Matunggong no problem, says PBS
Published on: Wednesday, February 22, 2017
MATUNGGONG: Parti Bersatu Sabah if confident in recapturing Matunggong for Barisan Nasional, a seat it lost to Parti Keadilan Rakyat in the last election.Describing it as a winnable seat and PBS stronghold, the party's acting President Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkiliexplained the grassroots have bitter experiences for having an opposition Assemblyman who cannot plan nor deliver development to the people.
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"In fact, many opposition members have returned to the BN through component parties," he said, addressing some 600 people who attended the meet-the-people session at it multipurpose hall, here.He said Matunggong still have basic needs to be met such as clean water and electricity supplies for remote villages, upgrading of rural roads, as well as rural housing including reconstruction of Rungus long houses."These programmes can only be delivered by the government. The opposition can only make noise and complain," he said.At the programme, Ongkili also urged Matunggong voters to learn from past mistakes of disunity and being easily swayed by opposition propaganda.
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"There are solid momogun people here, so there is no reason we cannot win this seat, but we need to be united. If we are not united, we will fall," stressed the Kota Marudu Member of Parliament.
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The Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister said when Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan passed? The leadership baton, the Huguan Siou (Kadazandusun Paramount Leader) had entrusted him to recapture not only the Matunggong seat, but five others namely Kadamaian, Inanam, Api-Api, Sri Tanjung and Tamparuli."PBS is determined to win all these seats, so all need to be united, get our election machinery ready and work hard from now, regardless when is the election," he concluded.Meanwhile, Ongkili said PBS is confident of wresting back four of the six seats it had lost in the previous General Elections. He said other than Matunggong, the other three seats are Inanam, Tamparuli, Kadamaian and Matunggong. He believed the Kadazandusun communities would throw their support behind the Barisan Nasional Government again. He said this was based on the party's finding after going down to the ground for some years now. "The reactions and welcome of the communities there were encouraging. Many of those who had run away in the previous elections have now returned and renewed their memberships with PBS or Umno or any other party aligned to Barisan Nasional. "This could be due to their own self-realisation after leaning their support to the opposition, they had been left behind the last four years in terms of voice and demand for development from the Federal or State Governments," he said. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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