SIBU: The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) victory in Sibu during the last state election bodes well for the coalition to wrest the Sibu and Lanang parliamentary seats in the uGPSpcoming 15th general election (GE15).
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice president Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee said, based on the voting trend during the last state election, GPS can win both Sibu and Lanang parliamentary seats that are currently held by Democratic Action Party (DAP).
“In the last state election, we were able to win Bukit Assek and Dudong seats which are both under the Lanang parliamentary constituency.
“We also won Nangka and Pelawan (state constituencies) under Sibu and only lost in Bawang Assan (to Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh), but mathematically we won the Sibu parliamentary seat,” he said in a press conference during a meet with PBB Women machinery for zone 7 and 8 here today (Oct 31).
The Nangka assemblyman noted that the spirit of all GPS component parties in Sibu was high and they wanted to make sure that this GE15 would be the end of the opposition era in the town.
“I think we will be able to make it (win the seats) this time and this is the best chance for us to do it,” he said.
Meanwhile, PBB Women chief Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah called on the women machinery to work hard to ensure the victory of GPS in this GE15.
“We will be working as a team. It is no more PBB, PRS (Parti Rakyat Sarawak), SUPP (Sarawak United People’s Party), or PDP (Progressive Democratic Party). We will not work in silos.
“When the election comes, we will be working as one group, that is GPS, as the candidates are from GPS. I, along with the women’s wing, vowed to work hard to ensure the victory of GPS,” she stressed.
When asked about the approach used by GPS Women wings to attract young voters, Fatimah, who is also the Minister for Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development said that they would use the traditional approach of meeting voters face-to-face.
“We will also use social media to convince new and young voters who will be voting for their future,” she said.
