BN Sarawak fired its first salvo on the advance of PR in the rural, front line seats by enticing community leaders with more than 50% allowance increase to be back-dated to Jan 1. Though PRS president James Masing in announcing this on behalf of his master Taib Mahmud tried in vain to pass it off as equivalent to the minimum wage increase, it is doubtless an outright bribe.
Several headmen shares their disgusts over this belated increment which stinks of vote-buying.
PKR's Saratok candidate Ali Biju is bemused by BN antics which had previously shot down his suggestion to increase the allowance with the excuse of 'government has no money'
Haris Ibrahim tells RFS that the hudud scare exploited by SUPP in the run-up to the election is so disingenuous that voters will certainly remember the deafening silence from this Chinese 'çhampion' party over the kalimah Allah issue.
An ex-counsellor from Baram reminds BN to ignore the anti-dam sentiment at its own peril.
Selangor PR government revolutionary approach to the sharing of the benefits of natural resources can be replicated in Sarawak. PKR treasurer-general William Leong shares the state's people-centric water policy that is now copied by BN which had previously criticised it heavily.
PR's candidates are expecting to see more pressure from local authorities on their campaigns as the election heats escalate. The obvious targets are the attention-grabbing billboards and posters of Opposition candidates that had riled the BN politicians to no end.
