“Barring all circumstances, BN can win in Julau. And if given the opportunity, I am prepared to defend the
seat,” Salang told The Borneo Post after officiating at the micro hydroelectric dam project at Rumah David Ujan, Ng Spaya, some 60km upriver from here yesterday.
The third term MP for Julau and one of the vice-presidents of PRS said the BN leadership would
bank on winnable candidates in the coming 13th general election, which is considered to be the toughest since the country’s independence.
In the last general election held in 2008, the opposition gave BN a run for its money as it managed to win in five states to break
BN’s dominance in parliament.
“If the BN leadership found out that I can’t win, then I will be quite happy with that decision. On the other hand, if the BN top leadership still find me the best candidate to defend the seat, then I am prepared to take up the challenge,” he said.
On PPP’s entry into Sarawak, Salang said he had no qualms about it as the country practised democracy.
“Any party from the peninsula is welcome to enter Sarawak and the people in Sarawak can join any other BN component parties. There is nothing wrong with that.
“But it is against the BN spirit if they start to demand for seats and threaten to stand as independent candidates if not allocated seats,” he said.
Salang said the BN’s spirit was that of compromise, consultation and to assist other component
parties, not jeopardise each other.
“If PPP is willing to go to the extent of standing as independent candidates against other BN candidates, that to me is a ‘no-no’,” he pointed out.
When launching PPP’s community’s outreach project in Kota Sentosa here recently, its president
Datuk Seri M Kayveas was quoted as saying PPP had already set up branches in 13 constituencies which were SUPP’s traditional seats.
Other state BN component parties were also reported to have been unhappy with PPP.
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