The DAP will announce its list of 15 candidates for the Sarawak elections over the weekend.

State chairperson Wong Ho Leng said today that party secretary- general Lim Guan Eng would announce the five candidates for the southern zone at the DAP headquarters in Kuching on Saturday.

The candidates for the central and northern regions would be announced in Sibu the following day.

Wong, who is the Bukit Assek incumbent, and three  potential DAP candidates collected nomination forms at the Sibu district office.

The trio are David Wong for Pelawan and two newcomers Alice Lau, a pharmacist, who is expected to be fielded in Bawang Assan, and lawyer Yap Hoi Liong, believed to be for Dudong.

Wong declined to comment when asked if he would move to Pelawan. "We are here to collect five forms which we all know can be used state-wide," he said.

He said the DAP had resolved the seat allocation issue with PKR and PAS.

The party and PKR had overlapping claims on Dudong, which has now been allocated to the DAP.

As for the overlapping claims of PKR and Snap, Wong said that talks were ongoing.

"It is very important that they talk, decide and agree as, after all, we are all facing one common enemy, the BN," he said.

Wong said the deadline for resolving the issue was nomination day, April 6. Polling day is April 16.

- Bernama