Try me first, dares MP
Kota Kinabalu: Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) Secretary-General Bernard S. Maraat has issued a challenge to opposition Pasok President Richard Jayasuriya to contest against him in the next elections, instead of talking big.
"Before Richard wants to challenge Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, why don't he challenge me first.
"He (Richard) better don't talk about challenging CM in the coming elections, but talk about challenging me in Pensiangan," said the Pensiangan MP at his Chinese New Year open house in Luyang, Saturday. Also present were the Chief Minister's wife, Datin Hj. Faridah Hj. Tussin, who was representing the Chief Minister, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President, Datuk VK Liew and its Secretary General Teo Chee Kang, among others.
Maraat was commenting on Richard's announcement on Friday that he "will contest wherever Sabah Umno Chairman and Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman will stand" in the coming elections.
"I can say that our Mr Richard Jayasuriya is daydreaming because he cannot even converse in proper Malay (Bahasa Melayu)Éhe only speaks in English. I was made to understand that he went to the interior area and talked to the villagers there in English. I can assure that these people will not understand his (Richard's) ideas and concepts of Pasok's strugglesÉNothing," he stressed.
"Richard better don't dream of challenging the CM when you can't even challenge me in Pensiangan."
At a Press conference on Friday, Pasok became the first party to name eight candidates in the yet-to-be-announced polls.
Richard's Deputy President, Datu Abdul Razak Datu Abdul Salam will stand in Kudat, its Youth Chief Muhd Al Aprinuddin in Silam, National Council Member Gabriel Uwing Agunsung in Pensiangan, Asang Rawai (Tandek) and eldest son of the late Datuk Mark Koding, Vitos in Ranau against his father's former colleague, Upko President Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, among others.
On another issue, Maraat said there was no rift between him and PBRS President Tan Sri Joseph Kurup as it was just a rumour.
He said there were unscrupulous people who created the rumour and wanted to take advantage for self-interest.
posted by Gundohing at
5:34 PM
2 Comments:
Pasok the resurrected from the long dead Kadazan party from the 60's. It would not be far fetched to think that Richard Jayasuria just like Harris's Berjaya presence in the election is to dilute the opposition votes. Jayasuria and Kadazan? Where's the link? Heard talks that they were paid to do it by the BN.
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'Why Pasok got only few votes'
Kota Kinabalu: Former Pasok President Cleftus Mojingol reminded Umno Putatan deputy chief Abdul Kahar Md Zain that Barisan Nasional lost to the opposition candidate for the Moyog seat in the 1990 general election.
"I was very happy then because the opposition candidate Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malakun won as I asked my party members, supporters, friends and family alike to vote for him," he said.
Cleftus said in the last election in 2004, it was his wife who represented Pasok in Moyog. "She is a housewife and complete stranger to Moyog constituents but garnered 200 votes," he said.
Abdul Kahar had predicted that Cleftus' successor Richard Jayasuria would lose his deposit if he contested against Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and suffer the same humiliation as Cleftus.
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