PKR shoots down S'wak shadow cabinet line-up

Ang Ngan Toh

Another row is brewing among Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat coalition partners, this time over the composition of the shadow cabinet announced on May 1.

At a press conference in Kuching today, state PKR chief Baru Bian claimed that the line-up was unilaterally announced by Sarawak DAP chairperson Wong Ho Leng and that there was no prior consultation.

“We have decided not to accept it,” he said, adding that the line-up did not reflect enough Muslim and non-Muslim bumiputera representation.

“Therefore, it would be expedient to redress this imbalance and to review the matter at the next state Pakatan council meeting,” he said.

Baru's statement comes just a day after Wong had clarified that he had line-up announcement to the press with three PKR representatives present, after consulting them.

Wong had made the clarification yesterday after PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim told reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday that the line-up was not final.