Incumbent Mas Gading MP Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe is leaving it to Barisan Nasional (BN) top leadership to decide whether he should defend his seat in the coming general election.
“It’s up to BN. Of course SPDP (Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party) has to propose their own candidate because I am not with them anymore. That is their right,” he said.
He told The Borneo Post this through short messaging system (SMS) when asked to comment on the remark by Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud that he would leave the candidacy for Mas Gading to SPDP.
Taib, who is state BN chairman, told the media in Bintulu on Sunday that he would let SPDP nominate the candidate for Mas Gading for Prime Minister and national BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to endorse.
“Well, what I want to do is to let the prime minister have the privilege of analysing who is the most winnable candidate for Mas Gading,” he was quoted as saying after opening SPDP’s triennial general assembly (TGA).
The statement by Taib was seen by many people, particularly SPDP leaders and members, as a clear indication that BN would be fielding a new face in Mas Gading in the coming election to replace Dr Tiki.
