Gerakan vice president Datuk Seri Raymond Tan Shu Kiah said Sabah would request for additional seats in the 14th general election.

“We don’t ask for seats where we won’t be able to deliver,” he said to reporters yesterday.

Nevertheless, he said that if the people supported them for the extra seats, it would be good because the party would then be able to deliver.

Tan also said that it did not matter if the seats allocated to the party was in the east coast or the west coast.

“I have to face the reality about what the party can deliver rather than say that I ask for seats because other people are also asking for it. I think we have to go a little more than that,” he added.

He explained that Gerakan was not greedy for seats.

Presently, the party has two seats in Sabah – Tanjong Papat and Elopura which are held by Tan and Datuk Au Kam Wah respectively.

“We have to ask if we have delivered and done well for the two seats and have helped the people who have voted for us. At the same time, if we have done well and we can do more, then we can say that we deserve more

seats,” he said.

During the interview, Tan also spoke about the single party government presently being advocated by Parti Warisan Sabah, headed by Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal.

Tan reminded that Sabah has already gone through a single party government and single party politics.

He reminded that Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) had once contested in 60 seats because it was aiming for a single-party government.

“We have to look at a government as a whole — is it able to deliver? What kind of government is it?”

“Why become a government if you cannot do that?”

Tan added that the people would not choose the model adopted by a party but would instead vote for a strong government that would be able to help them.

He said he would look at several facets when selecting the government and these include the capability of prospering the country, prospering the people, having the capacity to create an opportunity and meet the needs of the people.

“Don’t choose something that will get you into trouble and more trouble,” he added.

He went on to explain that the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition model was more stable as compared to the opposition coalition, Pakatan.

Pakatan, he said, still had not come up with the combination and was  trying hard to work that out in a coalition

Source:
courtesy of THE BORNEO POST

by Jenne Lajiun

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