KUCHING: Sarawak is expected to keep its important status as a kingmaker in the 14th General Election (GE14). Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (student affairs and alumni) Professor Mohd Fadzil Abdul Rahman said there was a strong support for BN in rural areas, particularly those along the state’s coastline. Fadzil said the main challenge for BN Sarawak would be courting votes in the urban and suburban areas, where most of the constituencies were held by DAP. UiTM Sarawak Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies senior lecturer Dr Nadrawina Isnin said Sarawak BN could wrest back the urban seats from the opposition if SUPP and its splinter, the United People’s Party (UPP), cooperated with each other. Therefore, Nadrawina said young and first-time voters, aged between 21 and 39, would have a bigger impact on the overall results.

Source: New Strait Times March 24, 2018 00:45 UTC