KUCHING: The collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government was solely the coalition’s own doing.
The coalition has no one to blame except itself, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Stakan branch chairman Sim Kiang Chiok.
Therefore, state DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen should apologise to the voters instead of blaming Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) for the whole fiasco.
“The change of government was caused by his PH. They can’t work together. The problem lies squarely on his (Chong’s) shoulders for not being able to work with their partners and most importantly Tun Dr Mahathir,” he said.
When there is disunity in an organisation it would fall into disarray, he said in response to Chong’s media statement in which he said that Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s camp or Perikatan National (PN) had 114 MPs when the night before PH had claimed to have the same number.
“This is typical of DAP in particular and PH in general … issuing statements that not only contradict each other but also show that they are not united,” he said.
Sim said should Chong be overly worried about Perikatan Nasional (PN), he should have PH’s 114 MPs (if true) to defeat the PN government in the next parliamentary sitting instead of blaming others.
“Or is PH bluffing again when they claimed that they have 114 MPs?” said Sim.
Sim said GPS rejected DAP’s offer of working together as PH had not kept any of their promises especially the 20 per cent oil and gas royalties and return of 50 per cent of tax collected from the state, to name a few.
PH had also failed to honour its promise of giving 30 per cent development funds under the federal budget and recently the repair of Sarawak’s dilapidated schools.
“The PH government cancelled infrastructure projects in the state’s rural areas which were approved by the previous federal government. They also shifted the Borneo High Court registrar from Kuching to Sabah and threatened to remove Sarawak’s immigration autonomy if they were to rule Sarawak.”
Sim said the GPS government supported Muhyiddin because it wanted stability in the country, and to serve the Sarawak-first agenda.
GPS is not actually a member of the PN (Perikatan Nasional) but is supportive of it as long as Sarawak rights are restored according to the Malaysia Agreement 1963.
