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Mawan: I have no problem with Nansian’s initiative

File pix: 9th Nov, 2009. Kg. Lusut, Miri

KUCHING: The President of SPDP has commented on the effort of “the disgrunted five” to speed up the merger as “good”, but he advised that it should have been done in accordance with the regulations and “order of things” within the party.

“It is a good initiative, a good effort, but I hope they can bring it up to the Supreme Council meeting on Feb 28, and report on any progress that they might have made,” Mawan told the reporters at Wisma Bapa Malaysia after the State Cabinet meeting yesterday.

SPDP Senior Vice-President, Datuk Peter Nansian, had recently told a press conference in Kuching that he saw no reason why the proposed merger between SPDP and PRS, which was mooted some five years ago, should be delayed. Also present at that press conference were Vice-Presidents Sylvester Entri (Marudi Assemblyman) and Datuk Tiki Lafe (Mas Gading MP), Paulus Palu Gumbang (Batu Danau Assemblyman), Rosey bte Haji Yunus (Bekenu Assemblywoman), Cr Eda Igar, and Supreme Council members George Garai and Peter Gani. Wong Judat (Meluan Assemblyman), another committee member, was not present.

Mawan also stressed that being an open-minded person, during the coming Supreme Council meeting, he would discuss what had since transpired with the so-called ‘group of five’ pushing for immediate merger with Party Rakyat Sarawak (PRS).

“I guess that is just to regularize certain things.  I think we have to follow the order of things because we have the committee (the merger committee headed by Datuk Peter Nyalok).  I have always been for the merger.  If you read my statement last December, I was talking about it.  And I am also grateful to PRS for their sudden explosion of interest of the whole thing,” said Mawan.

He described the merger effort of the five as “individual effort” and clearly stated that he would not “condemn this sort of thing”.

“You met something, you stumble upon something, later on you report and we can share the glory and the success of it, what is wrong with that?  I don’t want to see ghosts behind every shadow.  They are my friends and my YBs (chosen representatives).  Whatever feeling they might have had, whatever perception or interpretation that people might have had, I don’t see it that way,” Mawan pointed out.

However, he warned that as they were all highly charged individuals and politicians, they should be careful to avoid making statements such as to imply that “he (Mawan) was being controlled by someone”. He termed such statements as “punching below the belt”.

Source: Eastern Times

Can the five SPDP YBs make it back to Kuching from Kapit on Sunday, in time to report the recent merger (individual) initiatives, during the SPDP Supreme Council meeting?

Posted by James Joshua on February 26th, 2010

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The party grassroots need clean water not politics

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Two politicians were asked to visit all the constituencies and seek the views of the grassroots supporters on the proposed merger of the two Dayak parties in Sarawak. Well, if these politicians asked their branch leaders, of course, we know the answer.

However, a random quick phone call among the real grassroots revealed that they are angry (and disappointed) with this politicians who seem to be more interested in politicking then to service the rakyat. What the grassroots really want is for them to deliver the long overdue roads, water (and now Northern Sarawak is facing water shortage) and electricity. That should be their TOP PRIORITY and not to fight for positions in the party. What is the use of those positions if the YBs can’t serve the rakyat?

One voter in Bakong said, “Ka ke nama iya penudok ba parti nya? Deh jalai (referring to the Beluru-Lapok Road) ke lungau nya enda ulih diputar ke iya. Ai beresi (referring to a few water supply research carried out in Bakong a few years back) enda ulih diaduka.. engka ke baya iya mati penudok parti nya ila!”

Now that is the real grassroots view – take it, they are not interested and couldn’t be bother about all this merger exercise when the needs of the rakyat are not being looked into.

Another voter from Ulu Teru added, “..orang berebut ke pemansang, sida berebut ke ka nyadi Secretary General. Cukup.. cukuppp pengawa tak nyelai ari enggi urang bukai. Kati ke tau nyadi pengari rakyat enti bakanya?”

We will not reveal this voters’ name but there is no need to go all around Sarawak to find out if the grassroots are really into merging. Just deliver the RM3.4 billion larrrr YB YB YB yang dikasihi sekalian. That is your real task and targets for the rakyat.

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Posted by James Joshua on February 26th, 2010

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RM3.4 billion to be delivered and they are still busy with merging?

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Nansian: SPDP strongman against merger

Source: NST Online

KUCHING: The proposed merger between the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) and Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) has not materialised due to the objections of a certain “powerful individual” in SPDP, said SPDP senior vice-president Datuk Peter Nansian.

Nansian told a press conference at the PRS headquarters here yesterday that a majority of SPDP and PRS leaders had agreed on the merger of the two Dayak-based parties but neither they nor SPDP president Datuk Seri William Mawan could take any step forward as “someone else was controlling the situation”.

Talks on the merger stalled two years ago when PRS objected to the inclusion of certain personalities in the current SPDP leadership.

“Mawan is a very good, kind and honest man. We have no quarrels or misunderstandings but it is a fact and we all know that he is being tied down by someone in the party,” Nansian said.

When asked to name the person said to be “controlling” Mawan, Nansian, who is also the Tasik Biru state assemblyman, said there was no need for him to mention any name as it was an open secret.

“Because of this prevailing situation we are doing our president a favour by having the meetings with PRS and kickstarting the merger because he could not do it. We want to do what we have to do and what the people want us to do. The rakyat want an honest party that can help them and not a party that is being controlled by one person.”

He said the pro-merger group of leaders from SPDP were pushing for an immediate merger with PRS to strengthen Barisan Nasional (BN) and consolidate rural-based constituencies in the state.

He also said the proposed merger was agreed upon by the SPDP supreme council while the BN leadership at state-level also agreed (to the merger) in principle.

Nansian, who is also state assistant minister of environment, said the pro-merger group of leaders wanted to answer the call of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to put the people, and not self-interest, first.

PRS president Datuk Seri James Jemut Masing, who was also present at the press conference, reiterated his earlier stand that PRS was all for the merger in the best interests of the people, particularly rural folk in the state.

“What the (pro-merger) group did is just fulfilling the wishes of PRS and SPDP members. I accept their move and I laud their courage to take the risk for the good of the rural populace.

“The group’s move is done with the sole objective of realising our longstanding dream and vision of consolidating rural-based constituencies which both PRS and SPDP leaders initiated five years ago,” Masing said, adding that the merger could be a long-drawn-out process.

He said both sides had agreed to form a special committee to handle all matters pertaining to the “marriage”.

“With state elections coming anytime soon, our rural constituencies are going to be a battlefield. We cannot afford to waste time. We need to strengthen our constituencies.”

The senior state politician further added that his main intention to engage the pro-merger group from SPDP was to strengthen the rural-based constituencies and help SPDP, on condition that the merger must be inclusive and not exclusive.

“I am open to all SPDP members except those who have been trouble-makers to the party.”

Also present were former SPDP secretary-general Sylvester Entrie, SPDP Bekenu state assemblywoman Rosey Yunus and SPDP Batu Danau state assemblyman Paulus Gumbang, PRS secretary-general Datuk Wilfred Nissom, Youth chief Mong Dagang and vice-president John Sikie Tayai.

RM3.4billion of infrastructure to be delivered in the next three years. Roads, treated water supplies and electricity. Even now the areas held by these politicians lack all those infrastructure. And, yet they have so much time politicking!

By the time they are settled down, all the fund will be gone, and there goes the Dayak-majority areas again – left behind!

Posted by James Joshua on February 25th, 2010

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Watch Tower of Miri – idea come and go like the haze

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Last year, during this period, Miri Division was faced with flood – in Batu Niah, at Bakong and Datuk Seri Najib was busy too, which includes, a visit to Suai, where the residents were badly affected.

Wang bantuan banjir was distributed, but to some rural dwellers, it never reach them until today.

That was last year, and this morning, the sign of the haze is back in Miri. Again, the Watch Tower is still no where to be seen as announced by DCM Datuk Patinggi George Chan last year and the year before. The idea comes and go just like the haze hahahaaa… and I hope it won’t cost a few billion to build because we are not sure if the PM will be in Miri to announce (again and again) funding at the billion (scary man to hear it while we didn’t hear of where the hell Malaysia would get the fund!)

Posted by James Joshua on February 23rd, 2010

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It’s ‘merging’, not jumping ship: Nansian

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by Geryl Ogilvy Ruekeith
February 22, 2010, Monday
Source: Borneo Post

KUCHING: The disgruntled group of five elected representatives from Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), who walked out of last month’s supreme council meeting, is seeking  an “immediate merger” with Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS).

Senior vice-president and Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Peter  Nansian Ngusie who took the role of group  spokesman,  in  a press conference held yesterday, declared that they are not joining PRS en bloc as earlier speculated but will “merge earlier” with PRS.

“Our group wants to merge earlier with PRS. The rest (from SPDP) can join later,” Nansian said at the press conference which was held at SPDP’s previous headquarters at Batu Kawa MJC New Township here.

“On the details of the merger (and the name of the new entity), we can work on those things later. Let us merge first,” he added.

Some members of the press were heard saying: “Merger with or into?”

Apart from Nansian, other members of the  group of  five are ousted  secretary-general Sylvester Entrie Muran (Marudi assembly-man), Paulus Palu Gumbang (Batu Danau assembly-man), Rosey Yunus  (Bekenu assemblywoman), Wong Judat (Meluan assembly-man) and Mas Gading MP Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe.

They  jointly  signed a press statement with three party supreme council members namely, Eda Igar, George Garai and Peter Gani.

The statement said, amongst others, their move to merge with PRS “is simply to expedite the vision and objective of both parties”.

Former information chief Sim Hang Seng was also present during the press conference.

According to Nansian, Meluan assemblyman Wong Judat was also with the group but that he could not come due to ‘transport problem’.

In front of the reporters, Nansian called up Wong and asked him if he agreed with the proposed merger.

With the telephone on speakerphone mode, Wong responded saying that he supported the merger for the sake of Dayak unity.

Asked why the group did not invite Mawan, Nansian said there was no need to.

On their move to expedite the merger, Nansian said: “The journey of a thousand miles start with little steps. We  are  doing  it first because the members of both parties want it, the state BN leadership is encouraging it and there is no more reason to hold back because the merger would only strengthen the BN government. Now it is up to PRS to agree before we can set the motion.

He added: “(As far as our group is concerned), we want to trigger it off so that the merger can happen,” he said, adding that the merger had been long outstanding since it was proposed some five years ago.

He went on to say that both he and Entrie are members of the SPDP sub-committee for the merger since the idea surfaced five years ago, and thus have the mandate to act on the matter.

Entrie was also the sub-committee’s secretary.

Earlier Nansian read the joint press statement which said: “We, the undersigned, agree to merge with PRS in order to consolidate rural-based constituencies. This proposed merger had been agreed by SPDP supreme council and we believe the same is true on PRS’ side. The PRS supreme council, we were told, had agreed to merge with us. Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership at state level also agreed in principle for the rural-based parties to merge.

“Therefore, the move by us to merge with PRS is simply to expedite the vision and objective of both parties. It will strengthen BN in the rural areas especially in the Dayak-held constituencies.

“However, from our feedback, PRS leadership is not keen to merge with SPDP due to some personalities in the current line-up in SPDP. It is our hope that this group of SPDP Wakil Rakyat (6) and some supreme council members are acceptable to PRS leadership.

“This move is done with the sole objective of realising our long outstanding dream and vision of consolidating rural-based constituencies which both PRS and SPDP leaders initiated five years ago.”

Asked by reporters on those ‘personalities’ meant in the statement, Nansian replied that the question should be posed to PRS leaders instead.

To another question, he said the group had yet to speak to PRS president Dato Sri Dr James Jemut Masing.

Nonetheless, Nansian said, he did mention that they are putting up an offer to Masing for the merger to happen. On why they chose the old SPDP headquarters and not the new one at Jalan Badruddin, he said this was the official correspondence address for the party.

“This is the official SPDP headquarters, as this was still the one approved by ROS (Registrar of Societies). This is the correct place for the party,” he said.

Other views on this issue

Posted by James Joshua on February 22nd, 2010

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