Stay away from Sarawak election, Daud tells PPP

Stay away from Sarawak election, Daud tells PPP

by Mohamad Abdullah reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on August 8, 2011, Monday




BREAKING FAST: Daud (right) serving rice to orphans at Kompleks Kebajikan Hamidah in Tudan during the breaking of fast on Saturday.

MIRI: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman yesterday advised People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to concentrate on winning the seats it lost in the peninsula in 2008.

He told PPP not to contest in the state during the coming general election as it would disunite and destablise the status quo
of state BN component parties – PBB, PRS, SPDP and SUPP – as all seats had been allocated among them.

“If PPP wants to help the state BN component parties we welcome but if they want to contest it will disunite the present unity,” Daud said after breaking of fast with orphans at Peryatim Kompleks Hamidah in Tudan on Saturday night.

Present were Sibuti MP Ahmad Lai Bujang, Miri deputy resident Abdul Aziz Yusof, Miri City Council deputy mayor Mohd Chee Kadir, Temenggong Abdul Rahman Fadzil and Penghulu Adam Bujang.

“We do not want other BN component parties from peninsula to disunite the state BN,” he said further, urging PPP to concentrate in the peninsula and work closely with other BN parties there.

50 members from PBB jump ship to join PPP

50 unhappy PBB members set to join PPP

Posted on July 30, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: About 50 members of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Batu Kawa branch are to jump ship to join the People’s Progressive Party.

According to a source, who is among those who have decided to join PPP, many of the party members are disillusioned with the party branch leaders.

“The leaders do not seem to know their limit for politicking … almost every issue is being politicised by
them which is not good for the party,” said the source.

The source added he and few PBB members would seek a meeting with the PPP state chairman John Lau to discuss their intention of joining the party.

“If PPP wants us to resign from PBB first before joining them, we are willing to do so,” said the source.