Datuk Joseph Entulu
Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
SIBU: The willingness of Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) to work with DAP revealed SWP’s true colour, PRS deputy president Datuk Joseph Entulu said.
He said it would not affect BN’s chance of winning in the next state election.
To him, SWP’s assistance to the Peninsula-based DAP is of little significance since DAP’s strength would remain in the urban only.
“If it is rural areas, SWP had been proven to be not accepted in these places. They may claim they have some strength based on the number of votes they got.
“But in actual fact, those are always the votes of the opposition. Secondly, in areas where they had no personal interest, they led their candidates struggled on their own, even losing deposits in the recent parliamentary election.
“Such was the case in Kanowit and Sri Aman. This means that they have no support anywhere,” he told The Borneo Post.
In May 5 polls, SWP contested in all PRS’s six seats, namely Sri Aman, Lubok Antu, Julau, Kanowit, Hulu Rajang and Selangau but lost all with two of its (SWP) candidates – Wilfred Landong (Sri Aman) and Ellison Ludan (Kanowit) losing their deposits.
Entulu, who is Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, noted SWP’s claim of being BN-friendly all this while was to hoodwink the people.
SWP president Larry Sng reportedly said they and DAP were in consensus on the need to work together to maximise their strength in numbers.
Sng was further quoted to have said they should pool together their resources and streamline their message so that they were not perceived as a loose pact but a serious alternative to the present government.
Entulu, who is Selangau MP, said: “We are neither excited nor afraid of whatever move they make.”
Meanwhile, PBB supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, said SWP was free to work with whoever they wanted to.
Abdul Karim, who is Assistant Minister of Youth Development and Asajaya assemblyman, added that Malaysia is a democratic country.
“It makes no difference to BN whether SWP want to work with DAP or to be on their own….either way, they are against BN and will be treated as such.
“We hope Bumiputra members in SWP could now see the political agendas of SWP leaders whether it’s a party that they could rely to look after the welfare of the people or it’s a party that initially claim to fight for the people but now has sold their ‘soul’ to a party that is well known as a chauvinist racialist party only fighting for the interest of one known race and interest.
“I am not surprised by this latest move by Larry…I wish him all the best,” he said.