SPDP to submit application to join BN
Leaders of the newly registered Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) will submit an application to join the ruling Barisan Nasional in Kuala Lumpur today.
The delegation, headed by Environment and Public Health State Minister William Mawan (
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Yesterday, SPDP leaders submitted a similar application to Sarawak Chief Minister and state BN chief Abdul Taib Mahmud in Kuching.
The chief minister told reporters later that the state BN supreme council will convene as soon as possible to discuss the matter.
At the rate things are moving, SPDP can expect to be the newest member of the ruling coalition at both the state and federal levels by this month or early December.
The party was born following the crisis which plagued the now-defunct Sarawak National Party (Snap).
The infighting in Snap led to a split and the party was eventually de-registered for failing to resolve the crisis.
Following this, the faction led by Mawan applied to register the new party on the same day that the 41-year-old Snap was axed by the Registrar of Societies.
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