KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg is confident the State Barisan Nasional (BN) can retain more than 25 parliamentary constituencies in the next general election.He said this in response to political pundits who predicted that the State BN could lose up to six seats in the coming polls.
“In fact, state BN can retain more than 25 parliamentary seats, but we cannot be complacent. We have to work harder to fulfil our promises,” he told reporters after launching the Bintangor River Rehabilitation Project in Kampung Masjid here yesterday.
Presently, the state BN holds 29 out of 31 parliamentary constituencies. DAP has Bandar Kuching since 2004, and claimed Sibu during the by-election in 2010.
In the state election 2011, BN managed to secure 55 state seats after losing 12 to DAP, PKR (3) and Independent (1).More than 10 of the 16 defeated state constituencies are Chinese-majority urban seats. They include Padungan, Pending, Batu Lintang, Kota Sentosa, Repok, Meradong, Bukit Assek, Dudong, Pelawan, Piasau.
Abang Johari, who is also Satok assemblyman, felt that some Malaysians had regretted giving a chance to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in the last general election.“Although they gave the opposition a chance to rule four states in West Malaysia, they have realised which coalition can better serve them.
“Look at the party election of the DAP, which claimed that there was no proper counting of votes and had to go for a second voting. We all know that something must have gone wrong.”He added that PR political parties remained disorganised despite having launched their manifesto recently.
“We shall leave it to the voters and people to assess, and I believe our people know which party to pick. In BN, we will continue to work hard,” he said.
Source from The Borneo Post : http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/03/01/minister-confident-state-bn-will-prove-pundits-wrong/#ixzz2MHw0xiAj
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