BN's promise of a special NCR court is a ruse to evade the hot potato election issue while it continues to reject the compelling legal decision on a broader interpretation of NCR land. The very fact that BN is resorting to the court is consistent with its non-recognition of NCR. Sarawak PKR chief and NCR legal expert, Baru Bian, asserts that establishing a land rights commission enshrined in PR Manifesto is the quickest solution.
Baru also provides an update on the six PKR candidacies that was announced by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim at Kuching last night.
SUPP has likened the battles with DAP over Sibu and Lanang seats as a the most critical battles for the party in the upcoming GE13. However, DAP's hopeful for Sibu, Oscar Ling cautions that SUPP is fishing for sympathy votes as an underdog. The party also views its chances in Lawas with quiet optimism despite the warm response it receives from the Malay-Kedayan communities, once the die-hard supporters of BN.
Kumbong Langit, the hard-working information chief of Hulu Rajang lashes out at PRS president James Masing and his hand-picked candidate for Hulu Rajang Wilson Ugak for misleading the Sg Suut residents in the Baleh region of a minor rural project when Ugak is not even an elected representative yet.
DAP is committed to building a multi-racial nation and will not be distracted by its detractors in BN who are playing the racial card to scare the majority Iban voters.
In fact, the rise of the Ibans is unnerving the BN camp that in the parliamentary seat of Igan, many voters are finding themselves transferred to another constituency to cushion the imminent loss of Muslim votes to PAS representing PR in this Iban-Malay-Melanau dominant seat.
