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 2010-01-04 (The Borneo Post) PENAMPANG: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) had
been busy in the past year indentifying the state constituencies which it
feels it can win in the next election in order for it a obtain the
majority needed to form the State Government.
It president Datuk Yong Teck Lee said the party has so far identified 30
of the seats and the status of the work is "3-2-1".
According to him, 3 means that SAPP has already identified 30
constituencies quite clearly in terms of the issue, machinery, leaders on
the ground and the strategy it will apply.
"Number 2 means that we have 20 seats to consider and number 1 in the
status in the 10 seats that we will not put any effort on as we more or
less believe will not be part of that 40 seats we are targeting," he said.
From the remaining 20 constituencies under consideration, SAPP will
identify 10 by the end of this year and will have its machinery in place
by then, Yong said when met at the official launch of SAPP Kampung
Kibabaig branch here yesterday.
In his speech earlier, Yong reminded SAPP members present that it takes a
lot of work to ensure that the party wins in the next election, thus it
has to put its machinery in place from now on.
"We will not automatically win (the election) as there is much to do.
Before we can win, we must make sure that our struggles are in accordance
with the needs of the people, that we fully understand the situation in
the area, our candidate and machinery as well as strategy are in place,"
he said.
 Yong said SAPP has started its preparations in all the polling districts
because it wants to win at least 40 seats in the next state election so
that it has the majority to form the government.
According to him, SAPP believes in non-racial politics and for that
reason, its multiracial leaders have the interest of all Sabahans,
irrespective of race, at heart.
"If we were to address an issue with a racial mindset, we will not be able
to resolve it," he said, adding that racial politics will prevent Sabah
from achieving its objectives.
Yong believed that if non-racial politics can be attained, Sabah will be a
very strong state.
He pointed out that with so many political parties in the state, the
people are divided in their support.
On the setting up of the Kampung Kibabaig branch, he said the support from
the members bring SAPP closer to achieving its objective of forming the
next government.
Also present the function were Deputy President Datuk Eric Majimbun,
Secretary General Datuk Richard Yong, Information Chief Chong Pit Fah,
Youth Chief Edward Dagul, Vice President Datuk Frankie Chong, Don Chin and
other SAPP leaders.
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