The long and protracted quarrel among leaders of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) has now led to the party ending up with two presidents after the apparent failure of its two rival factions to compromise on their struggle for leadership.

One faction at its own triennial delegates conference (TDC) in Bintulu this morning elected without any contest former information chief and state minister Dr James Masing as president and Sng Chee Hua as deputy president.

Dr Masing later told reporters waiting for the outcome of the closed-door meeting attended by about 2,000 delegates and observers from more than 150 branches throughout Sarawak that he would leave it to the Registrar of Societies to decide which of the elected group of officials they would recognise.

He also told malaysiakini by phone from Bintulu that he would accept whatever decision is made by the all-powerful ROS on the matter.