Jabu slammed for his below par performance

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu has been slammed for his below par performance as chairman of the state disaster and relief management committee.

"I am very disappointed with him. He keeps on disappearing when Sarawak is under seiged by the floods. So far he has been giving two press conferences regarding the floods and relief assistance,” Sarawak PKR vice chairman See Chee How complained today.

“I must say that his performance as the state disaster and relief management committee chairman is really below par,” the PKR Batu Lintang state assemblyman, told reporters.

He said he had received many complaints from the flood victims of their inability to seek assistance from the state government and the state flood operations room.

He said the operations room should inform the public of its contact numbers to call when there was floods occurring in their areas.

“I personally feel that the disaster and relief management committee is led by a wrong person,” he insisted.

See said former Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan was always on the grounds when he was heading the committee.

“He (Dr Chan) would have a daily press briefing to inform the public, especially those who were staying in low-lying areas,” he said.

See said he was in Siburan last night after receiving calls that some parts of the area were under one metre of water, after a heavy downpour over the last 24 hours.

“They (residents) have been calling their Barisan Nasional’s elected representative to attend to their problems, but nobody came, so they called us,” he said.

Taman Durandah Emas in Siburan, which is under the Bengoh state constituency, was the worst affected area.

See said that there was no problem in areas under Kuching Division.

"I must commend the Kuching Division relief committee. They have done a good job," he said.

He said he was in the dark as to what were happening to the flood victims in other parts of Sarawak because Jabu was not giving out information on them.

See urged Jabu to buck up, and be more responsible towards the flood victims.