Political secretary: Nothing new in PH election manifesto
KUCHING: There is nothing new in Pakatan Harapan’s ( PH) latest election manifesto, according to political secretary to the Chief Minister, Susan Chemerai Anding.
She said PH is just promising what Barisan Nasional ( BN) has already been doing and implementing all these while.
Among other things, BN is restoring Sarawak’s eroded rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (or MA63), the negotiation for which is on-going; setting up of state- owned oil and gas company Petros and state- owned bank Development Bank of Sarawak (or DBOS); developing digital infrastructure; constructing the Pan Borneo Highway and intensifying the modernisation of agriculture, Susan added.
“So the learned people of Sarawak can just throw away that PH manifesto as it is rather useless and spent,” she said yesterday.
“And perhaps since Mr Vernon is now good friends with Tun Mahathir, he can ask Tun why while he was in power for 22 years he did not care to restore Sarawak’s eroded rights under MA63 or did Mr Vernon conveniently forget that his good friend was once in the seat of power and could have restored our rights but did not,” asked Susan, referring to PH information chief Vernon Kedit and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, who is PH chairman and former prime minister.
Susan agreed with the comments by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas on the PH manifesto.
“He ( Vernon) obviously does not understand what Datuk Amar Douglas was saying, so let me elaborate. Yes, indeed BN will be campaigning for votes in the upcoming election but the stark contrast between BN and PH is that BN does not just appear in front of the people when the election is near, we appear every day with the people and we need no big staged drama to ‘ fish’ our votes,” said Susan.
“BN politicians go to the ground not just nearing election but routinely to ensure development is being carried out in their constituencies, while for PH, well it’s just always a bunch of politicians shouting loudly into their microphones and loud-hailers mudslinging the government of the day and shouting sweet nothings in people’s ears,” she added.
“It’s always a heavy staged drama at these PH rallies but at the end of the day when the lights go out, it’s the BN government that will still continue to provide development and ensure the people are being cared for and served while PH will just be getting ready for their next fishing expedition at their big staged drama rallies.
“In BN we are realistic and rational people, we don’t whisper sweet nothings, we deliver. PH will of course only highlight our socalled failures but the people know better,” Susan pointed out.