Wilfred Yap: only Barisan can deliver- vote wisely in coming GE 14

suppadmin | March 18, 2018

A SUPP potential candidate for Stampin, Wilfred Yap Yau Sin said this is the time for SUPP to win this coming GE 14.

Yap who lost to DAP Chong Chieng Jen in the last State election in Kota Sentosa constituency, is likely to face DAP new face, Dr. Kevin Yii.

Yap has recently challenged his old nemese, Chong to face him in Stampin saying that he has no worries about Chong who is losing popularity in Stampin.

“I do not take public support for granted like Chong. This time I can really feel the pulse of the people on the ground. Since 2012, I have been working on the ground. In the beginning, there are many who did not welcome me. This time, many people would come forward and shake my hands, giving me the encouragement to continue working hard,” he said.

Assuring the people that SUPP is different under its present President, Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian, Yap said SUPP delivers what was promised.

He added that the people’s feeling was understandably dissatisfied due to a lot of things promised by their YB in their area, especially Kuching, were not fulfilled. The people only saw the real transformation when the late Chief Minister, Pehin Sri Adenan Satem, took over the helm of the state.

“With SUPP being a component party of the Barisan Nasional, we joined force to fight for autonomy and certain things were already in place e.g English being an official language for government, recognizing Unified Examination Certificate graduates to join the government services and so on. The rest, we need to work out slowly due to documentations involved,” he said.

Yap also hit out at certain quarters who kept on harping that people are not enjoying economy growth. He said the statement is really misleading as the Prime Minister had pointed out that there are a lot of Malaysians travelling on holidays overseas.

“I agree – if Malaysians can go overseas, how could anyone say economy is bad?. Instead, I think economy is bad in Penang. Look at the high cost land premium in both Opposition held states, Penang and Selangor. The Penang government promised a lot of things but could not construct low cost housing. Toll charges were not abolished but instead had gone up despite the election promise in 2008 that toll would be abolished if they took over the government,” said Yap.

Yap felt that the burden on Sarawak BN is heavy this coming election as he stated that they cannot rely much on West Malaysia, whether it is PH or not. “The West Malaysian likes to play racial politics. In Sarawak, we are all multi racial. Every party is multi-racial one even PBB which have Dayak members. There is a vast difference between Sarawak and Federal BN. In Sarawak, our former Chief Minister, Pehin Sri Adenan Satem bravely took the lead to go against RUU 355. We in Sarawak are actually the third force,” he pointed out.

Since taking over SUPP public bureau complaints, Yap said he sees it as a joy to help the people. He called it is a divine blessing to be able to help people. In the past, he said despite doing so much, people were not just appreciative or grateful. “Now whenever I go to deal with a complaint or visit coffee shops to greet voters, I am always welcomed. There are many who encouraged me to work hard and they can see that SUPP is doing a lot to help the people,” he said.

Calling to Sarawakians to make a wise decision when voting this coming general election, Yap said they have to see into the future before casting their votes. He urged the people to go back to history to see who have been helping the people and who did not.

Sarawakians must open their eyes wide to see the truth so that they could not be lured to vote in someone who just sit there and not lift a helping finger to help the people. “Only we in BN can help,” he added.