Sarawak DAP has urged BN legislators in the state to take the cue from their Sabah counterparts to quit the BN in order to make Sarawak's voices heard louder and clearer.

upm student memo to mp 051207 chong chieng jen Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen said in a statement today that “as the largest opposition party in Sarawak, the DAP is openly inviting all Barisan MPs and state assembly representatives to join us in our struggle for the betterment of Sarawakians.'

“They can either join our party as members or join us on a party-party basis as equal partners to form a new alliance front,” he added.

Chong said as a united front, they shall pursue the following three main agendas:

Three agendas

a) To implement a chief minister rotation system whereby a Dayak, a Malay and a Chinese will take turn to be the Sarawak chief minister.

The tenure of each CM will be for a full term after a state election. One full term will be quite sufficient for a CM to implement his policies and visions. Dayak will be the first to be the CM under the rotation system as they have the largest population.

b) To demand for 20% oil royalty for Sarawak. Despite our state’s riches in natural resources, we are one of the least developed State. Sarawak has been marginalised by the BN government all these years.

c) To implement total reform of our land policy by (i) converting all leaseholds to 999 leaseholds; (ii) limiting the validity of Section 47 Notification to 3 years; and (iii) to survey and issue land titles to all native customary right (NCR) land.

Chong, also the state rep for Kota Sentosa, appealed to BN legislators “to put aside our political differences and party politics and form a new united front to implement the people’s agenda.”

“This is what all Sarawakians want. The BN government has had their chances for the past few decades but they have failed the people of Sarawak”, he added.