SARAWAK Parti Keadilan Rakyat will field candidates to contest in the coming Sarawak state elections due in 2026 in the interest of ensuring democracy and giving the people a voice, state PKR chairman Roland Engan said.
He mentioned that although PKR has a working cooperation with the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) at the federal level, Sarawak PKR is in opposition at the state level.
"The people of Sarawak need an alternative voice. Sarawak PKR will give them that voice," he said.
On July 26, purported comments by Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) president Datuk Larry Sng that Sarawak Pakatan Harapan parties should stay out of the coming state elections and join GPS have sparked a war of words with Sarawak PKR chief Tay Wei Wei, who criticised Sng for trying to stir up controversy.
"We in Sarawak PKR and Sarawak PH are not political frogs.
"Larry Sng should focus on how to build up his own party.
"PBM only has one seat, one parliamentary seat.
"He should stop trying to gain publicity by mocking other parties," Tay had said.
Tay said Sng had insinuated in social media comments that Sarawak PKR and Sarawak DAP are irrelevant and cannot defeat GPS.
The Sarawak state elections are due in 2026. – August 1, 2024.
