He told reporters here today he had not been told whether he should defend his state seat of Pakan or give it up so that he can concentrate on his parliament seat of Saratok for the 14th general election.

“Nothing is clear yet,” he said, “but when my boss tells me to do something, like if he asks me to jump out of a building, I don’t ask why. I ask, ‘From which floor, Sir?’”

Teras was formed in 2014 following a leadership crisis in the Sarawak Democratic Progressive Party.

Asked to comment on rumours that he might have to let his son contest in Pakan, Mawan said there had been other names submitted for the seat and that the name of the chosen candidate would be announced “very soon.”

“We’ll cross the bridge when we come to it, but I’ve said I am ready to defend Pakan,” he said. “As of now, don’t count me out. I really care about Pakan.”