Tan Sri Adenan Satem wanted SUPP and UPP to reconcile their differences:
KUCHING, Mar 7: The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) should explore the possibility of working together with its breakaway party, the United People’s Party (UPP), instead of fighting each other.
Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said this would be “much much better” for the state’s Chinese community.
He made the suggestion when officiating the SUPP’s Chap Goh Mei gathering here Friday.
“Both parties are, after all, strong supporters of the Barisan Nasional. They should not fight each other but work together. Then, it will be easier for us all to fight the opposition like the DAP and PKR.
“I hope Senator Datuk Dr Sim Khui Hian (SUPP president) and Datuk Sri Wong Soon Koh (UPP president) can sit together and talk,” he said.
– BERNAMA
Wong responded positively:
Wong leaves it to Adenan to close SUPP-UPP divide
Posted on March 12, 2015, Thursday
KUCHING: United People’s Party (UPP) president Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh is leaving it to the wisdom of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem to resolve outstanding issues that could open up the possibility of reconciliation with Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP).
“Since the chief minister has raised this, he may have a formula or direction to resolve this matter,” he said in responding to Adenan’s call for SUPP to negotiate with its splinter party UPP during the SUPP Chap Goh Meh celebration recently.
Wong, who is also Local Government and Community Development Minister, met reporters after chairing the Kuching South City Council (MBKS) press conference on flood problems at its headquarters here yesterday.
“So with the chief minister’s wisdom in politics, we leave it to him to address and deal with the issues faced by these two parties,” he added.
“Since the chief minister has raised this, he may have a formula or direction to resolve this matter,” he said in responding to Adenan’s call for SUPP to negotiate with its splinter party UPP during the SUPP Chap Goh Meh celebration recently.
Wong, who is also Local Government and Community Development Minister, met reporters after chairing the Kuching South City Council (MBKS) press conference on flood problems at its headquarters here yesterday.
“So with the chief minister’s wisdom in politics, we leave it to him to address and deal with the issues faced by these two parties,” he added.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/12/wong-leaves-it-to-adenan-to-close-supp-upp-divide/#ixzz3Wjd5Tucg
Subsequently, there was an effort to do a peace luncheon between SUPP and UPP. SUPP did not appear.
UPP leaders ‘aye’ to SUPP-UPP luncheon, now up to SUPP
Posted on March 17, 2015, Tuesday
KUCHING: Temenggong Lu Kim Yong is holding out on hope that SUPP will attend the luncheon discussion with United People’s Party (UPP) at Hilton Kuching this coming Thursday.
In a press statement yesterday, Lu said UPP had confirmed its attendance.
“As a Chinese community leader for Kuching, I am obliged and responsible for the unity and well-being of the community.
“My invitation was in support of the chief minister’s call for UPP and SUPP to work together in order to regain the confidence and support of Chinese voters in the next state election and to strengthen Chinese representation in the mainstream political arena for the betterment of Chinese community.”
In a press statement yesterday, Lu said UPP had confirmed its attendance.
“As a Chinese community leader for Kuching, I am obliged and responsible for the unity and well-being of the community.
“My invitation was in support of the chief minister’s call for UPP and SUPP to work together in order to regain the confidence and support of Chinese voters in the next state election and to strengthen Chinese representation in the mainstream political arena for the betterment of Chinese community.”
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/17/upp-leaders-aye-to-supp-upp-luncheon-now-up-to-supp/#ixzz3WjdGnidW
SUPP did not show up:
Thursday 09 Apr 2015
No show from SUPP in UPP-SUPP luncheon meeting
By : Alexandra Lorna and Natasha Jee
Date Posted : Friday 20-Mar-2015
KUCHING: In making effort to reconcile United People’s Party (UPP) and Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), UPP Advisor Temenggong Lu Kim Yong has arranged a luncheon meeting for the two parties to meet up.
Among the UPP central leaders, its President Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh, Deputy President Datuk Dr. Jerip Susil, Senior Vice President Ranum Mina, Publicity Secretary Liu Thian Leong, Organising Secretary Bruce Chai and Temenggong Lu waited for SUPP leaders to turned up at the Hilton Hotel from 11.00am, but unfortunately none from SUPP showed up.
Read on in The Sarawak Tribune HERE.
Malaysiakini is instigating:
1:16PM Mar 20, 2015
SUPP, UPP poised to slug it out in Sarawak polls
By Joseph Tawie
Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) has snubbed a seat negotiation meeting with the United People’s Party (UPP), paving the way for a ‘deadly confrontation’ in at least 19 constituencies in the coming state election.
Read on here
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