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PBK: Additional S'wak DUN seats not commensurating with population growth
Ting (centre), flanked by PBK Miri secretary Eric Ngieng and treasurer Devora Chung, in a photocall.
MIRI (July 12): Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) has called the proposed addition of 17 State Legislative Assembly (DUN) seats as 'unreasonable and unnecessary' as it does not commensurate with Sarawak's population growth.
PBK Miri chief Leslie Ting said based on figures from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Sarawak only experienced a six per cent growth in population over the past 10 years.
'Therefore, the (proposed) increase in the number of DUN seats by 17 per cent is not commensurate with the population growth in Sarawak,' he told a press conference here Thursday.
The DUN, on July 7, passed the Dewan Undangan Negeri (Membership Composition) Bill 2025 to raise the number of state constituencies from 82 to 99.
On a separate matter, Ting said PBK would either go solo in the next state election or seek to form an alliance with other 'like-minded' local political parties.
At the same time, he called upon Pakatan Harapan (PH) to 'leave the political scene in Sarawak', accusing the coalition led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of failing to deliver on their election pledges and meet the aspirations of Sarawakians.
'PH Sarawak should dissolve and its leaders join PBK to enable the Opposition to fare better against Gabungan Parti Sarawak in state elections,' he said. additional DUN seats lead PBK
