Nanta calls for more Dayaks, Chinese from Sarawak to be made deputy ministers


Gabungan Parti Sarawak secretary-general Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) secretary-general Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi has called for more Dayaks and Chinese from Sarawak to be appointed as deputy ministers to reflect a multiracial leadership in the unity government.

He said minority ethnic communities such as the Bidayuh, Lun Bawang, Kayan, Kenyah and Melanau, as well as the Iban, should be given the opportunity to serve in the new government.

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