PBS' statewide campaign to attract youths to join party

RANAU, Dec 24 (Daily Express) -- Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) on Wednesday said it will embark on a statewide campaign to attract the younger generation to join the party so as to boost party membership.

Its Secretary-General, Henrynus Amin said throughout the course they will be holding a series of seminars, workshops and training courses in various parts of the state.

He said the aim is to educate young people on the istory of the party's political struggle, vision for the future and priorities in its political agenda.

He said this at the PBS Paginatan thanksgiving dinner last Saturday in Kundasang and Karanaan.

"The training courses will focus on developing human capital by developing correct mindset, character building and competence," he said.

Henrynus said to be part of the ruling coalition is just the beginning of the political struggle, as there are tangible issues to be addressed and resolved if the party were to win the hearts and minds of the people.

But to strengthen the party, he said priority must be to reorganise, renew and reinvent the party from branch level to Supreme Council level in line with the 1Malaysia concept.

He said the task is huge given the dynamic national and local political environment.

"But I have confidence with the party as it has the necessary political will and leadership talents and resources to succeed as a political party," he said.

On the other developments, PBS Vice President, Dr Othman Menudin, in his remark welcomed the 1PBS national campaign introduced by the party to increase its membership starting next year.

He said it is timel;y as it would rejuvenate and strengthen the party.

However, he said the party may face difficulty to convince people to join the party in areas where the local assemblymen were not from PBS.

In this respect, he said there is a need for the Barisan Nasional (BN) to produce and implement workable political formula for BN component parties to enhance the existing cooperation and working relationship to refelct true unity at the national, state, constituency and branch levels.

He said that this was necessary in order to dispel the notion of monopoly of power by certain political party representing specific constituencies.