Challenge by DAP to drop BN logo a devious trap — Idris
KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu ( PBB) supreme council member Datuk Idris Buang has condemned a challenge by DAP to the state Barisan Nasional ( BN) not to use the BN logo of the ‘dacing’ (scale) in the next state election to show that the state’s ruling coalition has nothing to do with federal BN government.
Idris who is a spokesman for PBB said the challenge by DAP proved that the party was trying to drive a wedge between State BN and Federal BN.
“The fact that they had the audacity to put up such challenge only goes to show their attitude and devious mind. We PBB and Sarawak Barisan Nasional could smell that the challenge is in fact a trap by them not just on the Sarawak BN but one that could bring suffering to the people of Sarawak.
“They wanted Sarawak BN to exit from the Barisan Nasional by using each of the components’ own logo and symbols and sever all alliances and collaboration with the national BN. Obviously, such a challenge has a hidden gambit that comes from a cunning but wicked mind,” Idris said through a press statement yesterday.
As reported by Sin Chew News, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng Lim had thrown a few challenges towards Adenan and the state BN.
One of them is the same challenge made by Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen to the Sarawak BN component parties PBB, SUPP, PRS and SPDP to use their own respective logo in the state election to show the state BN had nothing to do with federal BN.
“They realised that the symbol of the ‘Dacing’ has been part of the political culture of the members and supporters of the BN in the state. It has symbolised the strong political acceptance of the Sarawak BN and its component parties in the state for decades. It is a symbol of cooperation and a common spirit of equitable power- sharing that has been successfully embraced and practised in Sarawak.
“Whatever happened internally to the any BN party in West Malaysia such as Umno has nothing to do with the Sarawak BN. Furthermore, the issues regarding Umno leadership for example, are their own internal affairs which have nothing to do with us in Sarawak whatsoever. Sarawak BN has no problem with the federal BN present leadership at all. So why should we sever ourselves from the federal government by exiting the BN,” he argued.
Idris added that if the state BN were to sever ties with the federal government all Sarawak federal ministers would have to resign.
“If ever that happens, all development planning, welfare and the rights to secure the interest of the people of our state would all be forfeited.
“Besides trying to avoid colliding with the mighty ‘Dacing’, a symbol that they ( DAP, Lim and Chong and their opposition partners) feared most, their trap would have a detrimental consequence on all of us in this Land of Hornbills.
“They knew very well that the ‘ Dacing’ symbolises a bond and culture of a common struggle to defend all the ethnic groups and people of Sarawak regardless of their race and religion, and that no race or ethnic group would be marginalised. Sarawak BN has proven that the alliance and cooperation in Sarawak BN is strong, deeply- bonded and that the BN symbol is well received by and close to the heart of the majority,” he said.
Idris pointed out that by issuing the challenge regardless of the consequences on the people in the state, Lim and Chong showed that they had no real ‘empathy’ or sense of compassion on the plight of the people in Sarawak especially those in rural and coastal areas.
The fact that they had the audacity to put up such challenge only goes to show their attitude and devious mind. We PBB and Sarawak Barisan Nasional could smell that the challenge is in fact a trap by them not just on the Sarawak BN but one that could bring suffering to the people of Sarawak.
Datuk Idris Buang, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) supreme council member