Make intentions clear before offering ‘assistance’, PPP told

Pandi Suhaili
Naib Ketua Pemuda PBB
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Ketua Biro Ekonomi Pemuda PBB

Make intentions clear before offering ‘assistance’, PPP told

Posted on October 3, 2011, Monday

KUCHING: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) should come clean on its decision to spread its wings to Sarawak before offering its ‘sincere’ assistance to the State Barisan Nasional (BN) in the coming general election.

PBB youth vice chief Pandi Suhaili pointed out that so far the explanations provided by the party leaders were non-satisfactory.

“In the past the party said it had to come to Sarawak because of requests made by few hundred Sarawakians.

“It is not a good argument because those who wanted to bring in Umno claimed to have ten thousand Sarawakians behind their efforts but still Umno didn’t want to come in as the party respected the local parties in the state.

“To us in the PBB Youth, when PPP decided not to emulate Umno in respecting the spirit of Barisan Nasional, it showed us that the party had an ulterior motive of coming over here,” he said when contacted yesterday.

‘PPP not an alternative to SUPP’

‘PPP not an alternative to SUPP’

Posted on July 23, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party’s poor performance in the last state election should not be used as the basis for approving the application by Peninsula-based People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to set up a branch in Sarawak.

A PBB youth state exco Ambrose Jemut Ukam said Putra Jaya is making a big mistake in assuming that PPP could be an alternative to SUPP in the state.

“SUPP is a Chinese-dominant party while PPP is not. Therefore, don’t use the party’s loss of many seats in the last election as a reason to come in,” he said when contacted yesterday.

He pointed out that although SUPP only won six out of 19 seats contested in the last election, Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) still managed to get more than two-thirds majority in the election.

“If the Sarawak BN had lost in the last election, then we have no qualms accepting any Semenanjung-based component party of BN here but that is not the case.

Ir Haidel Heli
Pengerusi Dewan Perdagangan Islam Malaysia
Cawangan Sarawak

Islamic chamber of commerce lauds decision to maintain price

Posted on May 28, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: Sarawak Branch Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce (DPIMCS) welcomed the Barisan Nasional government’s decision to maintain the prices of RON95 petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas for the time being.

Its state chairman Haidel Heli said the decision clearly showed that the government is really concerned about the people’s welfare.

“Many people are going to be affected if the government had decided otherwise because the RON95 petrol and diesel are widely used by the people,” he said.

He added the business community had also been spared from hardship because of the government’s decision.

“On behalf of our members, we wish to thank the government for its decision to maintain the prices,” he said.

BN win saved state from chaos — Pandi

Pandi Suhaili
Naib Ketua Pemuda PBB
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Ketua Biro Ekonomi Pemuda PBB

BN win saved state from chaos — Pandi

Posted on May 7, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: Sarawak should consider itself lucky that Barisan Nasional (BN) had managed to thwart Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) aggressive campaigns by retaining power after the just-concluded election.

PBB vice Youth chief Pandi Suhaili said this was because barely a month after the opposition group won some seats in the election, its leaders were already at loggerheads.

“Sarawakians should be grateful that BN managed to win the election because if the opposition did win, it is certain to be chaos in the state.

“They could not even agree on the shadow cabinet line-up and what more to say when they are the government,” said Pandi when contacted yesterday.

He said the opposition parties’ disagreement over the shadow cabinet lineup clearly confirmed his assertion in the past that they were actually only interested in obtaining power and not fight for the interest of the rakyat.

Be more sensitive, Khairy told

Be more sensitive, Khairy told

Posted on April 23, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: PBB vice-youth chief Pandi Suhaili said Umno youth chief Khairy Jamaludin should be more sensitive to the political landscape in Sarawak.

He criticised Khairy for looking down on the results accomplished by all who had worked hard to get the rakyat to support Barisan Nasional (BN) in the election.

“We not only got two-thirds majority but three-quarters majority with 55 seats won in the election.

“In fact, it is a thumping victory for the State BN,” he pointed out.

The vice-youth chief also pointed out that even BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sang praises of the achievement.

Don’t be influenced by opposition – Pandi

Pandi Suhaili
Naib Ketua Pemuda PBB
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Ketua Biro Ekonomi Pemuda PBB

Don’t be influenced by opposition – Pandi
Posted on March 30, 2011, Wednesday

KUCHING: Sarawakians must not let themselves be duped by the opposition parties that they have the people’s interest at heart.

This is because the only thing that matters to them is to be a dominant pact in the state and not to fight for the people’s interest, said PBB vice youth chief Pandi Suhaili.

He pointed out that the opposition pact’s true colour was evident when the various opposition parties spent all of their time sorting out their internal problems regarding seats allocation instead of attending to the rakyat.

“All this while, the opposition likes to project an image as the people’s fighter of which the interest of the rakyat is the paramount interest of the party.

“However, the pressure during the negotiation process has caused them to blurt out to admit that what matters to them is to be a dominant party in Sarawak and not the rakyat’s interest,” he said when contacted in Miri.

PBB Youth: Squabbles in PR confirm desire for power

PBB Youth: Squabbles in PR confirm desire for power

Posted on March 19, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) youth wing has labelled the public squabbles of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) component parties over state constituencies as confirmation that they are only interested in getting power.

PBB vice-youth chief Pandi Suhaili said the tussle on seat allocation further strengthen the perception that the opposition is not concerned about the people’s welfare.

“The public squabbles on the seat allocation clearly shows that they are blinded and guided by their greed to wrest power from BN (Barisan Nasional) at all costs,” said Pandi, who is also the youth wing’s economy bureau chief, when contacted.

He said although Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) might choose to put aside their differences later, voters should not be convinced by the supposed show of unity.

He pointed out that if the two parties are really sincere about serving the rakyat, they would not openly disagree over the constituencies.

PBB sec-gen denies party taking Bengoh from SUPP

PBB sec-gen denies party taking Bengoh from SUPP

Posted on March 15, 2011, Tuesday

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) secretary-general Dr Stephen Rundi dismissed talks that his party was interested to take over Bengoh seat from Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) as mere “political rumours”.

This is because PBB had always been loyal to its fellow component parties in Barisan Nasional (BN) and would never resort to any tactic to undermine any component party, he pointed out.

“It is never in our agenda to backstab a fellow component party in BN. We will always cooperate with all the parties in BN,” he said when contacted yesterday.

PBB supreme council member Datuk Dr James Dawos was the first to respond to the rumours when he was asked by the press last Saturday.

He had said as far as BN was concerned, Bengoh was and would continue to belong to SUPP unless there was a seat swapping agreement.