SUPP leader blames BN for its failure

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By admin-s On Jun 19, 2011

(FMT) The Chinese are agile, elastic and realistic and they are responsive to necessary changes and have never indicated that they will not opt for change. They have nothing against the government. They are merely unhappy with some policies of the Barisan government.

KUCHING: The Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) treasurer David Teng has blamed the policies and decisions of the Barisan Nasional for its dismal performances in the recently concluded state election.

In the election, SUPP contested 19 seats, but lost 13 of them, a number of which it had held for the past 41 years.

Teng, who lost his Repok seat which he won in 1983, said that the BN was the rootcause of the people’s dissatisfaction because of its many policies and decisions.

“The BN has been in power for a long time and it is natural that a house becomes dusty after some non-cleaning period.

“Hence, wise and courageous leaders must take up the challenge to see through spring-cleaning.
And as far as spring-cleaning is concerned, there are things we need to get rid of,” the former assistant minister was quoted as saying by a local daily.

“The BN is in dire need of spring-cleaning, and it must be launched as soon as possible. Every member of the BN coalition is obligated to cleanse the dusty place,” he said.

He said that SUPP, being a part of the BN coalition, came with various unsettled issues that had displeased the communities, adding that a through cleansing would help tone down the aggressiveness of the opposition and subsequently making them powerless.

He believed that the Chinese community will return to the BN if the ruling government adapts to changes and reviews certain policies.

He said: “The Chinese are agile, elastic and realistic and they are responsive to necessary changes and have never indicated that they will not opt for change.

“They have nothing against the government. They are merely unhappy with some policies of the Barisan government.