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Mas Gading candidate to be announced soon, says SPDP president

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KUCHING: Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president Tan Sri William Mawan said the party will announce its Mas Gading candidate for Barisan Nasional (BN) to consider, very soon.

The Senior Minister made the announcement yesterday when told that there was anxiety on the ground in Bau over the matter following the sacking of incumbent MP Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe from the party.

“The party will announce the candidate very, very soon,” he said when met yesterday.

At two previous dinners in Bau near here, which Mawan graced and was invited to as special guest, he hinted that the Bau community was not short of credible and smart people to lead them. He had also said that the party would move around to assess six to seven potential candidates, stressing that first and foremost Mas Gading was a BN stronghold.

At the Bung Bratak Heritage Association anniversary dinner last month, it was said that several of the potential candidates were present and they were seated together with Mawan and the association’s chairman Datuk Peter Minos.

They were Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) president Datu Ik Pahon Joyik who is also a permanent secretary to Tourism Ministry, Zecon general manager Rayan Narong and Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority deputy general manager Anthony Nogeh as well as prominent entrepreneur Henry Harry Jinep.

Following the dinners, several people called on PBB deputy information chief Minos to contest as a direct BN candidate instead. To this Minos said he was recuperating from an operation and that he would be glad if the eventual candidate came from SPDP.

Source: The Borneo Post
Posted by James Joshua on February 8th, 2012

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DAP’s Dayak candidates just for window dressing — Mawan

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Source: The Borneo Post
February 6, 2012

SIBU: DAP will not go far despite putting more Dayak candidates for the coming general election as this is part of their multi-racial window dressing.

SPDP president Tan Sri William Mawan said the opposition party’s move to pluck candidates from here and there to serve their purpose would not make inroads into the rural areas, a stronghold of Barisan Nasional.

“Well, this is a very clear case of them trying to go rural. But to me, putting up candidates is one thing; there must also be true multi-racial struggle, composition and leadership.The opposition should not just pick ‘bits’ and ‘pieces’ here and there to serve their purpose. It is understandable that they would put a few Dayak candidates in Dayak areas.

“But I would say these candidates are being used to penetrate (into rural areas). And I don’t think they (DAP) will go far as this is only a multi-racial dressing.

“I hope the people will realise their motive – it is just a matter of trying to use Dayak candidates to go into Dayak areas,” said Mawan, who is also the Minister of Social Development when asked if DAP would make any impact in rural areas this coming general election with half of their candidates coming from the Dayak community.

Last Friday, the Peninsula-based opposition party was reported by the media to be eyeing at least 12 out of the 31 Sarawak parliamentary seats during the polls.

Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen reportedly said the party created a historic move by getting half of their candidates from the Dayak community.

Tight lipped about their potential Dayak candidates, Chong claimed that they wanted to expand the party beyond the urban areas.

To this, Mawan said: “If they are just putting them up like window dressing, they will not be able to create much impact.”

Meanwhile, asked about Dominic Daon and 60 others from Singai crossing over to DAP, as reported by an English daily Mawan said politics was very fluid at all levels.

“Political forces are orbiting around, seeking alliances, and wherever it fits them, they merge. Initially, they seemed to be with Nansian but after that…they left and merged with others.

“Whether it is a marriage of convenience or for political reasons that I wouldn’t know. But that being the nature of politics . . . it is always the art of possible,” he noted.

Asked if SPDP could win all their parliamentary seats this coming general election, he said they were confident about it and had since shifted into fifth gear.

He, however, stressed that the BN coalition, comprising 14 component parties needed to work closer, putting BN’s interest as supreme.

“If that is the case, we can all win and SPDP candidates can win – that is definite,” he added.

Posted by James Joshua on February 6th, 2012

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Robert Ayu lambasted DAP over remarks on Tan Sri William Mawan

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Source: The Borneo Post Feb 2 2012 (Thursday)

By Churchill Edward

KUCHING: State Democratic Action Party (DAP) special assistant to Bandar Kuching MP, Mordi Bimol, was totally off the mark when he stated that Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party’s (SPDP) Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom’s presidency is just decorative lacking power in the Barisan Nasional (BN).

SPDP Youth chief Robert Ayu said this when commenting on Mordi’s recent take on Mawan.

Mordi is said to be the DAP hopeful to contest in Mas Gading come next parliamentary election but thus far the loose state opposition fold Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has yet to confirm  this speculation.

When contacted yesterday Robert pointed out that Mordi’s comment was calculated to put a wedge between Mawan and State BN chairman Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and / or between Taib and federal BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

He said the BN is experiencing a process where few leaders are clamouring for positions in the BN because BN is a winnable coalition.

Robert was referring to the sacked office bearers of SPDP in Datuk Peter Nansian Ngusie, Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe, Datuk Sylvester Entrie Muran, Rosey Yunus and Paulus Palu Gumbang who professed to be supporting BN using a proposed vehicle, the BN clubs.

“They are hanging on to BN because BN is winnable coalition otherwise they would have joined the DAP. Why are they not joining DAP?,” he said.

“Mordi’s comment was aimed at ridiculing the president but ignoring the fact that SPDP is now building foundation for young leaders and budding politicians,” said Robert when explaining the effect of the vacancies left behind by the sacked office bearers.

Mawan, being SPDP president has influence in BN, he said.

“The president is very much in control (of the party) and he too has influence in BN. We have  four parliamentary seats in which two incumbent MPs are deputy ministers while one, chairman of the BN Backbenchers Club,” he said explaining that SPDP elected representatives has the greatest of chance to be given government official posts because of Mawan’s influence.

Mawan is State Senior Minister and Social Development Minister while former SPDP office bearer Dr Tiki was also former deputy minister for two terms, Robert stressed.

Among the four seats is Mas Gading which may see a new BN face come parliamentary polls. Saratok is now being held by vice president Jelaing Mersat while Baram (senior vice president Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan) and Bintulu (treasurer-general Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing).

Robert said Mordi was again wrong when he said Mawan could not solve the recent party leadership crisis.

There were various factors which Mawan had to consider, and the party has regarded the crisis duly.

Posted by James Joshua on February 4th, 2012

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Upcoming young SPDP leaders have four years to buildup their ability to be a People’s Representative

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Sacking of SPDP 5 a blessing, says Mawan

By Churchill Edward, Borneo Post
18th January 2012

Tan Sri William Mawan

KUCHING: The void left by the five sacked elected representatives of Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) is a blessing because it provides budding politicians opportunity to be selected as future Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates.

And on winning (elections) they would become a part of the next echelon of state leaders, said SPDP president Tan Sri William Mawan yesterday.

He said those who ridiculed SPDP by calling it a mosquito party were not only sarcastic but they did not have the foresight that the party was in the process of producing state leaders, said Mawan who is BN vice-chairman and Minister of Social Development.

“New leaders will provide people with new hope, fresh promises and enthusiasm,” said Mawan who is also Pakan assemblyman.

The youth would benefit much from this latest development in the party, he added.

He said the five elected representatives, now party less (or pro-BN independents) could not take the seats with them because they were already allocated to SPDP.

He was commenting on his critics’ statement that the party was a mosquito party after it terminated the membership of five elected representatives. The latest critics are political observers apparently with opposition mindset and several Sarawak National Party (SNAP) leaders.

Mawan said the crisis in SPDP last year was different from the one experienced by SNAP in 2002.

In SPDP’s case, he said the crisis started when its former secretary-general Datuk Sylvester Entri wanted the post so badly that he eventually committed gross insubordination while SNAP’s case involved its alleged failure to exercise natural justice when handling a decision to suspend Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing until the Registrar of Societies (ROS) had to intervene.

“But we never bad-mouthed SNAP. We grew up with SNAP. When the party (SNAP) was in trouble, SPDP took over to keep the majority of its members intact with the BN,” he said in rubbishing SNAP’s belief that what SPDP had experienced was Karma.

He said the sacking of the five elected representatives namely Entri (Marudi), Datuk Peter Nansian (Tasik Biru), Rosey Yunus (Bekenu) and Paulus Palu Gumbang (Batu Danau) as well as Mas Gading MP Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe, was a “consequence rather than the cause”.

“Ninety per cent of the (sacking) job was done by the five ex-members. We (SPDP) never wanted to sack anybody. We had to terminate them because we could not continue to be at loggerhead with them.”

He said the party was now embarking on holding activities with the aim at rejuvenating itself and helping BN to reconsolidate members on the ground.

Asked if the number of elected representatives in SPDP was a priority, Mawan said: “As far as SPDP is concerned, one seat more or one seat less will not make me the Chief Minister or Deputy Chief Minister.”

“What is most important is that SPDP has been guided along BN principle,” he said.

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Posted by James Joshua on January 18th, 2012

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SPDP did not force anyone to leave party – Tan Sri William Mawan

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A toast for party unity in Mas Gading.

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) President Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom said the four elected representatives who quit the party yesterday were not forced to do so.

The four elected representatives from SPDP are believed to have quit the party following disagreements with the party president.

He said there was room and avenue for the four to resolve internal problems in the party over a two-year period but their selfishness put paid to such efforts.

“SPDP had never forced anyone to leave the party but instead they were given ample time to resolve problems within the party,” he said in his opening speech at the SPDP Mas Gading unity night here Saturday.

The four assemblymen who quit the party – Datuk Peter Nansian (Tasik Biru), Palu Paulus Gumbang (Batu Danau) and Rosey Yunus (Bekenu) and Mas Gading MP Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe – were believed to have been given show cause letters in November for failing to attend the supreme council meetings for more than a year. –BERNAMA

Posted by James Joshua on January 8th, 2012

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