PKR Wanita dares Ngemah assemblyman to come to the forum

Kuching, April 13, 2012: PKR Wanita vice head Voon Shiak Ni has challenged Ngemah State Assemblyman Alexander Vincent to attend and speak at a public forum this coming Sunday.

"Since he has jumped to the defence of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Masing, we dare him to come and speak at the Who's The Boss forum," she said today.

The fourm, to be held at the Grand Continental Hotel on April 15 starting at 2.30pm, is prompted by a statement made by Masing telling the people that elected representatives were their bosses.

Masing made the statement when defending PRS Youth chief and Assistant Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture Datuk Mong Dagang for ordering the Agriculture Department and the Welfare Department to withdraw assistance to disabled person Frusis Lebi for supporting an Opposition in the April 16, 2011 state election.

Masing told the people "Jangan Lawan Towkay", referring to the elected representatives.

Reacting to Alexander's defence of Masing, Voon said Alexander was trying to say that the phrase "Jangan Lawan Towkay" was taken literally and out of context by the Opposition for publicity which he claimed simply meant "don't bite the hands that feed you".

"Our question is what difference does that make?" she asked.

She stressed that whatever is given in the form of subsidies and financial assistance is the taxpayers' money.

Voon said it is the people who pay for the salaries and allowances of the elected representatives.

She said Alexander should not try to mislead the people that the money given belongs to the elected representatives and the BN government.

"But in democracy we believe in the right to be heard and to be given a chance to explain and to justify the voters of Sarawak, and we do not mind Masing sending his wakil, Alexander, to the forum," Voon said.

She said the speakers at the forum will be a political scientist with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Professor Dr Andrew Aeria, Pelagus State Assemblyman George Lagong and Batu Lintang State Assemblyman See Chee How.

A senior lawyer and a human rights activist Ann Teo Chiang Joo will be the facilitator.

In conjunction with the forum, PKR Stampin branch will exhibit half yearly record of work and activities in Batu Lintang constituency of See and his personal assistants.

"The exhibition of work and activities is our commitment to the voters, who are our bosses," Voon said. By Sematong Express