BN yet to finalise list of candidates — Abg Johari
KUCHING: Sarawak Barisan Nasional ( BN) has yet to finalise its list of candidates for the upcoming general election.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said he has not even decided on his own party’s list of candidates.
Abang Johari, who is also Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu ( PBB) president, said he was still unsure when the election would be called.
“Until now, I haven’t got even the list of PBB candidates for the coming election,” he told reporters after chairing the state BN supreme council meeting at PBB headquarters here yesterday.
The state BN chairman said there was also no discussion on seat allocation and BN’s candidates list during the meeting.
He said what they discussed at the meeting earlier was to prepare themselves for the upcoming election and formed a committee chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas and all deputy presidents of other BN component parties.
“Of course, we also prepare our manifesto and logistic,” he said.
Asked if PBB is going to field any new faces for upcoming election, Abang Johari said he would announced that later.
“As I have said, I don’t know when election will be held. You know, the press speculated that the Prime Minister will announce the full list of BN candidates on April 2, but this morning when I asked him, he said no,” he added.
Asked how Sarawak United People’s Party and United People’s Party, which signed the memorandum of mutual understanding after the meeting, will resolve their candidacy issue, he said it would be decided later by both parties.