Mohd Ali moved to Stakan, Karim to defend Asajaya

April 4, 2016

Adenan lifts the hands of Karim (left) and Mohd Ali after they were confirmed as candidates for Asajaya and Stakan respectively.

Adenan admiring a framed photo of himself when
he was attending a World Health Day celebration
in Samarahan in 1987.

KOTA SAMARAHAN: As speculated, Muara Tuang assemblyman Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Mahmud will be fielded in the new constituency of Stakan in the coming state election.

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem, who announced this during the launching of PBB Samarahan election machinery in Dewan Suarah Kota Samarahan yesterday, however, did not reveal the candidate for Muara Tuang. With Mohd Ali, who has been Muara Tuang assemblyman for two terms, moving to Stakan, this means Muara Tuang will have a new face from PBB.

Adenan also announced that Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah will defend Asajaya, the seat he has represented since 2001. Asajaya, Muara Tuang and Stakan are under the Samarahan constituency.

Adenan entertains the crowd by singing a song before the function starts

“For Muara Tuang, leave it to me to decide. Do you agree with me?” he asked the crowd, which was immediately met with voices of their approval. Talks are rife that PBB supreme council member and former senator Datuk Idris Buang

PBB Muara Tuang Deputy Chairman cum State
PBB Youth Treasurer Hamzah Ibrahim leads
the pledge of loyalty to the party. 

would be fielded in Muara Tuang. Muara Tuang is no strange land to Adenan who was its assemblyman from 1978 to 2006.

On another matter, Adenan reiterated that PBB would contest in 40 seats in the coming polls.

He added that if PBB won all 40 seats, the party could get a simple majority to form the government with several seats from other BN components, but he said that was not what the party was aiming for. “We don’t want a simple win. We want the win to be as big as possible.”

He also mentioned that the 11 new seats were being distributed based on 5-2-2-2 formula with the other three BN components.

On efforts to get higher oil royalty for Sarawak, he said the discussions with Petronas would resume once oil prices go up again.

Adenan and his wife watch a silat performance by young people from the Samarahan Division.

Some of the crowd who attend the function.

“That is why I need five more years, to fight for more things for Sarawak and to get what is rightfully ours returned to us.

“After five year, I will stop, and I am not even interested to be the governor (Yang Di-Pertua Negeri).

“The current mandate is not mine. It was Tun Pehin Sri Taib Manmud’s mandate. I want my own mandate now.”

Some of the crowd who attend the function.

Meanwhile, Karim, who is the organising chairman, called on PBB members in Samarahan to work hard to deliver Muara Tuang, Asajaya and Stakan to BN.

He said these three seats had never fallen to the opposition.

“We don’t win ‘alang alang’ (small), but win big to show those peninsula parties that these seats are not for them to ‘bertapak’ (set foot in).

“We know PAS and PKR are already moving around, but they only appear during election time. Let us reject them.”