SPAOH: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate Dr Richard Rapu will represent all races in Betong if he wins in the 15th general election (GE15).
GPS Election Director Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah assured that the GPS candidate would not be the Member of Parliament for the majority Iban alone as alleged by a certain quarter.
“I am very confident he will treat everyone fairly and equally,” he said this during a gathering with Bukit Saban PBB branch leaders and members from several Malay villages here today.
Former Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat and Bukit Saban PBB branch deputy Chief Abang Suhardie Abang Zaini were among those present.
Uggah said Dr Richard himself would realise that he needed to be fair in serving all.
“He was with me for eight years when I was a member of the federal cabinet. In 2016, when I moved to Sarawak, he was with me until he was nominated as the candidate.
“He too has been a very regular companion during my walkabouts here. I am sure the need to be fair and to treat and serve everyone equally has been ingrained in him,” he said.
Thus, he said, the non – Iban voters have absolutely nothing to fear or to be concerned.
At the function Uggah also expressed his and the people’s gratitude to Chuat for his immense contributions when he was a two- term state assemblyman for Bukit Saban and later as Betong MP from May, 2018 to October, 2022.
He also thanked him for his decision to step down to make way for a new and younger leader to take over.
