New S'wak party into BN a foregone conclusion

comments     Tony Thien     Published     Updated

The admission of newly-registered Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) into the ruling state Barisan Nasional is considered a foregone conclusion.

Last week, the state BN supreme council, meeting a day after the de-registration of the Sarawak National Party (Snap), decided to allow the now party-less 10 elected representatives six state assemblypersons and four members of parliament to be parked temporarily among the three state component parties Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB), Sarawak United People's Party (Supp) and Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) to secure their positions within BN.

On Sunday, Supp chairperson George Chan Hong Nam told a political gathering in Samarahan near Kuching, that Supp had no problem with SPDP joining the BN.

SPDB was registered last Friday, three days after its application for registration was submitted to the Registrar of Societies in Kuala Lumpur.

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