Kota Kinabalu: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) Wanita Chief, Datuk Seri Azizah Mohd Dun, said GRS women who want to be candidates for the coming State Election must be individuals with potential, credibility and the ability to win.
“We want qualified candidates who have the potential to win and are brave, spirited and confident.
“We are not against young candidates, we welcome them, but if possible, we want those with experience because this is important for a candidate who becomes a people’s representative to have knowledge and credibility, as to be in the assembly or parliament, we need someone who truly has authority.
“We do not want our candidates to be like ‘coughing on the stairs’...’just entering the race because they are told to, just contesting’... and as much as possible, we want those who can bring the people’s voice,” she said after attending the GRS’ Wanita Chiefs Component Meeting, here, last Saturday.
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“Here I see some who stand out in their potential, I believe among these are those who are already qualified and meet the criteria of a candidate we need.
Personally, I have retired from this field, I am no longer a candidate and I am comfortable working with GRS Wanita to share experiences and work together to achieve the party’s mission,” she added.
Azizah also said that GRS Wanita fully support the efforts to increase parliamentary seats by one-third and return 40 per cent of the revenue to Sabah.
She said, to date, GRS Wanita have close to 18,000 Wanita machinery.
“This covers all 73 State Legislative Assembly areas. For your information, our machinery has started moving at the grassroots level and we see there is camaraderie among all our women’s machinery.
This is synonymous with us because we are a party consisting of various party components and we are able to work together and love each other through the network of machinery work,” she added.
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