UPP pledges full support to Abang Johari, state govt
KUCHING: United People’s Party ( UPP) will remain independent and assures all its members that the leadership is fully committed to protecting the interests of the party and all its members.
“UPP is a part of the Sarawak state government under the leadership of its Chief Minister, YAB Datuk Patinggi ( Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg, and we pledge our full support for his leadership of the state,” UPP said in a statement issued after its central executive members held a meeting here yesterday.
The statement further said UPP is fully committed to work with the Sarawak Barisan Nasional ( BN) government in the pursuit of the restoration of all rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963.
“UPP extends its heartiest congratulations to YAB Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad on his election as Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Pakatan Harapan alliance on their success in the recently concluded general election.”
UPP also pledged its support for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir and his administration.
UPP is a part of the Sarawak state government under the leadership of its Chief Minister, YAB Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg, and we pledge our full support for his leadership of the state. Statement from United People’s Party
The party also said it will examine all ways in which its leaders can work with the federal government for the betterment of Malaysia as a whole and for Sarawak in particular.
“In particular, we will support the federal government in reforms that bring about restoration of the independence and integrity of the judiciary, the anticorruption agency and the police force, restoration of freedom of speech and freedom of the media, promotions in the Judiciary and in the civil service based on merits and seniority and not on favouritism or race, removal of GST which hits hardest on those least able to afford it and the implementation of an equitable tax system that will assist the poor and promote strong economic growth by making us competitive with other countries in the region, crackdown upon corruption which has impoverished the nation and the re- direction of the country’s wealth to education and healthcare where it is seriously needed ( particularly for the dilapidated schools and over-crowded hospitals in Sarawak), the eradication of racial and religious disharmony which had reared its ugly head in recent years because some myopic politicians had played the racial and religious card in order to try to gain support; and finally, the restoration of pride in all of us so that we can hold our heads high and tell the world that we are Malaysians first, regardless of our race.”
The leaders of UPP will in the coming days explore all avenues to collaborate with other political parties with the interests of Sarawak as its primary objective and the interests of all Malaysians in general, the statement added.