The rural Dayaks do not understand what is colonisation or they perceived colonisation as a foreigner or outsider ruling us. That was how they had been brainwashed when Rahman Ya’cub took over from Ningkang. It is rather surprising that some of the intellectuals in PBB, SPDP, PRS, SUPP or even SNAP were so naive or down right stupid to feel so secured just because UMNO is not present in Sarawak.
They were totally oblivious to the massive plundering and looting carried out by Rahman Yacub and Taib Mahmud against the people of Sarawak, especially against the rural bumiputra community, who owned vast tracks of NCR land or MRL. Some idiots still felt that Sarawak will lose everything if UMNO comes in when Sarawak has already lost more than 70% to Rahman Yacub and Taib Mahmud, their families and cronies, of what rightly belong to all Sarawakians.
There is not a single credible and principled Sarawak based party administering the State and its assets at the moment, including SNAP and STAR which are currently outside of BN but viewed as nothing but opportunists.
DAP has finally cause a lot of excitement among the Dayak community living in the rural areas just as the DAP has caused a lot of excitement among the Malay community in West Malaysia. This is good for democracy and it seems the rural Dayaks are slowly awakened. BN has a lot to worry about the DAP than PKR somehow. It is probably because the DAP is a very well organised and a very committed party well respected by the people.
The Dayaks should rally behind the DAP to deafeat BN if they are contesting in Dayak areas. WE are no longer the pawns of BN and easily pushed over by BN leaders.