May 5 a day of mixed feelings for Riot

KUCHING: SUPP deputy president Datuk Richard Riot Jaem has expressed his sadness over the poor performance of the party in the 13th general election.
“As a deputy president of SUPP, I feel sad for my colleagues who stood and lost. They did not only lose but lost quite badly.
“Some areas which we initially thought to be grey turned out to be black,” the party’s sole surviving MP told reporters when met at Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s residence here yesterday.
Riot garnered 19,494 votes in Serian against Edward Andrew Luwak (DAP)’s 6,343 and Johnny Aput (STAR)’s 390.
SUPP lost in Bandar Kuching, Stampin, Sarikei, Miri, Lanang and Sibu.
Despite the poor performance, Riot said he believed SUPP was far from being ‘finished’.
“Even in front of the chief minister I said I’m still alive. Despite being the sole survivor, I hope we will be able to have some plans to make sure the party perform better in the next election.”
To a question whether SUPP’s survival now lay on his shoulders, Riot said: “I don’t think so because we still have to work as a team in the CWC (Central Working Committee).


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