Parti Cinta Malaysia spreads wing to Sarawak

While the people of Sabah are waiting for ex-PKR vice president Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan to register his Parti Cinta Sabah, Parti Cinta Malaysia now has set its foundation in Sarawak and with immediate effect had Ngemah assemblyman Gabriel Adit Demong in its cattle.

The following article from HERE tells the story in Sarawak.

Ngemah state assemblyperson Gabriel Adit Demong, 58, who has been partyless since withdrawing his support for PKR in October, today joined Parti Cinta Malaysia.

He was immediately named as the Sarawak head of the Penang-based party which was formed just four months ago.

The announcement was made this morning at a press conference by PCM's president Tang Weng Chew (left).

PCM claims to be neutral although it is believed to be backed by some BN leaders.

Adit, who was also present, said he will not disappoint Sarawakians by joining the new party.

"After watching PKR, I don't think they can take over Sarawak (in the next state elections. I hope we (PCM) can serve the people of Sarawak better," he said.

Adit is a four-term Ngemah state assemblyperson, three of which were on BN ticket when he was a vice-president of the now defunct Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak(PBDS), a Dayak majority state BN component party which was de-registered due to internal leadership crisis.

He had joined PKR with much fanfare at the end of 2008 but left the party last October, claiming that he was neither pro-BN nor pro-opposition but merely "pro-issues".

"I look at issues as they come. If I agree with the issue I will support it and if I don't then I will not support it. That's why I brought up the issue of some people who suddenly find themselves not bumiputera. A lot of people are affected by that," he had told reporters last month.

There had been much speculation that he would be forming his own party in Sarawak

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Borneo National Party

With reference to the article "Parti Rakyat Borneo Anyone?" which appeared on thebrokenshield.blogspot.com The North Borneo Herald would like to add that in 2006 a group of people met in a restaurant in Jalan Pantai, Kota Kinabalu to discuss the formation of the Borneo National Party.

The most senior leader in the group was Mathurin Daim, a former United National Kadazan Organization (UNKO) strongman from Papar. Mathurin Daim also served under various governments.

Among the things discussed were the alternating of the president's post between a Sabahan and Sarawakian every five years, the restoration of the original constitution of 1963, the need to place indigenous unity above personal concerns and a need to find a strong and consistent source of funding.

Unfortunately plans for the proposed party came to a halt when Parti Keadilan Rakyat made the Tambunan Declaration and the health of Daim worsened.

The draft constitution of the party is still available in the hands of Daim's trusted aide (in hard copy only) complete with party flag and all. Unfortunately very few of people still remain committed to the proposed party while one of them is still a member of a Barisan Nasional component party.