New parties a BN ploy in Sarawak
The parties are Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDS Baru), Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (Teras), Parti Bumi Kenyalang, Peace Party and Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu (PERSB).
(FMT) – Lim opined that the five new parties in Sarawak is BN’s strategy to split votes in their favour.
KUCHING: The approval of five political parties in Sarawak is a move to re-play Barisan Nasional’s “gainful” strategy in Sabah.
Said DAP national advisor advisor Lim Kit Siang: “They (BN) had gained so much in Sabah during the last general elections. They have gained four more parliamentary seats as well as eight more state seats.”
Lim opined that the five new parties in Sarawak is BN’s strategy to split votes in their favour.
Yesterday the Registrar of Society handed over the registration certificates to five protem committees in Putrajaya.
The parties are Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDS Baru), Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (Teras), Parti Bumi Kenyalang, Peace Party and Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu (PERSB).
“These new parties were approved by ROS in such a short time. In contrast, DAP had to face the risk of deregistration. Is this a proof of political oppression by BN?” he asked reporters at a press conference here today.
Lim was in Kuching to brief the Sarawak DAP leadership in relation to the upcoming party CEC elections.
He alleged the ROS directive to have DAP’s CEC re-elections was part of a ‘new agenda’ by Umno/BN to ‘demolish and destroy DAP’, and subsequently Pakatan Rakyat itself.
“The Umno/BN Demolish/Destroy DAP (DDD) campaign has a new agenda after the disastrous BN performance in the 13th General Elections, which is to eliminate the DAP from the political arena by all means, whether fair or foul, and by extension the Pakatan Rakyat,” Lim said.
