Its secretary-general, Stephen Rundi, said today the party will meet in due course to decide on the matter.
“Our president has just left us. Somebody must take over.
“But let us observe the seven-day mourning period for him first,” he said when approached by reporters after paying his last respects to Adenan at the state mosque here today.
Rundi assured that PBB would call for a meeting when it was appropriate to do so.
He did not dismiss the possibility that it would be done after the mourning period, which began yesterday and will be over by next week.
“The leader-grooming process is well in place for PBB.
“We also have the caucus in the party to help us to decide,” Rundi added.
Traditionally, the next PBB president will also become the new chief minister.
PBB has currently two deputy presidents, who are also deputy chief ministers. They are Abang Johari Tun Openg and Douglas Uggah Embas.
While Uggah is in charge of the modernisation of agriculture and rural economy ministry, Abang Johari looks after the housing and urbanisation ministry as well as the tourism, arts and culture ministry.
In the May 2016 state election, PBB won 40 of the 72 seats contested to make it the state’s strongest BN party in Sarawak.