YB Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman Naib Presiden PBB mempertahankan YB Datuk Rohani Karim

YB Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman Menteri Muda di Jabatan Ketua Menteri merangkap Naib Presiden PBB

YB Julaihi Narawi Menteri Muda Pembangunan Industri, Pelaburan dan Promosi merangkap YB Sebuyau, Ketua Cawangan PBB Sebuyau

Lewat ini ramai bunyi-bunyi menyerang YB Datuk Rohani Karim Ahli Parlimen Batang Lupar.  YB Julaihi Narawi, Setiausaha Politik Awang Jamudin Kon dan Datuk Bolhassan Di.  Sekarang Naib Presiden PBB YB Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman keluar dan mempertahankan YB Datuk Rohani Karim.

YB Julaihi Narawi telah mendapat undi tinggi dalam pemilihan Majlis Tertinggi di Konvensyen PBB 2010.  Dikhabarkan bahawa YB Julaihi Narawi akan bertanding jawatan Naib Presiden PBB (antara jawatan yang disandang Yb Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman) pada Konvensyen PBB bulan Mei tahun ini.

Sebanaku berharap semua pemimpin -pemimpin PBB khususnya berkenaan Batang Lupar bersatu untuk memastikan kemenangan BN.

Rohani sole nominee for BN in Batang Lupar – Daud

by Jonhson K Saai reporters@theborneopost.com. Utusan Borneo on February 28, 2013, Thursday

Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim

KUCHING: Whatever speculations grassroots have about Deputy Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim, she is set to defend Batang Lupar which she won uncontested in the 2008 general election unless the top BN leadership decides otherwise.

Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman said as far as the party was concerned, the incumbent MP was the sole nominee submitted to the BN leadership for endorsement.

“So as it is, she (Rohani) is our candidate for Batang Lupar in the coming general election unless Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib (Tun Razak) decides otherwise.

“As far as Batang Lupar is concerned, we submitted only one name which is the present MP, so it is unlikely that she will be replaced,” he said.

In that respect, he said, people on the ground should stop lobbying but instead beef up the party’s machinery at the grassroots level to ensure victory for BN.

He said this when asked to comment on the requests by certain quarters that PBB leadership drop the Batang Lupar incumbent and replace her with a new candidate..

Among the reasons given was that Rohani had not performed up to expectation and was difficult to reach most of the time.

On this, Daud however said that it was normal for this kind of thing to happen during elections.

“This is normal in any election. Some people tend to be unhappy with the candidate and want them to be replaced but sometimes those who want new candidate do not really represent the majority,” he said.

Meanwhile, commenting on the same matter recently, Rohani also described the attempt by certain quarters to get her replaced as the norm during election time.

“I am aware that some people were trying to discredit me for reasons known to them but I am confident the BN top leadership knows what is happening on the ground and will pick candidates based on merits.

“In my case, I am leaving it to the wisdom of Chief Minister Pehin Sri (Abdul Taib Mahmud) as the state BN chairman and Prime Minister as the national chairman to make the decision,” she said.

She said as for now she would continue to serve the constituents as she is still the MP until parliament is dissolved. She also said that the speculations with regards to her candidacy will not dampen her spirit to work hard and serve her constituency as usual.