Karim welcomes the launching of PKR's state election logo

July 24, 2015

KUCHING: PBB Supreme Council member Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah welcomed the launching of PKR's election campaign logo.

He noted the launching showed that the party has shifted into high gear for the coming state election.

“This is good as the people need to be informed of what they have to offer," he told The Borneo Post yesterday.

However, on the other hand, Karim who is the Housing and Youth Assistant Minister said, he noticed that PKR would only be active when the election was around the corner.

"After that they will go into hibernation….until the next election comes.”

He added unlike PKR leaders, Barisan Nasional leaders and elected representatives were always seen on the ground attending to people's problem.

Karim was commenting on media reports that PKR has started rolling out its state election machinery.

PKR Sarawak on Wednesday launched its ‘All for Sarawak’ election campaign logo that came with the slogan ‘A strong economy, a just society’.

Meanwhile the State Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi said PKR will not able to retain their seats because of the anticipated no cooperation from DAP in the coming state election.

“PKR is desperate knowing they will not get any cooperation from DAP. They will not be able to retain even their own seats of Batu Lintang, Krian and Ba Kelalan,” he said.

“The roadmap is a mere ploy for the coming state election; nothing new to us,” said Dr Rundi who is the Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Electricity and Telecommunications.

Meanwhile, SPDP senior vice-president Datuk Paul Igai said the party was well and truly ready in Meluan, which is one of the seats eyed by PKR.

He said it was PKR’s right to contest in any or all the 71 state seats.

“We know them well in Meluan and the voters are not easily hoodwinked,” Igai said.

PKR Kanowit secretary George Chen meanwhile believed that PKR could retain all its three seats in the coming state election.

“Maybe, we will be able to win more,” he added.

He said if previous state and parliamentary elections were anything to go by, there was a gradual increase of support for PKR across the state.

“Perhaps, the margin or percentage of losing will be getting narrower to the extent that five, 10 or 15 years from now, there will be a total change.

“When that happens, the two-party system will materialise,” Chen said.

Note: The news which was published by The Borneo Post has been edited to suit the blog's approach.