KUCHING: Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem will hold a press conference tomorrow on the issue of “Barisan Nasional direct candidates”, according to media invitations sent out yesterday.
The media invitations did not elaborate on the matter, except to say a “direct candidates” announcement would be made at the CM’s Wisma Bapa office at 2pm.
Leaders of Barisan component parties, SUPP and SPDP, declined to comment when contacted yesterday.
Similarly, members of their breakaway parties, UPP and Teras, would not reveal much.
In the past, Barisan direct candidates referred to those contesting under the Barisan ticket without a component party.
Previous examples include Datuk James Dawos and Billy Abit Joo, who later joined Barisan’s PBB and PRS.
But for the coming polls, Adenan has not made clear the mechanisms of direct candidacies.
