Dither no more, back PH to form next federal govt, Soo tells Abg Jo, GPS
KUCHING: Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) must dither no more and decisively elect to support Pakatan Harapan (PH) to form the next federal government, said Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) president Lina Soo.
She said Sarawak must decide to reject a government hegemonised by extremism and zealotry whose political agendas will be met with repugnance and revulsion.
As such, she urged Abang Johari and GPS to take a firm stand to maintain Sarawak as a secular state where race and religion must play no part in politics and government.
“It is very telling that the choice is between a moderate multiracial administration versus a government dominated by partisans who had used bigotry and toxicity like ‘cawat’ and ‘alleged Christian proselytisers and colonising Jews’ to anger our indigenous peoples and Christians of Sarawak,” she said in a statement yesterday.
On a related matter, Soo disagreed with a statement issued by the Premier’s Office on Wednesday that GPS would rely on the wisdom of Yang diPertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to appoint the new prime minister.
“It is the role of the party leader to exercise the mandate vested in him to inform the King where the people of Sarawak sit, and yet the Premier has failed to deliver at this critical and pivotal juncture,” she said.