GPS will run in all 82 Sarawak seats, says sec-gen
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will contest in all 82 Sarawak state assembly seats in the next state election, said the coalition's secretary-general Alexander Nanta Linggi.
He also denied that there were seat-sharing talks between GPS and Bersatu.
“I want to emphasise...
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will contest in all 82 Sarawak state assembly seats in the next state election, said the coalition's secretary-general Alexander Nanta Linggi.
He also denied that there were seat-sharing talks between GPS and Bersatu.
“I want to emphasise that no such negotiations have ever been or will be held. In fact, GPS will contest in all 82 seats.
"Therefore, I would like to correct the wrong message reported in some media," he said in a statement today.
This came after reports surfaced claiming that the Kapit MP confirmed there were seat-sharing negotiations between GPS and Bersatu to face the Sarawak polls.
Bersatu occupies one Sarawak state seat through Krian representative Ali Biju who won it as a PKR candidate in the last state election but then defected.
The state assembly's term expired on June 7 and Sarawak polls were supposed to be held within 60 days.
However, the federal government sought a localised emergency there to avoid an election amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The localised emergency in Sarawak is set to expire on Feb 2 next year, after which polls must be held.
