DAP to contest all seats?

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) urged the Sabah DAP green horns not to be too arrogant and overestimating themselves to the extent thinking their party alone can win all the seats in Sabah in the coming General Election, its KK/Penampang Zone Committee Member, Foo Si Chin.

Foo said undoubtedly SAPP was 'woken up' even before the Batu Sapi Parliamentary by-election, especially when the then Sabah DAP Chief Dr Hiew King Cheu described the consensus reached between Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) top leaders and SAPP not to attack each other but BN during the campaign period, as mere "coffee shop talk".
SAPP was further jolted up when DAP colluded with Umno to attack SAPP instead of BN, especially when Hiew defended BN's records etc, he said in a statement here Thursday.

Foo said all along, SAPP acknowledged that it was the peoples' wish to see the opposition work together to fight BN on 'one-on-one' basis.

"In fact, SAPP had already started discussion with PKR in June 2009 when its deputy president Azmin Ali was chairman of Sabah PKR but there were some people within DAP and PKR who think they can win all seats, and sabotaged the working relationship with SAPP."

"Let DAP and PKR learn from Sarawak. Winning three seats by PKR and 12 seats by DAP is not a victory. 416 promise by DAP has become same as 916 promised by PKR," he said.

"The same government and the same Chief Minister Pek Mo is in power, only DAP in opposition. The oppositions, DAP and PKR Sarawak, even quarrel over the "Sarawak shadow cabinet", what more if there is a real cabinet?" he asked.

"So, SAPP advises young green horn not to be arrogant, and over-estimate themselves to the point of thinking DAP can win all seats on their own.

"SAPP reaffirms our stand ever since 2009 to have a one to one straight fight against BN," he said.