No
problem winning all interior seats
KENINGAU, Dec 14 (New Sabah Times) -- Deputy
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan
has reiterated his optimism that the Barisan Nasional (BN)
will be able to make a clean sweep of all the state and
parliament seats in the interior of Sabah in the coming
general election.
The government,
he said, has no problem winning all these seats as the people
have benefited much from the development projects it implemented,
although some projects have yet to be implemented.
“Although the
opposition parties allege that the BN has failed to bring
development to the people, the reality is that the government
has already brought much development,” he said at a meet-the-people
session attended by some 1,000 residents at Kg Batu 24,
Mukim Meninipir on Wednesday.
The government,
led at federal level by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi and at state level by Datuk Seri Musa Haji
Aman, has good intentions in bringing development to the
people, he said, adding BN’s struggle is to bring development
to the people, unlike the opposition parties whose intentions
are not clear.
He cited Parti
Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which he said is only interested
in winning the posts of Prime Minister, deputy Prime Minister
and Chief Minister.
Pairin, who is
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) president and Rural Development
Minister, said support from the people in the interior for
BN will ensure continued development in their area.
Also present
were PBS deputy president cum Resource Development and IT
Minister Datuk Dr. Yee Moh Chai; PBS secretary-general cum
Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Radin Malleh;
PBS Youth chief cum Assistant Youth and Sports Minister
Jahid Jahim; Liawan PBS divisional chief Robert Ungkau;
Liawan assemblyman cum Keningau Umno chief Datuk Sairin
Karno; PBS Kg. Batu 27 branch chief cum organising chairman
Kapitan Lee Tek Soon; PBS Supreme Council members; heads
of departments, BN component party leaders as well as local
community leaders.
Pairin later
received 216 applications to join PBS from its Keningau,
Kg. Limbawan, Kg. Damai and Kg. Liawan branches.
