KUALA LUMPUR – Following its recent merger with Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB), the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) has left the door open for other parties to join it.
PDP president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said that PDP’s openness to accepting any party to join is for the well-being of the country, particularly Sarawak.
“For PDP, our door is always open, we can always look through it and welcome everyone. Most importantly, at the end of the day, we must work as one team to save the nation, especially the state (Sarawak),” said the tourism, arts and culture minister after attending the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau’s Aidilfitri open house here today.
On April 7, Julau MP Datuk Larry Sng expressed hope that PDP and Parti Rakyat Sarawak would merge one day, as the two parties have historical ties and it would strengthen the Gabungan Parti Sarawak and the Dayak cause.
Tiong went on to say that anyone can make suggestions, but it is up to the individual party to decide on Larry’s suggestion.
On April 6, Tiong announced that Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh and two senior leaders of the now-dissolved PSB had taken up top positions in PDP.
Tiong said the appointment of Wong, the former PSB president and Bawang Assan assemblyman, as well as his deputy Johnical Rayong Ngipa and secretary-general, Baru Bian as PDP vice-presidents were being finalised at the party’s supreme council meeting. – April 22, 2024