KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) is perturbed over a Sarawak MP’s remark that “Sarawakians want Datuk Seri Najib Razak back as Prime Minister”.
Its secretary David Hii (pic) said although the MP is entitled to her opinion, the statement is too generalised.
“Such a statement does not and will not benefit Sarawakians,” he said in a press statement yesterday.
“Sarawakians can speak for themselves pertaining to that. I personally do not want Najib back but that is only my view,” he said.
In a forum in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Batong Sadong MP Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri was quoted by news portal, The Malay Mail, as saying: “If you talk to normal Sarawakians, they want Najib back because he went to all the rural areas. I’m not trying to promote him, but he knew what Sarawak needed. He had gone to Sarawak more than 60 times and tried to make things easier for us.”
She said to win the hearts and minds of Sarawakians, Putrajaya must be fair to the state, especially on economic policies.
“It’s not like here in the peninsula where people are talking about luxury items like the third national car, the Penang tunnel or the Kedah international airport. Compare all this to Sarawak, our needs are more pressing than the needs of the people here.
“Why are you cutting the budget that is already allocated for us? Don’t say there’s no money.
“I’m not talking about mega projects, I’m talking about even infrastructure projects that cost around RM20,000 to RM30,000 that have also been cancelled,” Nancy said as reported in Malay Mail.
