Sabah PKR far from finished, says Lajim; to reorganise
(Borneo Insider) – Sabah PKR chairman Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin claimed that only eight PKR leaders had quit the party.
Three of them were divisional leaders, from Kinabatangan, Kota Marudu and Silam, while the rest comprised acting heads, vice-heads and ordinary members, he said.
It was uncertain whether there had been resignations from the Beluran division, he told a news conference at the PKR Building, here.
Lajim (photo) also said that PKR had yet to receive the resignation letters of the leaders who claimed to have quit the party and expressed their support for the BN.
He said Sabah PKR would recommend to PKR President Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to sack these leaders.
Lajim was also incensed with his party renegades who used the opportunity to attend the party’s national congress over the weekend to defect to Barisan Nasional.
“They used air tickets bought by us to go Kuala Lumpur, stayed in hotels paid by us and collected RM15 meal money and then defected to Barisan.
”What kind of leaders are these. Anyway, we are thankful to Barisan for accepting them,’’ said.
Lajim said that Sabah PKR was not “finished’’ as claimed by Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and dismissed that there was a second wave of defections on the pipeline.
“We are still intact, we will replace those who left and division elections is scheduled for March next year,’’ Lajim told reporters after chairing the Sabah PKR liaison committee meeting here.
Lajim also said that the remaining four state PKR assemblymen and one MP from Sabah were still intact.
PKR has confirmed that several of its Sabah members have resigned to join the Umno-BN coalition.
“We regret that they have chosen to take this step but the core of our activities in Sabah remain unaffected by their departure,” PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
“All of those who left are not holding significant posts nor are they elected representatives. We cannot stop them as they have the right to freedom of association but they only harm their own reputation by joining such an unprincipled coalition as Umno-BN.”
Tian was responding to a news report that 11 mid-level Sabah PKR members had quit, expressing support for the Umno-BN.
The news was announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak himself at a press conference in the peninsula.
