Serangan lisan penyokong cerminkan kesungguhan Entri jatuhkan presiden

KUCHING: Serangan lisan bertubi-tubi terhadap Pre-siden Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak (SPDP) Tan Sri William Mawan oleh penyokong setia Naib Presidennya Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran mencermin-kan kesungguhannya untuk menjatuhkan Mawan.

Ketua Pemuda SPDP Piasau James Joshua berkata, serangan berterusan itu semakin mengesahkan syakwasangka bahawa Entri dalang plot menjatuhkan presiden apabila tidak dikekalkan sebagai setiausaha agung.

Katanya, memandangkan beliau begitu terdesak untuk menjadi Raja SPDP, beliau perlu menunggu Mesyuarat Agung Tritahunan (TGA) dan bukannya bergantung kepada dokumen tidak relevan (perjanjian status quo).

“Meneruskan serangan lisan untuk presiden dengan bersembunyi di sebalik akar umbi hanya menunjukkan bagaimana sempit politik (Entri) dan prinsip demokrasi.

“Apa yang lebih buruk, mereka (pengikut setia) malah mengancam untuk melawan BN dalam Pilihan Raya Umum akan datang semata-mata kerana mereka tidak berpuas hati dengan presiden,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika mengulas laporan akhbar mengenai 47 tuai rumah dan ahli majlis daripada Marudi pada Ahad lepas yang melahirkan rasa tidak senang dengan lawatan Mawan ke Kampung Ulu Teru di Tinjar Baram bagi menyampaikan sokongan kepada penyandang kerusi Parlimen Barisan Nasionalnya Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan.

Joshua turut bingung dengan tuntutan penyokong setia Entri bahawa beliau (Entri) menang dengan margin yang besar dalam pilihan raya ne-geri lepas kerana Entri begitu popular.

“Majoriti pengundi di Marudi menyokong BN dan oleh itu Entri menang dalam pemilihan negeri 16 April lepas.

“Beliau yang bercakap besar seoalah-olah mengatakan beliau boleh menang tanpa tiket BN.

“Jadi mengapa tidak mereka bertanya kepada Entri kesayangan mereka itu untuk berdiri di atas tiket Bebas dalam pilihan raya akan datang?,” katanya.

Mawan selama ini berusaha untuk melindungi Entri daripada disingkir daripada parti sejak mendapati bahawa Entri adalah dalang rancangan untuk menggulingkan beliau kira-kira dua tahun lalu.

Tetapi Entri nampaknya tidak menghargai jasa Mawan kerana dia memilih untuk keras kepala dengan sering kali mengungkit bahawa Mawan memungkiri janji untuk mengekalkannya sebagai setiausaha agung.

Tanpa mendedahkan pelan induk Entri, Mawan sebalik-nya menaikkan pangkat Entri kepada naib presiden dalam mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi Januari lepas.

Marah dengan promosi ‘terlalu cepat’, Entri meng-adakan mogok dan turut disertai empat wakil rakyat yang lain.

James turut mengingatkan penyokong setia Entri agar mempertimbangkan perasa-an orang lain di kawasan itu kerana ‘Marudi bukan milik raja mereka, Entri’.

KUCHING: The continued verbal attack on Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president Tan Sri William Mawan by supporters of vice-president Datuk Sylvester Entri only goes to affirm the suspicion that he (Entri) has indeed masterminded a plan to topple the president.

Mawan is said to be ‘protecting’ Entri from being expelled by not washing dirty linen in public since the day he (Mawan) found out that Entri was masterminding a plan to overthrow him (Mawan) about two years ago.

But Entri is apparently not grateful to his president and instead preferred to go against him by insisting that he (Mawan) had reneged on his promise to keep him (Entri) as secretary-general which was made through what Entri called ‘status quo’ agreement.

Instead of exposing Entri’s master plan, Mawan promoted him to vice-president in the Jan 2010 supreme council meeting. Angered by the ‘untimely’ promotion, Entri staged and led a walkout. Several other members, including four elected representatives followed.

SPDP Piasau Youth chief James Joshua revealed all these yesterday in reaction to a newspaper report on Sunday that 47 headmen (TR) and councillors from Marudi had expressed their displeasure over Mawan’s Oct 23 visit to Kpg Mission Ulu Teru in Tinjar Baram to lend support to its Barisan Nasional (BN) incumbent Dato Jacob Dungau Sagan.

James said he was perplexed as to the claim made by Entri’s loyalists that he (Entri) won by a handsome margin in the last state election because Entri was so popular.

“The majority of voters in Marudi supported BN and therefore Entri won in the April 16 state polls. Bragging that Entri is popular is like saying that he can win without the BN banner. Why don’t they ask their beloved Entri to stand on an independent ticket in the next state election?” James asked.

“These so called Entri loyalists must remember that there are other people in Marudi or Baram for that matter. Marudi does not belong to Entri.

“Continued verbal attack on the president only goes to show how narrow his (Entri) politics and democratic principles are.

“The loyalists even threatened to go against the BN in the next general election just because they are unhappy with Mawan,” James said.

He added: “The big entourage that descended on Ulu Teru only goes to show that claims of security threat were baseless. They were created by instigators who did not want Entri’s shortcomings exposed by the villagers.”

Meanwhile, SPDP Supreme Council has yet to convene a meeting on Entri’s alleged failure to reply to its show-cause letter. The notice expired on Oct 26.

It is said that the meeting might be held after a meeting between Mawan and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today (Nov 1) to discuss among other things, SPDP’s early preparation for the next general election.