Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) chief James Masing may be confident that Dayak voters will continue to back his Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition when Sarawak eventually holds its state election, but state opposition leaders are unimpressed, saying that Masing should not "brag too confidently".

"Masing (above) should not just confidently brag about the issue when he and GPS were part of the ruling coalition since the formation of Malaysia and we are at the current state of underdevelopment due to long-term neglect under the administration, which GPS has been part of for more than 50 years.

"Many of the violations of our rights protected under the Malaysian Agreement 1963...