SUPP pinpoints weaknesses in polls failure.
SUPP today released a booklet entitled ‘ SUPP - The Way Forward.’
The booklet stated that the 2006 state election exposed the party’s weaknesses in mobilizing its cadres, failure in disseminating party information and policy to members and voters. The party was also perceived as having lost its influence in the state government. The urban voters believed that SUPP’s role as the ‘Chinese Voice’ had weakened.
Fuel hikes were also partly to blame. Indecisiveness on the part of the party as to choice of candidates had also cost the party many votes especially in the Bintangor and Engkilili area.
Another unresolved issue that persists to this day is the land lease issue. The opposition had taken advantage of this issue to distort the situation and mislead the voters. Issues relating to Chinese education, funding, relocation of existing premises and use of English to teach Maths and Science were fully exploited by the opposition.
All these made the party seem weak and ineffective. However the booklet said the state election results were not a rejection of the SUPP but a wake-up call to serve the people better.
The Borneo Post 12/12/06
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