KUCHING, July 22, 2024 - Julau Member of Parliament Datuk Larry Sng was re-elected as president Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) as its triennial general meeting today.
In a statement posted on his Facedbook, he said all the posts in the supreme council, Youth and Women’s wings are also filled without any contest, a testament of the party strength moving forward as a united party.
He said the TGM, which was smoothly organised, was attended by all the delegates throughout Malaysia.
He said PBM is positioning itself as a Borneo-based party since it is orginating from Borneo and over 50 per cent of its registered members are from Sarawak and Sabah.
However, he said this doesn’t mean that it has abandoned its national ambitions, saying that it is positioning itself much like Parti Warisan (Sabah) and Progressive Democratic Party (Sarawak), both being local parties with members and branches in the peninsular.
“As a fellow Sarawakian, I staunchly believe that the Borneo approach and mindset in managing our people in race and religious affairs can contribute positively towards nation building.
“Too much time has been wasted dwelling on divisive politics (3R) in the peninsular instead of achieving common goals.
“With government policies drawn up to make Malaysia a mediocre country as opposed to being a Great nation.
“This doesn’t mean that our party advocate to abandon Bumiputera policies but much can be done to refine them and to gradually move towards a merit based system, which addresses poverty as opposed to race.
“Not all Malays are poor, similarly not all non-Malays are rich either. The day we stop thinking ourselves as a Malay or Chinese or Indian first, but to think ourselves as Malaysian, then we can truly be Bangsa Malaysia,” Sng said.
He said as having served a total of four terms in overwhelmingly large Bumiputera constituencies; Pelagus (80%) and Julau (95%), not once has he ever thought of himself as a Chinese even though he may be the only one in a venue of thousands.
“I don’t see race nor do I feel there is a distinction between them and me. In my mind we are all one.
“Previous governments have tried to create this Malaysian identity with branding such as 1Malaysia and Keluarga Malaysia. However today politics is still perhaps even more polarised than before.
“I believe that PBM is the best political platform to live up to this Malaysian dream.
“We have lots of work ahead of us to achieve this dream and together we Malaysians can make this happen,” Sng said.
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