In what is seen in some quarters as trying to hint indirectly his thinking o­n the leadership struggle issue in the party, Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) president Leo Moggie has said that PBDS should remain Dayak-based.

"In Malaysia, it is acceptable for all the ethnic groups to have their own parties to foster unity in diversity via the Barisan Nasional," he was quoted by the Sunday Tribune , a local English daily, as saying o­n Friday when declaring open three PBDS branches -Telang Usan, Tutoh and Apok in Ulu Baram.