Will election goodies help the rich and powerful win Sarawak? – Stephen Then

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IT HAS been a week of explosive verbal sparring among the contesting parties during the Sarawak election campaign, with interesting accusations of cronyism, nepotism, corrupt deals, loads of free beer, and instant handouts to religious organisations.

With less than one week to go before polling day next Saturday, more drama looms on the horizon for Sarawak. We can expect the coming week to be more explosive – verbally, of course.

The candidates are going for the kill – metaphorically. There were plenty of juicy accusations and subsequent denials over the past week.

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) was in the spotlight, with former deputy chief minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas being accused by the opposition of having a hand in dishing out government contracts for huge projects to certain contractors he knew.

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