Kuching (Jan 30, 2012): State Reform Party (STAR) is likely to contest in at least five seats in the coming general election, its Youth leader Kakoh Kiles said today.
He said three of the seats would be Mas Gading, Mambong and Serian, all Bidayuh majority areas, while the other two seats would be in the Iban majority areas.
“We are in the process of selecting the right candidates for all the five seats,” he said, adding that the party’s executive committee met yesterday to discuss on the election preparations and the potential seats to be contested.
“We have identified a number of potential candidates, including businessmen and professionals,” he added.
Kakoh declined to say whether he would a candidate to contest in one of the Bidayuh seats.
“All I can say is that we have people willing to come forward to be the candidates,” he added.
He said the party wanted to contest in few seats because of financial constraints.
“This is our biggest problem because we limited means to challenge the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat (PR),” he added.
Kakoh said the Sabah chapter of STAR would decide on its own on the number of seats it would want to contest.
STAR was formed by former Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communications Dr Patau Rubis after he was sacked from the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) in 1996.
It has never won a seat in either the general or state elections.
STAR has never been invited to be a component party of Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat whose members are DAP, PKR and PAS.
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