KUCHING: The Sarawak state election could be held this year as this is already the fourth year into the current state government's mandate, says Tan Sri James Masing.
"It's my guess that the election will be this year. Normally this is when you get yourself really ready to run for election after the fourth year.
He said it was also an advantage for the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak coalition to hold the polls this year as the opposition was currently in disarray. "At the moment they are not there yet. Unfortunately or fortunately, they are in disarray and this is the fourth year so it coincides nicely," Masing told reporters after handing over minor rural project grants to 35 organisations here on Wednesday .Since 1991, the state government has gone the full five years before calling for polls.
"I hope not, we are in the same longhouse now. I don't think we should be fighting each other," he said when asked if PAS and Bersatu would contest in the polls.
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