SIBU: Miri MP Dr Michael Teo’s statement about Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) taking over Sarawak government come the next state election is just ‘wishful thinking’, says Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sport Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
According to the minister, PKR Sarawak has been expressing the same confidence in every Sarawak state election or general election (GE).
In his recent remarks, Dr Teo called upon PKR members in the three state constituencies under Baram parliamentary area, to play their roles towards enabling PKR take over the Sarawak government in the next state election.
The Miri MP expressed his confidence that PKR should be able to take over Petra Jaya – regarded as the seat of the Sarawak government – if all constituencies could work harder than before, as he highlighted Baram as one of PKR’s strongest divisions.
“The people have the final say in deciding who should be their representatives.”
In the 2016 state election, PBB – still under Barisan Nasional (BN) at the time – won all 40 seats it contested; its BN ally Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) also secured all 11 seats contested.
The then-BN direct candidates contributed 11 out of 13 seats contested.
Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) – previously known as Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) – contested five seats, and won three.
Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) won seven out of the 13 seats it contested.
Overall, the then-BN Sarawak took hold of 72 out of 82 seats.
Democratic Action Party (DAP) lost five out of 12 urban seats it previously held, while PKR kept all three of its seats.
The candidates from Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), Parti Amanah Negara, Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) Baru, Sarawak State Reform Party (STAR), as well as all independent candidates failed to win any seat. -TheBorneoPost
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