Don’t be petty, SUPP rep tells S’wak DAP on use of GPS logo at school event

Don’t be petty, SUPP rep tells S’wak DAP on use of GPS logo at school event

Wilfred Yap says it is more important that schools in his constituency receive financial assistance from the state's ruling coalition.

Kota Sentosa assemblyman Wilfred Yap (eighth left) presenting mock cheques at an event at a school on Jan 15. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA:
Wilfred Yap of Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) has urged Sarawak DAP to focus on securing more federal funding for schools in its constituencies instead of engaging in “petty rhetoric”, following questions over the use of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) logo at the distribution of funds at schools.

Yap, the Kota Sentosa assemblyman, said in a Facebook post that it was more important that schools in his constituency received financial assistance from GPS, the state’s ruling coalition.

The post by Kota Sentosa SUPP and shared by Yap added that he was “not interested in DAP’s rhetoric”.

Yap was responding to Michael Kong, the special assistant to Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who had criticised him for bringing mock cheques bearing the GPS logo.

Kong also accused SUPP of disregarding the education ministry’s ban on the use of party logos at school events.

He urged the GPS leadership to take immediate disciplinary action against Yap and ensure that its elected representatives comply with the education ministry’s guidelines.

However, Yap said DAP MPs from Sarawak “should focus on securing more federal funding for schools in their constituencies as education is under the federal list, and not be so petty”.

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