As an indication of how fast things are moving to get the newly-registered Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) admitted into the Barisan Nasional, the state BN supreme council will meet on Tuesday, (Nov 19) to discuss its application for membership.

All three component parties of the state BN Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu Sarawak(PBB), the Sarawak United People's Party (Supp) and the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) have been notified of the date, time and place of the meeting.

SPDP pro-tem president William Mawan formally handed the application to state BN chairperson and Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud on Wednesday. The party's registration was approved a week ago by the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

The party's admission into the federal BN will only be a formality once the state BN has endorsed it. Abdul Taib told reporters two days ago all three state BN component parties had no objection to the new party being admitted into the BN.