Tan Sri William Mawan
KUCHING: SPDP president Tan Sri William Mawan is optimistic that the BN will retain the Balingian state seat on March 29.
He said the state and federal BN component parties had sent their own election machinery to the ground.
“This is a move that is thorough and decisive, which will leave no stones unturned. Issues that are not brought up to the attention of the government will now be listened to and brought up in the open,” said Mawan to reporters at his office here yesterday.
He said that SPDP men were also hard at work in Balingian campaigning for BN’s Yussibnosh Balo, who is up against Abdul Jalil Bujang from PKR.
“During nomination day, SPDP flags seem to outnumber other BN component parties’. Our committees are already there, except for me personally,” said Mawan, adding that his absence during the Balingian nomination day and at Parliament sittings was due to him being under the weather.
He snubbed criticisms from certain parties who alleged that the BN were merely fishing for votes during the by-election by granting the people’s ‘wishes’.
“These are among the risks. Nevertheless, we are in the position to give as long as it is consistent with the rules of an election.”
He said that the Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had announced an allocation of RM79 million to build a secondary school in the Balingian sub-district and rebuild the primary school at Kampung Tellian in Mukah on Sunday.
“If it is not him (Muhyiddin) giving and improving the schools then who else?”
Meanwhile, Mawan said the meet-the-people session that was scheduled on Thursday in Balingian was postponed to today. He would be visiting several areas.