Tasik Biru, Mambong, Serian, Simanggang, Mulu and Murum can stand together with Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri to demand for political change and meaningful development in Sarawak and Malaysia, added Lim who has been suspended from Parliament as Gelang Patah MP. “In crafting a third wave of political change in Sarawak, Mordi, Sanjan, Edward and Andrew are expected to succeed and lead the way.”

If the Sarawak state election can create a political wave on May 7, continued the DAP veteran, it will for the third time have far-reaching impact on the 14th Parliamentary General Election in two years’ time, involving not only the end of the premiership of Najib Abdul Razak but of the Umno/Barisan Nasional BN) Government in Putrajaya.

The first wave of political change in Sarawak was during the 2006 state election where the people of Kuching, Sibu and Bintulu gave the DAP an unprecedented half-a-dozen state assembly seats, he recalled. “This created a great impact and was the precursor to the ‘political tsunami’ during the 12th Parliamentary General Election in 2008, which saw BN lose power in five states, Kelantan, Kedah, Perak, Penang and Selangor.”

The second political wave was the 2011 Sarawak state election where DAP state assembly representation in Sarawak was doubled from six to 12, with Miri joining Kuching, Sibu and Bintulu in the vanguard for political change, reminded Lim. “This impacted on the 13th Parliamentary General Election in 2013, resulting in a whisker away from change of the Federal Government in Putrajaya.”

Najib won only 47 per cent of the popular vote, but he was able to win 60 per cent of the parliamentary seats because of constituency gerrymandering and an unfair democratic system, resulting in his becoming the first minority Prime Minister of Malaysia, lamented Lim.