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SANDAKAN: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal said that the Warisan-Pakatan Harapan-Upko pact had decided to use the Democratic Action Party (DAP)’s party logo, rocket, during the P.186 Sandakan Parliamentary Seat by-election on May 11.
“Just like how the late Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt won the seat in the past two General Elections with DAP logo, we are going to do the same this time.
“Warisan-Pakatan Harapan-Upko will give our full support to the candidate, Vivian Wong Shir Yee,” he said.
Vivian will be defending the seat of her father, the late Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt who was the Minister of Health and People’s Wellbeing.
The Government would not take the election lightly and would work hard to ensure DAP retains the Sandakan seat, he told a press conference after a townhall session programme that was held at Sandakan Community Centre where Vivian was announced as DAP’s candidate in the by-election.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister cum DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng asked the locals to have faith in the Government as it is working toward restoring Sabah’s rightful status.
“We are fighting to make Sabah one of the three entities that form Malaysia, instead of one of 13 states.
‘The Prime Minister himself has said in Parliament that a committee is to be formed to discuss the implementation of MA63 (Malaysia Agreement 1963).
“We supported the MA63 Amendment Bill that was presented at Parliament. Sadly, it was the members of Opposition parties in Sabah and Sarawak who have betrayed their own people. So do not support the Opposition who have betrayed the people,” he said.
Earlier at the townhall session, a local questioned DAP’s stance on MA63 issue.
To this, Shafie said Guan Eng was the strongest supporter for the setting up of the Special Cabinet Committee, which was then created by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government to oversee the enforcement of MA63, which is led by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad together with him (Shafie) and Chief Minister of Sarawak.