KUCHING, Nov 8: Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) National Women’s Wing and National Youth Wing have backed incumbent Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa to defend Engkilili under the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) banner, citing his four consecutive election wins.

In a Facebook post, the two wings also backed PDP’s efforts to retain all eight seats currently represented by the party including Engkilili and Bawang Assan while acknowledging that the final decision rests with GPS leadership.

They cited past seat allocation adjustments involving Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), after three PDP assemblymen crossed over to the party, resulting in changes to the seats they represented.

The wings said PDP had respected those arrangements and did not insist on reclaiming the seats simply because they had traditionally belonged to the party.