LDP Chided For Using Media To Criticise BN

KOTA KINABALU, May 19 (Bernama) -- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was chided for its criticism towards the Barisan Nasional (BN), with Sabah Umno Youth chief Azman Ruslan saying it could invite negative perception among the people.

Ruslan said as one of BN's component parties, the LDP should show exemplary way of strengthening the ties and cooperation between the state and federal governments and not the opposite.

"Sabah Umno Youth view this issue seriously because we don't want a situation to exist as though the people of Sabah were ungrateful for all the efforts done by the BN to develop the state," he told Bernama here on Wednesday.

Azman said Sabah Umno Youth had no intention to stop LDP from voicing out opinions but as a BN component party, LDP should be honest and fair in its criticisms.

He was commenting on the remarks by LDP Deputy President Datuk Chin Shu Pin yesterday asking the federal government not to treat Sabah and Sarawak merely as a "fixed deposit".

Azman said the remarks also showed as if the LDP was belittling the support given by the Sabah people to the BN, which he said had done a lot for the people in the state.

The term "fixed deposit" referred to the strong support of the people of the two states to the BN, especially in making sure the coalition return to power by a comfortable majority during elections