By Election in Sibu

(Picture shows from the left Robert Lau and Wong Ho Leng)

Its Elections time or rather By-Election time here in Sarawak, the "Land of the Hornbills."

After the Hulu Selangor episode, this time we move to Sibu.

This is due to the death of the incumbent, Robert Lau, a Federal Minister of SUPP/Barisan Nasional.

The flag bearer is his cousin, also known as Robert, a greenhorn in politics.

He is pitted against Wong Ho Leng of the DAP (Democratic Action Party) who has a pact with the Pakatan Rakyat. Both are respectable lawyers in their own right.

There are more than 54,000 eligible voters in this constituency and BN really need to show good results by winning with a big margin.

I expect as BN to mobilise their machinery fast and polling is in a week's time.

"Durian runtuh" is expected as always when you go against any BN candidate.

I'm hoping for DAP to create a big upset here.

I hope the Ibans of Sibu know who should lead them, I think that this is very important to make their stand known now.