by Peter Sibon, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on December 7, 2011, Wednesday
Datuk Sim Kheng Hui
KUCHING: The election for Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) president and other top posts is the first step towards the transformation of the party.
SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sim Kheng Hui stressed that the party must carry out its election at the Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC) rather than follow the tradition of proposing a pre-arranged list for the delegates to endorse.
“Having a party election is the first step towards transformation. It must be done.
“There might be problems cropping up which we will try to solve along the way,” said Sim.
He said besides the election of new office bearers, the delegates would also decide on two main proposals to change the party’s constitution.
“The first being the proposal to change or refine our party constitution to allow a smooth election of office bearers.
“And we will also propose that there be a direct election on important office posts such as that of the president.
“Furthermore, we want to amend the constitutions to limit the tenure of SUPP ministers and office bearers to two or three terms,” added Sim.
He said this would be the first time the party would experience a major change in its constitutions since its establishment in 1959.
Sim added that as the secretary-general, he would try to ensure that the TDC would be carried out as scheduled amid the requests to postpone it to a later date.
“Our constitution does not provide us with the option to postpone it to next year.
“It must be carried out within this year.” added Sim.
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