By Brad Rantayy
MIRI, Jan 12: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) is planning to set up a new Youth Wing for youths aged 18 to 28 to give them the opportunity to engage in the political arena and be exposed to meaningful participation in decision-making at all levels.
This was disclosed by the party’s secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew today in a statement.
“Their participation is crucial in building a stable society and making sure that new policies are inclusive, meeting the needs of everyone including the younger generations,” he said.
“Very often you hear people say that young people may not be interested in politics but on the contrary, my personal experience with some young people whom I met is they are keen to chit-chat on politics and government policies.”
Thus, Ting said, more opportunities should be made available for the youth to participate as they are sources of new, creative, fresh ideas and new approaches for the government to tap into for innovation and improved services.
Currently, the Youth Wing in SUPP is for members aged between 18 to below 45-years-old.
“For the party to form a new Youth Wing for those aged 18 to 28-years-old, we need to amend our party constitution and this requires approval from the party delegates in the Annual Delegates Conference (ADC) or Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC),” Ting explained.
“At our next Central Working Committee meeting, we will form a special committee to look into the formation of this new wing before we present (the proposal) and seek the approval in the Delegates Conference to amend our Party Constitution.”
He noted that the proposal for a new wing will definitely not be in time to table at the party’s coming ADC on January 16, 2022 but should be ready for this year’s Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC).
“In fact, we also have thoughts of looking into the formation a Putri Wing for female members aged 18 to 28-years-old but it was postponed due to the (then) impending Sarawak election.”
Since the election is over, SUPP will re-visit this proposal of forming the Putri Wing, he added. — DayakDaily
