![]() “But now, I think the narrative is that the people want to see tangible benefits, more development which can help them to develop their social economy, develop their agricultural ventures and things like that,” he said. “They are not talking about big ideas of development. If you are going to the ground, people are talking about tangible infrastructural development, like small roads from Pan Borneo Highway to their kampungs, electricity and clean water. ![]() “We are not talking about development as a big policy. Puyok said the main issue which is being highlighted in the state election is development. In the 2016 state election, the then state Barisan Nasional under Adenan won 72 out of 82 seats of the state assembly. “I think now it is not about projecting Abang Johari, but about projecting GPS as a coalition. The circumstances at the time were different compared to what it is now. “He managed to swing the support back to the Barisan Nasional from the Opposition. “At that time, Adenan was extremely popular, not just among the Malays but also the Orang Ulus and even among the Chinese. “I am sure as much as possible he wants to match Adenan or to win more seats than Adenan got previously. This Sarawak election has cemented the destiny of politics within Malaysia. ![]() Official results of the election showed that Gabungan Parti. ![]() Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said in a statement that this includes the number of early voters and postal voters who had cast their ballots. Mahathir Mohamed while prime minister had threatened to move Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) into Sarawak to contest the state election. A total of 759,627 voters or 60.67 of the electorate in Sarawak turned out to vote at the 12th state election yesterday. Puyok noted that people will have to look at the circumstances than when Adenan was the chief minister and the differences between the 20 state elections. The results also fulfilled a long-held ambition by PBB to rid the state of pollical influence from the peninsula. The Pujut seat candidate and former Miri city councillor is contesting against SUPP candidate Adam Yii under the GPS banner, DAP’s Alan Ling and Parti. They lost many seats (14 parliamentary seats) in Sarawak, he said. “It doesn’t matter whether it is 70 or above 70 seats, as long as it is a comfortable majority for Abang Johari and PBB,” Puyok, who is a senior lecturer with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) said. In the 2018 general elections (parliamentary elections in Sarawak), they (BN) also used the same tactics of mind-games. ![]()
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