By Karen Bong and Ling Hui
KOTA SAMARAHAN, April 2: Samarahan, which has two parliamentary constituencies and six state constituencies, has long been the stronghold of the State and Federal governments.
Highlighting this, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah attributed this to the close relationship, support and trust given by the diverse communities here to both governments.
“The communities here are very supportive of the governments as can be seen in each election held, Samarahan is the stronghold of the State and Federal governments.
“There is an interesting development in Samarahan as the relationship between the communities and governments is close which can be seen throughout the years including in today’s event attended by a diverse group of community leaders,” said the fourth-term Asajaya assemblyman during Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin meeting with Samarahan Community at Teachers Training Institute of Tun Abdul Razak Campus here today.
The two parliamentary constituencies are Kota Samarahan represented by Member of Parliament (MP) Rubiah Wang and Batang Sadong (Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri who is also Federal Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture).
The six state constituencies are Asajaya (Abdul Karim), Muara Tuang (Datuk Idris Buang), Stakan (Datuk Amar Mohd Ali Mahmud), Sadong Jaya (Aidel Lariwoo), Gedong (Datuk Naroden Majais) and Simunjan (Awla Dris).
He also mentioned Sebuyau constituency (Datuk Julaihi Narawi) which is under Batang Lupar parliamentary constituency with the voters being strong supporters of governments.
Giving strength to Muhyiddin to continue leading the country, Abdul Karim pointed out that the Prime Minister has proven to be an amazing and respectable leader with strong resilience, having overcome the many changes and unprecedented challenges thrown at the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the political crisis.
“Our Prime Minister is a respectable leader because not all leaders can go through such unprecedented challenges. Only one month taking over the premiership, a global pandemic hit.
“A year on, the situation has yet to be contained entirely so it is not easy to lead the country in such circumstances and more over the federal politics are also not so stable,” he noted.
Having watched closely and assessed carefully the situations and developments in the country, Abdul Karim said the State government and political parties in Sarawak will support a leader who can bring stability, unite the diverse people in such difficult circumstances, and is sincere in leadership.
“And we can see that in our Prime Minister (Muhyiddin).
“It is not an easy task, we (Sarawakians) have known and seen it in Sarawak as we have gone through the upheaval in the 70s as with the many ethnics groups and religious groups, everyone wants to be seen to be better than the rest.
“So let’s pray that despite the challenges we all faced, the Prime Minister will be given the strength and health to continue leading the nation and the people,” he added.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan were among the dignitaries present. — DayakDaily
