No PDP rep attended meeting at Istana Negara, says comptroller
There was no Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) representative at Istana Negara today after Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) representatives were summoned by the King in his bid to break the stalemate in the formation of the new government.
This was confirmed by Comptroller of the Istana Negara Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, when contacted.
He confirmed that only Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s Dato Sri Fadillah Yusof and Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi, Sarawak United People’s Party’s Dato Sri Richard Riot and Parti Rakyat Sarawak’s Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang were present.
Fadillah is Petra Jaya MP, Nanta is Kapit MP, Richard is Serian MP and Aaron is Kanowit
MP.
PDP has two parliamentarians – its president Dato Sri Tiong King Sing who is Bintulu MP, and vice president Datuk Anyi Ngau, the MP for Baram.
When contacted, PDP senior vice president Senator Datuk Paul Igai said Tiong, who is also Dudong assemblyman, was attending the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting here.
“President (Tiong) is with me at the DUN. I know MP Baram Datuk Anyi was in Miri yesterday (Nov 22),” he said without disclosing anything further.
PDP secretary-general Datuk Nelson Balang Rining and vicepresident Datuk Henry Harry Jinep denied knowing anything about an audience with AlSultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Anyi could not be reached for comments.
Besides the GPS representatives, the Yang diPertuan Agong had summoned all 30 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs yesterday morning after his proposal to Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Pakatan Harapan on Tuesday to form a unity government was rejected.