KUCHING: Quitting Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) to join Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) is his own endeavour, his own doings, in his own accord, but with risks attached.
That is how PRS Youth representative Charles Nissom sees Sri Aman MP Datuk Masir Kujat’s party-hopping act.
“Masir’s antic mirrors how democracy blossoms and prevails in PRS, where everyone has his own free choice, except that it falls short of gratitude” said Charles, who is political secretary to the chief minister, in a statement today.
Charles went on to say that there were no squabbles, no feud and no one being pressured or told to leave at all.
“It was a matter of choice on his part, and PRS honours that esteemed characteristic of democracy.
“If you analyse the political situation currently and correctly, it is not wrong to conclude that it is more of the work of pinching by some quarters, who are formally not in the ruling state government coalition of the day.
“All they did was to lure an existing lawmaker from PRS into their fold just to make the numbers and probably an impact. It’s an effort to create animosity intended to shake the political stability within the ruling coalition.
“It is not a PRS crisis,” he added.
Charles said the whole thing was done with a purpose.
“It is an attempt to be heard, a step taken by pressuring GPS to accept them formally into the coalition, and not willing to be put on-hold further, after having been in the state executive over a period of time. It is a manoeuvre intended to put GPS under ransom.
“Initially, it may look like a storm in a cup of tea, but if left unaddressed, may transformed into a full-blown tsunami.
“To them, it is a race against time, doing it by crook having failed by hook. PRS remains intact nevertheless,” he said.
