KOTA KINABALU – There is tension between Warisan and DAP due to the latter’s betrayal, said Warisan vice-president Datuk Junz Wong in response to DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke.
Wong said ties among the opposition parties became tense because of the government-opposition MoU that DAP was a signatory to.
“DAP’s version of events is misleading. They are trying to hide certain facts and portray themselves as victims.
“The fact is our ties became tense since 2021 when Pakatan Harapan supported the MoU, with a government led by a prime minister from Umno,” he said in a statement here today.
Wong said Sabahans and Malaysians would have become victims to DAP’s charades and hypocrisy, if not for Warisan’s firm stand.
“In 2020, PH called the current prime minister ‘pengkhianat’ (traitor). They also called the current government a backdoor government.
“Yet in 2021, PH signed an MoU to keep the very same pengkhianat and backdoor government in power.
“After the MoU was inked, PH was given access to approximately RM166.7 million in direct grants and RM178 million in project funds.
“Why did PH keep quiet about these hundreds of millions?” he asked.
Wong also said DAP proposed a fresh MoU in Parliament, adding that it had also mooted a Sabah MoU.
“DAP’s Lim Guan Eng flew down to Sabah to personally meet Bersatu’s Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor for secret and direct negotiations that the public was not aware of until they were exposed.
“Is this not DAP betraying Sabahans?” he asked.
Responding to Loke’s claims that DAP helped Warisan form the Sabah government, Wong said that DAP should not belittle and downplay Warisan.
“If not for Warisan defeating Barisan Nasional in 2018, could DAP or PH form the federal government?
“Many people used to think that Sabah is BN’s fixed deposit. But after Warisan emerged and people saw the threat it posed to BN, there was belief that BN could fall. The wind from the east played a big part in helping PH capture Putrajaya.
“DAP is a Chinese party. Apart from monopolising all Chinese areas, what else is DAP’s contribution?
“Is DAP trying to say it helped Warisan win the Chinese seats because Warisan could not win the Chinese seats? DAP must not forget that it could not win all Chinese seats.
“Take Tanjong Papat for example. DAP had never won that seat before, but DAP won Tanjong Papat for the first time in 2018 thanks to the emergence and support of Warisan."
In the 2020 Sabah election, DAP candidates also used Warisan’s logo to contest and win big, said Wong.
In a forum earlier today, Loke said Warisan had adopted a confrontational approach in contesting seats DAP had won from GE14 in the Johor election. – The Vibes, March 31, 2022
