PKR to touchbase through Gawai dinners
By Joseph Tawie, Free Malaysia Today
KUCHING: Barely a month after a gruelling campaign and hotly contested state election, Sarawak PKR is back on the road preparing for the parliamentary polls.
But this time they are kicking off their ‘campaign’ with celebrative dinners in conjunction with the Gawai Dayak (harvest) festival.
According to state chief Baru Bian, five Gawai celebration dinners will be held in major towns and cities in Sarawak.
“We are organising five gawai celebrations and dinners in major towns and cities. Through these Gawai dinners we try to get closer to the people especially the Dayaks whose support for us is vital for the coming parliamentary election,” said Bian, who is also the Ba’Kelalan assemblyman.
He said PKR’s de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and other leaders from West Malaysia are also expected to attend the dinners.
“We have had a few weeks of recuperating, after the state election. And we think it is time for us to kick-start again our struggle and campaign.
“As we all know that parliament election is coming, I think it is most appropriate to have this Gawai do.
“In the spirit of Gawai, we hope all Sarawakians have a cause to celebrate and at the same time we pray for the hope for the future of Sarawak and Malaysia as a whole,” he said.
Fundraising dinners
Meanwhile, Mengga Mikui, the organising chairman of PKR’s state-wide Gawai celebration committee said that the party has big plans for the Gawai.
Themed ‘beserakup kita menang’ (united we win), Mengga said that their first Gawai do will be held on June 11 in Kuching which will be followed by Bintulu on June 18.
The next Gawai do will be held in Miri on June 24 and Sibu on June 25.
Limbang will be the centre for ‘ngiling tikai’ (rolling of the mat) on July 2 which is to signify the end of Gawai.
