MIRI – Sarawak opposition party Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) has alleged that the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition will possibly enter into a pact with Umno and PAS to form the next federal government.
PBK president Voon Lee Shan today said his party feels that the three groups will “sleep with each other” in Putrajaya after the 15th general election (GE15).
“GPS looks very willing to work with these Malaya parties if they can gain mutual benefits,” he said, claiming that the peninsula-based parties have had agendas that did not benefit Sarawak for years.
“Sarawakian voters must be very careful with their votes, what not with GPS sleeping around with Umno and PAS just for political gains,” he said in a statement.
Voon slammed GPS for its willingness to work with those with racial and religious agendas.
He noted that GPS leaders have been claiming that the coalition, which is presently in power in the state government, is independent.
However, these same GPS leaders have also recently said they are “willing to work with any Malaya parties to form a stable federal government except working with DAP and Pakatan Harapan (PH)”, he added.
“These remarks by GPS leaders clearly meant that they are going to work with Umno and PAS,” said Voon, who is a lawyer in Kuching and a former assemblyman there.
He reminded Sarawakians how certain PAS leaders had mocked the native people of Sarawak with racial overtones many times before.
He urged voters to choose local opposition parties in order to fight for Sarawakians.
PBK has entered into a political pact with other local opposition outfits Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB), Aspirasi, Sedar and Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak.
PBK is entering the general election for the very first time after having contested in the state elections in Sarawak last December without winning any seat.
The local opposition pact is likely to see them contesting against both GPS and Sarawak PH parties.
There are 31 parliamentary constituencies up for grabs in Sarawak. GPS controls 19 of these seats, while the rest are under DAP, PSB, PKR, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and two independents. – The Vibes, October 21, 2022
