Karim not convinced by Masing's clarification on 'merger of minds'

July 2, 2014

KUCHING: PBB Supreme Council member Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah is surprised that PRS, SUPP and SPDP are jittery over state seats at this point in time.

With the state election still far off, he was baffled that the three BN component parties had continuously made a ruckus through the press to express their dissatisfaction.

“Why are they (PRS, SPDP and SUPP) all jittery about seats at this moment of time. The state election is still very far away and the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) is not even dissolved yet.

“Why the furore about seats at this time and why was PBB not invited or being approached even if it’s to discuss (about) seats?” he argued.

He was responding to a statement by PRS president Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Masing that the ‘merger of minds’ among SUPP, SPDP and PRS was still relevant even though Pelagus assemblyman George Lagong had been offloaded from the Teras bandwagon.

Abdul Karim, who is also Assistant Minister of Housing, said: “If the merger is aimed to strengthen BN, why was PBB not in the picture? Doesn’t it look stronger if PBB is included together (in the merger of minds)?”

The Assistant Minister of Youth Development and Asajaya assemblyman remained unconvinced even though SPDP and PRS youth wings had explained that the reason why PBB was not invited was because the party was not affected in terms of seat allocations.

    

Nama kebuah parti PBB enda disengkaum sida

July 2, 2014

KUCHING: Kaban Kunsil Besai Parti PBB Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah madah, iya alit ati ke penemu PRS, SUPP enggau SPDP ke berebutka kerusi maya diatu.

Pengawa bepilih besai nengeri (PRN) agi jauh ari diatu, iya madahka diri alit ati meda tiga komponen BN nya majak madahka penemu sida ke enda lantang ati nengah media.

“Nama kebuah (PRS, SUPP enggau SPDP) rindu ngaga penyarut pasal kerusi jam diatu? Pengawa Bepilih Besai Nengeri agi jauh endar sereta Kunsil Nengeri (DUN) kitai bedau diketu.

“Nama kebuah bekelikuh pasal kerusi maya diatu, lalu nama kebuah parti PBB enda dibai, lapa enda nanya penemu ari kami dulu nyangka tau bejuraika kerusi nya,” tanya Karim.

Iya nanya munyi nya lebuh nimbal jaku presiden PRS Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing ti madahka ‘merger of minds’ entara SUPP, SPDP enggau PRS agi relevan taja pan Kaban Kunsil Nengeri (ADUN) Pelagus, George Lagong enda disengkaum dalam Teras.

Abdul Karim ti mega Menteri Muda Pengawa Berumah madah: ”Enti gempung runding nya kena negapka BN, nama kebuah PBB nadai disebut? Enda ke tegap agi enti PBB disengkaum sekali (dalam gempung runding tauka ‘merger of minds’)?”

Taja pan udah diterangka sekeda orang ba penemu ‘merger of minds’, Kaban Kunsil Nengrei Asajaya nya tetap enda lantang ati lalu madahka iya semina beratika saut sayap nembiak SPDP enggau PRS ke madahka kebuah PBB enda dikangau ‘ngempung runding’ nya laban ku sida iya kerusi parti (PBB) nya enda dikachau.

GE13: Shame on EC official for making BN candidate change shirt -Karim

Monday April 22, 2013

KUCHING: A lawyer assemblyman is angered and puzzled by the actions of an Election Commission (EC) official in Hulu Rajang which he claims has “humiliated” Barisan Nasional candidate Wilson Ugak Kumbong during nomination day.

Asajaya assemblyman Abdul Karim Hamzah said Ugak and his nominating team were asked by returning officer Joseph Indi to change their Barisan shirts into something without any logo, whereas other nomination centres across the state had no problem with candidates wearing their party’s emblems on theirs.

“I am very puzzled as to why the EC officials in Hulu Rajang had asked of this from Ugak as well as his proposer, Belaga assemblyman Liwan Lagang, and seconder, PRS Youth chief Baleh Bakat Gira. What made it more humiliating was that the same wasn’t required of another party candidate who submitted his nomination paper at the same centre while wearing a shirt that bore the party’s symbol,” Karim lamented.

He said he was unsure whether the EC official was deliberately doing what he did due to personal reasons but stressed that such action was definitely wrong.

“The EC should ensure that their returning officers know the do’s and don’ts first. From my understanding of the Election Laws, party insignias or symbols are not allowed to be worn by supporters during polling. The EC officers must know the simple definition and difference between polling and nomination day,” he said, adding that if Joseph and others did not even distinguish the definition, they should relinquish their posts from the commission.

“He (Joseph) must have been too lazy to read up the Election Laws and Procedures. It is an embarrassment to Barisan and also to the EC, as it may hint that some EC officials are not impartial in their course of duty,” he said.

In the said incident on Saturday, Ugak, who arrived at 8.30am had to wait 20 minutes for his shirt replacement to arrive, and in the end Liwan just borrowed one belonging to one of their supporters.