KUCHING: The question of who
will lead Putrajaya now lies in the hands of the Malays in Peninsular Malaysia,
said Deputy Speaker of Parliament Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
He said whilst the majority
of Malays in Sarawak and Sabah are solidly behind BN, Malays in the Peninsula
are divided into three major factions; namely Umno, PAS and PKR.
“If the present government
ever falls it’s because the Malays in Peninsular Malaysia are divided.
“They are divided into three
factions now; namely PAS, Umno and PKR. Those in the urban areas tend to
support PKR and the kampong people are split into two, by supporting Umno and
PAS.
“So I hope the Malays in
Peninsular Malaysia will be united in supporting BN if they want the present
government to continue to lead the country,” Wan Junaidi told the media at his
Hari Raya open house here yesterday.
He also hoped that the
people in Sarawak would not be hoodwinked by Peninsula-based opposition parties
who came here only to split them.
“When they come here, it’s
not only the Malays that they divide but also the Dayaks as well,” he said.
Wan Junaidi, who is also
Santubong MP, said he would leave his political future to the top leadership of
BN to decide.
“All these while, I have
been serving the people of all races and I have been allocating my MPR grants
to them regardless of their religious background, be they Muslims, Christians
or Buddhists.
“So, I hope BN leaders will
get the feedbacks from the people at the grassroots whom I have served
faithfully,” he added.
He said the RM1.5 million
‘touch-point’ allocation for each MP under Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun
Razak’s administration had been fairly distributed to his constituents.
Santubong has 112 Malay
villages, 40 Iban and Bidayuh villages and three major Chinese settlements.
Meanwhile, Wan Junaidi, who
is a lawyer by profession, refused to comment on the state’s official religion
as debated by some opposition members because Islam was already the official
religion of the federation.
“We are free to practise
whatever religions in Sarawak, much freer than west Malaysia. So we should not
politicise this issue here,” he said. (theborneopost)
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