PBS Activates Election Machinery In 13 State, Four Parliamentary Seats

PENAMPANG, July 8 (Bernama) -- Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has activated its election machinery in the party's 13 state and four parliamentary constituencies in the run-up to the 13th general election.

The party would also conduct a dry simulation of the general election in August or September to ensure its preparedness for the polls, said PBS deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, who chaired a special briefing for PBS state assemblymen and members of parliament, here, today.

He said this was as a follow-up to the party's supreme council meeting last Sunday which decided to activate the election machinery immediately.

"PBS divisions that are not represented by the party's assemblymen and MPs have been told to set up their election machinery to support the respective BN candidates in their constituencies.

"This is to ensure victory for BN through support and cooperation among all BN component parties. A well-oiled BN machinery can guarantee us a win," he said.

Ongkili also said that one of the measures to ensure an effective machinery is through the use of ICT facilities.

"A main operations centre will be set up at the PBS headquarters to coordinate all information transmitted electronically from the PBS-held constituencies, which will have their respective operations centre.

"This will ensure effective dissemination of information for the leadership in order to correctly identify problems and solutions for the ground machinery," he added.

Ongkili also said that all PBS division chiefs, assemblymen and MPs had been reminded to continuously go down to the ground to look into the people's needs and counter the negative propaganda and baseless attacks by the opposition.