PBB Telang Usan branch sets up 65 village-level relations committees

MIRI: The Telang Usan branch of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) has set up 65 village-level relations committees in the constituency in preparation for the coming state election under new norm.

According to PBB Telang Usan chairman Dennis Ngau, such initiative is meant to help strengthen Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) election machinery.

PBB, together with Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), are the component parties of the state coalition GPS.

“As coming election will be run under the new norm where gatherings and (physical) campaigning are not allowed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is the duty for the relations committees to manage the campaigning and relevant activities at their respective longhouses,” he told The Borneo Post here yesterday, referring to the launch of PBB’s village-level relations committee programme in Long Lama last weekend.

It is informed that among the roles of such committee include working closely with the village security and committee development (JKKK), disseminating accurate and verified information to villagers, assisting PBB machinery during election time, as well as providing social and welfare services to their communities.

PBB Telang Usan has nine subbranches covering various zones, namely Apoh, downstream areas in Baram, Long Lama, Long Miri, upstream and downstream areas in Akah Patah, upstream and downstream areas in San, and Pana in Ulu Tinjar.

Overall, the party’s Telang Usan branch currently has more than 6,000 active members.