KUCHING: The state government must adopt a new mindset towards the opposition parties in the state.
This was said by Batu Lintang state assemblyman See Chee How while delivering his debate on TYT’s address at the State Legislative Assembly sitting here on Wednesday.
“The opposition parties’ positive and constructive roles in checking and monitoring the functions and performance of the administration must be looked as something that will benefit them in the long run.
“The mechanisms and process for ‘check and balance’ should also be elevated and enhanced,” he said.
He also called for the former Chief Minister’s legacy in upholding freedom of the press, which he hopes will also be the hallmark of the new administration.
“I have the honour of attending the Kenyalang Journalism Awards two years ago whereby the late former Chief Minister was the guest of honour. “In his speech, he encouraged the media to be daring in exposing truth and injustice in society in their reports.
“He said that this would enable the people to be more conscious on the lack of facilities in the rural areas as well as those that had been provided by the government.
“He also added that it would only be fair that news reports must also touch on the positive happenings and not only highlight negative issues in the state and advised the media to also practise fairness in their reports by not accusing people without and evidence,” he said.
See added that he hoped the march for a greater Sarawak is on and prayed that the legacy of the late Chief Minister will be continued.
“I fervently wish that our current Chief Minister will lead all Sarawakians to scale greater heights, for what Sarawak and Sarawakians truly deserve, for the betterment of all and our future generations,” he said.
