Adenan said the DAP had objected to his application for an additional allocation of federal funds of RM1 billion for rural development programmes in Sarawak.

Likewise for PKR, he said, the party should be ashamed to field its candidates in the newly created states as it had been against the re-delineation by the Election Commission and had taken the commission to court. The court had ruled in favour of the commission.

He urged the people in Simunjan and Gedong not to vote for DAP and PKR candidates in the state election, which will be held by June.

Speaking at a public rally in Simunjan town, 120km from Kuching, Adenan announced that Mohd Naroden Majais would be the Barisan Nasional candidate for Gedong, one of the 11 new state constituencies. The seat was carved out of the Simunjan constituency.

Mohd Naroden, who is an assistant in Adenan’s cabinet, is the assemblyman for Simunjan.

Adenan did not name the candidate for Simunjan, but said there were six potential candidates: Awla Dris, Raili Ali, Ibrahim Seriee, Mohd Yusuf Long, Zainap Talip and Raini Tupong.

-BERNAMA