Presence and purpose in Sarawak questioned

Borneo Post
Posted on July 23, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: The Secretary General of Sarawak Barisan Nasional Datuk Stephen Rundi Itom yesterday warned People’s Progressive Party (PPP) that the state BN would not compromise the presence of the party in the state if it jeopardizes the strength and structure of the Sarawak BN.

Rundi, who is also the Secretary General of PBB,the backbone of the Sarawak BN Government, said the presence of the party here will not help the BN as a whole because the party is not even doing well in Semenanjung.

“I dont want to pre-empt their motives but if it jeopardizes the Sarawak BN components’ strength and structure, we will not compromise.

“They are not doing well in Semenanjung … I don’t see what good they can do here either,” he said when contacted yesterday.

The secretary general, who is to-date the highest ranking Sarawak BN leader to comment on the approval given by the Registrar of Society (ROS) to PPP to open up branches in the state, said it would be better form BN as a whole if the party focuses on efforts to strengthen its base in the states in the peninsula before “thinking of spreading its wings to Sarawak.”

‘PPP not an alternative to SUPP’

Borneo Post

Posted on July 23, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party’s poor performance in the last state election should not be used as the basis for approving the application by Peninsula-based People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to set up a branch in Sarawak.

A PBB youth state exco Ambrose Jemut Ukam said Putra Jaya is making a big mistake in assuming that PPP could be an alternative to SUPP in the state.

“SUPP is a Chinese-dominant party while PPP is not. Therefore, don’t use the party’s loss of many seats in the last election as a reason to come in,” he said when contacted yesterday.

He pointed out that although SUPP only won six out of 19 seats contested in the last election, Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) still managed to get more than two-thirds majority in the election.

“If the Sarawak BN had lost in the last election, then we have no qualms accepting any Semenanjung-based component party of BN here but that is not the case.

PBB Youth vice-chief takes Anwar to task

Borneo Post

Posted on July 19, 2011, Tuesday

KUCHING: PBB Youth vice chief Pandi Suhaili urged Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to clean up his political act first before accusing the Barisan Nasional (BN) government of overacting over the Bersih 2.0’s illegal public rally.

He argued that it would be difficult to take whatever Anwar advocated seriously when his political career was full of broken promises, twisted words and shameless lies.

“A politician like him will only drive the country into the drain because he never seemed to care about what would happen to this country.

“When he was in Umno, he hit PAS like nobody’s business … but when he is no longer in Umno, he did a three-hundred-sixty degree turn and praised PAS.

“He wants everybody to believe that PKR is a party that fights for justice but he shut his eyes to the injustice that happened in the party that resulted in many hardcore supporters leaving the party,” he said.

PBB youth vice-chief condemns MoCS leader

REPORT FILED: Pandi holds up a copy of the police report.
Also seen are PAVB members. 

Borneo Post

Posted on May 18, 2011, Wednesday

BINTULU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) state youth vice-chief Pandi Suhaili has condemned Movement of Change Sarawak (MoCS) leader Francis Paul Siah for threatening to organise street demonstrations.

Siah had threatened to organise street demonstrations if Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud does not step down by Aug 13.

Yesterday, Pandi filed a police report against Siah along with Bintulu Anaq Vaie Association (PAVB) members. He called Siah’s threat subversive as it could incite the people.

“The Chief Minister has been given a fresh mandate by the people to form a government, continue leading the state government and the government in power has the right to appoint the Chief Minister.

“MoCS’ action is against the people’s aspirations. They have chosen the Barisan Nasional as the state government,” he told reporters after filing the report against Siah at the Bintulu police one-stop centre.

MoCS: PBB Bintulu enggau PAV ngaga ripot polis

MANTAH: Pandi (empat kiba) begambar bebala mayuh mantaika ripot polis ti udah digaga.

Utusan Borneo
Posted on May 18, 2011, Wednesday

BINTULU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) pampang Bintulu begulai enggau Gerempung Anak Vaie (PAV) ngaga ripot polis ba Balai Polis Bintulu ditu bekaul enggau penerang ti dipansutka Chairman Movement Of Change Sarawak (MoCS), Francis Paul Siah.

Pengawa ngaga ripot tu betuaika Sapit Tuai PBB menua Sarawak ti mega Tuai PBB pampang Bintulu, Pandi Suhaili sereta disempulangka raban dua bengkah gerempung nya.

Nitihka ripot polis, penerang ti dipansutka Francis ba sebengkah media elektronik ke minta Kepala Menteri (CM) Sarawak ngemaduka diri nyadi KM sebedau 13 Ogos tu.

“Kena 16 Mei urung pukul 7 lemai aku bisi tebachaka penerang ti dipansutka Chairman MOCS ti minta CM ngemaduka diri nyadi CM sebedau 13 ogos.

“Enti CM enda ngemaduka diri, sida deka ngaga demontrasi rayat ngambi ngelabuhka KM.

‘Group trying to bring in Umno is power crazy’

‘Group trying to bring in Umno is power crazy’

Posted on May 17, 2011, Tuesday

KUCHING: PBB vice Youth chief Pandi Suhaili describes those who attempt to bring Umno into Sarawak as power crazy.

He pointed out that this group of people was attempting to destablise politics in the state, hoping that when Umno comes in, they will stand to gain.

“If we are to look at the political scenario, there is no reason at all for Umno to come in…we are okay.

“However, regardless of this, we continue to hear claims by certain people who said they are trying to bring Umno into Sarawak because the state needs Umno.

“Does the state, which currently enjoys political stability, really need Umno or are they the ones who actually need Umno for their own self-interest?” asked Pandi when commenting on the statement made by the chief political secretary to the chief minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah last Saturday that certain parties wanted to paint a bad picture about Sarawak to draw attention to themselves.

BN win saved state from chaos — Pandi

Borneo Post

Posted on May 7, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: Sarawak should consider itself lucky that Barisan Nasional (BN) had managed to thwart Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) aggressive campaigns by retaining power after the just-concluded election.

PBB vice Youth chief Pandi Suhaili said this was because barely a month after the opposition group won some seats in the election, its leaders were already at loggerheads.

“Sarawakians should be grateful that BN managed to win the election because if the opposition did win, it is certain to be chaos in the state.

“They could not even agree on the shadow cabinet line-up and what more to say when they are the government,” said Pandi when contacted yesterday.

He said the opposition parties’ disagreement over the shadow cabinet lineup clearly confirmed his assertion in the past that they were actually only interested in obtaining power and not fight for the interest of the rakyat.

Jangan cuba wujud kumpulan penyokong Fadillah, Taib: Daud

Jangan cuba wujud kumpulan penyokong Fadillah, Taib: Daud

by Mark Luna. Posted on May 5, 2011, Thursday

Tindakan sedemikian dikhuatiri akan mendorong perpecahan parti

KUCHING: Dakwaan perpecahan dalam Pemuda PBB tidak wajar dijadikan sebagai alat untuk melabelkan wujud kumpulan penyokong Ketua Pemuda Datuk Fadillah Yusof dan kumpulan penyokong Presiden Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud dalam parti tersebut.

Naib Presiden PBB Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman berkata, tindakan sedemikian juga dikhuatiri akan mendorong ke arah perpecahan di kalangan ahli dan sekali gus menyebabkan parti menuju kehancuran.

“Janganlah kita memecahbelahkan (dengan melabelkan) ada yang sokong Fadillah ada yang sokong Ketua Menteri.

Ketua Menteri terlalu tinggi. Fadillah terlalu kecil untuk dibandingkan dengan YAB Ketua Menteri,” katanya ketika diminta mengulas dakwaan wujud perpecahan di kalangan ahli-ahli Pemuda PBB, di ibu pejabat parti itu di sini, semalam.

Isu itu timbul apabila Fadillah gagal mengeluarkan kenyataan mempertahankan Taib ketika dikritik oleh Ketua Pemuda UMNO Khairy Jamaluddin dan beberapa pemimpin komponen BN di Semenanjung Malaysia dan Sabah.

Parti komponen perlu teliti kedudukan tawan semula sokongan kaum Cina

Parti komponen perlu teliti kedudukan tawan semula sokongan kaum Cina 

Berita Harian

24/04/2011

KUALA LUMPUR: Naib Ketua Pemuda Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Pandi Suhaili meminta Naib Presiden MCA, Gan Ping Sieu supaya tidak menyalahkan Barisan Nasional (BN) Sarawak berhubung keputusan pilihan raya negeri baru-baru ini, semata-mata untuk menawan undi kaum Cina di Semenanjung. Pandi berkata, jika MCA terus mengikut rentak DAP, parti itu berdepan laluan sukar meraih kembali sokongan pengundi Cina. 

“DAP berada di depan beberapa langkah daripada MCA dalam beberapa isu, menyebabkan mereka terpaksa mengikut rentak DAP dan jika ini berterusan, sukar untuk meyakinkan kaum Cina di Semenanjung MCA lebih baik daripada DAP,” katanya. 

Beliau berkata demikian bagi mengulas kenyataan Gan yang juga Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan yang mendesak Ketua Menteri, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud berundur selepas keputusan pilihan raya negeri 16 April lalu menunjukkan kemerosotan sokongan terhadap BN terutama daripada kaum Cina. 

Pandi berkata, MCA harus meneliti semula kedudukannya sekiranya parti itu masih ditolak kaum Cina pada pilihan raya umum akan datang. 

Katanya, tindakan parti politik terlalu cuba membuktikan siapa yang terbaik antara mereka dalam memperjuangkan kepentingan masyarakat adalah permainan politik berbahaya. 

Be more sensitive, Khairy told

Be more sensitive, Khairy told

Posted on April 23, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: PBB vice-youth chief Pandi Suhaili said Umno youth chief Khairy Jamaludin should be more sensitive to the political landscape in Sarawak.

He criticised Khairy for looking down on the results accomplished by all who had worked hard to get the rakyat to support Barisan Nasional (BN) in the election.

“We not only got two-thirds majority but three-quarters majority with 55 seats won in the election.

“In fact, it is a thumping victory for the State BN,” he pointed out.

The vice-youth chief also pointed out that even BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sang praises of the achievement.