‘PSB moving forward with team of likeminded leaders’

MIRI: Having proven its critics wrong, Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) is now moving forward with a solid team of likeminded, experienced leaders and supporters to realise its vision of a better Sarawak, says its Pujut branch chairman Bruce Chai.

He said the party remains humble in the face of criticisms thrown against it and accepts all opinions and analyses on how it will fare in the coming state election.

“What is most important is that all leaders in PSB are focused on the main goal of a better Sarawak, and with new ideas from new leaders coming in, we will only grow stronger and not weaker.

“We need a team of leaders and as our president has said, it about gathering right- or similarminded leaders under one political umbrella. That is how PSB is moving forward,” Chai, who is a founding member, said yesterday.

He said this in response to an article in an online portal which quoted political analyst Prof Dr Jayum Jawan of Universiti Putra Malaysia as saying PSB would be no match for the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition in the coming state election, despite having welcomed former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leaders and supporters led by

What is most important is that all leaders in PSB are focused on the main goal of a better Sarawak, and with new ideas from new leaders coming in, we will only grow stronger and not weaker.

Bruce Chai

Ba Kelalan assemblyman and Selangau MP Baru Bian into its ranks.

Jayum had said that PSB was made up of political rejects and individuals who had left their original parties and merely wanted to maintain their relevance.

Chai meanwhile said only time will tell how PSB would fare in the coming state election but pointed out that the party has grown significantly since it was established in 2014 as United People’s Party (UPP).

“We have proven analysts and critics wrong and weathered the different political scenarios in Malaysia. We are still here,” he said.

Having rebranded in 2019, PSB currently has two MPs and six assemblymen in its ranks.