PRESS STATEMENT BY CHIN SHU YING LDP YOUTH LEADER

First of all, I wish to congratulate YB Datuk Yee for his appointment as the new Deputy Chief Minister. With two DCM in the cabinet, I am sure PBS will be able to solve all the problems face by our community and fulfill their requests.

LDP has only our self to blame for losing the DCM post to PBS because we are the one that help them come back to BN and to regain their present strength. We even go all out to help them to retain the Batu Sapi Parliamentary seat in the recent by-election. Their winning candidate was eventually appointed as Sabah Credit Corporation Chairman, a post held by LDP. It is only right for PBS to get the DCM post because LDP has yet to master the skill of stabbing a friend from behind, especially those who help you the most. We have also yet to master the skill of polishing shoes. We also do not have the discipline to become a good ‘Yes’ man and we do not have the skill to go all out to protect the Chief Master regardless he is right or wrong.

The Chief Minister is 100% right when he said that his door is always open for LDP to talk. LDP leaders including our President have been meeting him to talk and talk. In fact, I think we talk too much. I am sure the CM is not deaf and has listened to every single word when we talk to him. Yet, how come after so many meeting and talking so many time to him, LDP seem to lost all their positions one by one since he become the Chief Minister ? We have lost not only our DCM and cabinet quota, we also lost the Deputy Speaker post, the Senator post and the numerous Chairman and Deputy Chairman post. We are left with a single Assistance Minister post in the State. I don’t think we should blame the CM for this act of systematic marginalisation. We can only blame our self for not mastering the skill of talking and begging. I am very sure that once we have master the skill of begging, the CM will give us back all the positions which are rightfully belong to us.

As to GERAKAN, I also want to congratulate them for gaining 3 YB and 2 Minister in Sabah. LDP should also learn from them. It is not important that they are wiped out in Penang and never contested a single seat in Sabah in the last election. What is more important is the skill to collect what other people regard as rubbish and turn them into gold. Since they now have a strong hold in Sandakan with 3 YB, I will suggest to my President to offer the Sandakan seat to their President as a safe seat in the next election as their President has yet to find a winnable seat in Penang. As comrade in BN, we must try our best to help them as people now called them a Party that is no longer relevant in West Malaysia.

So, my friends and supporters of LDP, don’t blame the Chief Minister, don’t blame PBS and don’t blame GERAKAN. Blame our self. We are down and out, but we are definitely not finish.

Chin Shu Ying