DAP insincere in teaming up - Warisan

 

DAP’s call to work together with Warisan to face the 15th general election (GE15) is not sincere, Warisan information chief Awang Ahmad Sah Sahari said.

In his statement released yesterday, the Petagas assemblyperson stressed the importance of sincerity when making any form of cooperation to face GE15.

“We are amused that DAP has resorted to playing with semantics as a form of defence. When the party’s secretary-general, Anthony Loke, stated it was the party’s ‘stand’ to defend the three Parliamentary seats it won in Sabah, isn’t that already laying down a condition?” Awang Ahmad said.

Yesterday, Loke was reported as saying a collaboration with Warisan for the GE15 seemed unlikely due to the cold reception from the party. To collaborate, he said, sincerity is needed from both sides.

Loke also denied that he was arrogant in stating that DAP wanted to defend its Sabah parliamentary seats in GE15, namely Kota Kinabalu, Tenom and Sandakan.

‘DAP hypocrisy’

Meanwhile, Awang Ahmad called out Luyang assemblyperson Phoong Jin Zhe for accusing Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal of being a hypocrite for rejecting the “olive branch” from Pakatan Harapan.

“There are several instances of DAP’s hypocrisy that needed to be highlighted. One of the most glaring is their refusal to implement Sabah’s 40 percent revenue share formula when (DAP national chairperson) Lim Guan Eng was finance minister.

“Now, they have filed a legal action to seek a declaration that the sharing formula still applies. What horrible timing. Why now when they’re in the opposition and the election is drawing near?” he said.

Luyang assemblyperson Phoong Jin Zhe

Awang Ahmad said there were other examples of DAP’s failure to honour its promises to the people, not just in Sabah but in the whole country.

Yesterday, Phoong, who is Sabah DAP secretary, hit back at Shafie for accusing the DAP of being arrogant when negotiating a possible alliance for GE15, labelling the Warisan president a hypocrite.

On June 3, 13 Sabah Harapan elected representatives filed a legal action to seek a declaration over Sabah’s 40 percent entitlement of revenue derived by the federal government from Sabah annually.

- Bernama