PETALING JAYA: Sarawak DAP has rejected an accusation of having made a political U-turn by accepting a deputy minister’s post in Putrajaya.
State DAP secretary Alan Ling said the criticism by Sarawak United People’s Party failed to acknowledge the circumstances surrounding the unity government’s formation in 2022.
He said while Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen previously said in 2022 that none of the state chapter’s MPs should be appointed to the Cabinet as a condition for supporting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, this did not permanently exclude it from holding executive responsibilities at the federal level.