A group, claiming to be the earliest activators of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) or Bersatu in Sabah led by Datuk Thomas Mojuga Tukung announced their decision to quit the party.
“The Bersatu leadership had promised not to accept Umno members nor giving them any position, but, sadly, they are stabbing us at the back. In fact, an Umno member was appointed as Bersatu leader,” he lamented.
KOTA KINABALU: A group, claiming to be the earliest activators of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) or Bersatu in Sabah led by Datuk Thomas Mojuga Tukung announced their decision to quit the party.After an emergency meeting chaired by Thomas on the 11th of June 2019, the group unanimously rejected the appointment of Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor as Sabah Bersatu leader.
“Our group was the earliest team to bring Bersatu to Sabah. We were centralised in Pulai, Johor Bharu through divisional chief, Yacob Atan. Before the 14th general election we had actively campaigned for Bersatu, then an opposition party, to ensure that Barisan Nasional lost their power. I personally registered some 18,000 members in the Kudat parliamentary constituency.“The Bersatu leadership had promised not to accept Umno members nor giving them any position, but, sadly, they are stabbing us at the back. In fact, an Umno member was appointed as Bersatu leader,” he lamented.
Thomas added that the group was disappointed for not being appreciated, especially when Sabah protem communication chief, Datuk Sahran Untai, together with the earliest activators, were excluded by the ‘new’ Sabah Bersatu.