Yong speaks to the crowd; SAPP will contest a minimum of 40 seats
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee has urged DAP to contest at least 20 seats in Sabah.
He said this was only appropriate since DAP leaders had been boasting about its strength and performances in the various Pakatan Rakyat-ruled states, Penang in particular.
“SAPP, despite being labelled a ‘parti nyamuk’ (mosquito party) will go for 40 seats at least. DAP should contest at least 20 seats in Sabah if they are really that strong. If can’t, they might as well join us to fight against Barisan Nasional (BN),” he quipped.
Yong urged this while speaking at its political talk entitled “Safeguarding Sabah, What Have You Contributed?” held in the vicinity of Taman Foh Sang shops here on Tuesday.
He specially directed this to a group of young DAP supporters who were present at the talk.
And noting the recent revelation by DAP stalwart that PR was confident of winning seven states but Sabah was not in the list, Yong questioned: “If no confidence of winning (in Sabah), why contest, then?”
It was reliably learnt that DAP has been allocated only 10 seats in Sabah, including its existing Kota Kinabalu parliament seat and Sri Tanjung state constituency.
Touching on the abuse of Sabah’s natural resources such as oil and gas, Yong said if SAPP forms the new State government, among the first things it would do is to impose land assessment on the areas occupied by the gas pipelines from Kimanis to Bintulu, Sarawak.
“Why must the Petronas gas pipelines be exempted from paying land premium when the State government are charging it on the people? We will send land valuers to assess and impose the land premium for the state land which are occupied by the gas pipelines,” he vouched.
He further noted that the State Constitution clearly stipulates that land matters come under the jurisdiction of the State.
By Victor Ma
“Sabah is an important state for Barisan, we cannot afford to lose it,” he said during a breakfast meeting with members of the former Barisan elected representatives association (Mubarak) here.
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