Sabah opposition parties all geared for election


Saturday, April 06, 2013 | Last updated at 17:24 PM

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah-based oppo sition parties — the State Reform Party (Star) and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) say they are well pre pared for the 13th general election even before the dissolution was made of Par liament on Wednesday.

 SAPP information chief Chong Pit  Fah told the New Straits Times that  party flags have been put up, par ticularly at the double six monument  in Sembulan, housing areas, as well  as along the main roads in Sabah.
 “Our members are also preparing  banners and other campaigning tools with ‘Ini Kali Lah’ tagline.
 “Besides that, we are still doing conducting  talks on a small scale, which is implemented on house-to- house or shop-to-shop basis,” he added.
  In a public talk held on Tuesday, SAPP  party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee  had criticised peninsular-based op position DAP who whose leaders had  been boasting about themselves to go of going for at least 20  seats in Sabah.
  Yong said SAPP will contest  at least  40 seats to end outsiders’ the continuous manipulation and  exploitation of Sabah and its rich nat ural resources by outsiders.
 Meanwhile, State Reform Party  star chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey  Kitingan said he would will make an an nouncement on  candidates and  manifestos next week, nearing nomination day.
 “For operations centres around  the state, we have adequate man power to run the general election  machinery and also to assist voters.
 “As of now, we are still running  scheduled programmes for the peo ple until further notice on the elec tion by the Election Commission.”

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