Najib reiterates confidence on BN winning Sarawak election

LAWAS April 15 — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has reiterated his confidence that the Land of the Hornbills will remain under the Barisan Nasional (BN) rule come Saturday when the people of Sarawak cast their ballots for the 10th state election.
The Prime Minister said that under the BN government, Sarawak would continue to transform and become a more prosperous state.
"Cooperation between the federal and state governments is crucial in carrying the burden and discharging the responsibility to change the landscape in Sarawak,” he said when simultaneously opening the Seri Malaysia Hotel, Lawas and performing the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Lawas hospital, here yesterday.
Najib said: “We want the Barisan Nasional to continue to administer (Sarawak) so that we can continue to undertake reforms and transformation.” He said that since the launch of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the National Key Result Area, Sarawak had received RM5.7 billion in allocations to build rural infrastructural facilities within the next three years.
"This is the biggest allocation in history given by the federal government to the state of Sarawak.
"We need power so that the transformation is not stunted. It should not be hindered but should be speeded up further,” said the Prime Minister.
Najib said he had adopted the 1Malaysia concept and had gone down on the ground to see the situation and the problems faced by the rakyat and to feel their ‘pulse’.
He said that his visits and walkabouts were not only carried out during the election but had started much earlier.
The Prime Minister also questioned the capability of the Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chairman, Baru Bian, who is also the PKR candidate for Ba’Kelalan, in transforming Sarawak.
"Baru Bian is a good lawyer, but does he have the ability to transform Sarawak?” asked Najib.
He also announced that Lawas was also no longer a ‘grey area’ for the Barisan Nasional but had changed to a ‘white’.