PADAWAN: Puncak Borneo MP Datuk Willie Mongin will defend his parliamentary seat despite Gabungan Party Sarawak (GPS) claiming that the seat belongs to them.
Thus, he hopes that GPS will give him space and opportunity to defend the seat.
In fact, he said, he was ready to defend the seat for GPS in ensuring that Sarawak’s development agenda could be continued.
“This was proven in the last state election, I instructed my supporters to give strong support to the GPS candidates who contested in the Mambong, Tarat and Serembu state constituencies which are under the Puncak Borneo constituency.
“I hope they respond to what I have done and I believe that the cooperation is necessary because it will enable us to go further together,” he said when met by the media after officiating at the Persatuan Segu Bunuk Penrissen (PSBP) management office in Kampung Bunuk yesterday (April 16).
Willie said he would let the leadership of his party to decide on his candidacy for the Puncak Borneo Parliamentary seat in the next general election.
“I leave it to the party leadership because they can see my achievements and efforts to help the community all this while,” he said.
Willie won the seat in the 14th general election (GE14) contesting under the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) ticket with 18,885 votes and a majority of 4,005 votes defeating Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Genot Sinel who got 14,860 votes and Aspirasi candidate Buln Ribos who polled 795 votes.
Willie, who is Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister, left PKR in February 2020 and joined Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) in March 2020.
