14 coalition party disagreed with Teras joining, it is game over for them, he added.

Masing said if once Teras were to be accepted into BN, it will be a ‘free for all” for the BN members. “What if my own party members disagreed with me on some issues and then get out to form a new party claiming itself to be a BN friendly party? It will be an endless battle for BN to contain once a precedent has been set,” he pointed out.

Saying that he would never agreed to it based on principle, Masing added that there must be a unanimous agreement on the matter. “To me, by getting back to the basic principle of the party constitution and follow it, BN will not be weakened,” he stated.

Former President of SPDP, Tan Sri William Mawan with the group of G4, Datuk Slyvester Entri (Marudi), Datuk Peter Nansian (Tasik Biru), Rosey Yunus (Bekenu), Paulus Palu Gumbang (Natu Danau) and former Sibu SUPP chairman, Dato’ Seri Wong Soon koh (Bawan Assan) who led three of the SUPP state assemblymen away, formed Teras. Joining Wong were Ranum Mina (Opar), Datuk Dr. Jerip Susil (Bengoh) and Jonical Rayong (Engkilili).

The four former SUPP state assemblymen has seen been expelled by the SUPP central working committee.