Monday 30 July 2012

SEVERAL KEY UPKO LEADERS JOIN BUMBURING



          
      
TUARAN: Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Bumburing yesterday officially announced his leaving the Barisan Nasional (BN) to join forces with Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

His departure from BN was accompanied by other leaders of the United Pasok-Momogun KadazanDusun Murut Organization (UPKO) who included vice president, Senator Datuk Maijol Mahap, permanent chairman, Datuk Herman Tiongsoh as well as supreme council members, Denis Gimpah, Lesaya Lopog and Petrus Guriting.

The Deputy President Of Upko made his announcement at a gathering here, thus confirming rife talk of late, that he was quitting BN and Upko, the party he co-founded with Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok.

He told reporters that their resignation letters were submitted to party headquarters last week.

He divulged that Dompok had tried to persuade him not to go but eventually accepted the fact that Bumburing was steadfast in his decision.

The Tuaran Member of Parliament resigned as the chairman of Tuaran BN on July 23.

Earlier, when addressing a crowd of more than 4,000 people at a restaurant in Dalit, Bumburing also announced the setting up of Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (Sabah Reformation Movement) which he said will support the opposition coalition in Sabah.

“We, the former Upko and PBS leaders are of the opinion that we cannot support BN anymore for many reasons. It is for that reason, my comrades and I have officially left BN and we have set up a new platform called the Angkatan Perubahan Sabah.

“APS is joining PR and we fully support Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership in the coalition. From today onwards, we will be going around Sabah, especially to the KDM areas to create awareness about the movement and I am confident that with the support of the Pakatan Rakyat leaders, majority of the KDM will support Pakatan Rakyat,” Bumburing said at the gathering with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim also present.

He clarified that APS was not a party for any particular group but a reform movement to strengthen the opposition coalition.

According to him, APS members are not meant to displace existing leaders in Pakatan Rakyat but to support them and make the coalition stronger.

Bumburing also acknowledged that his decision to leave BN would give rise to accusations against him.

“I have read in some blogs that I am leaving BN and Upko because I lost in the party’s divisional election. Let me make it clear that I won the Upko Tuaran divisional chief’s post uncontested but I rejected the post.

“Then there are talks that my decision was spurred by the fact that I was not re-nominated as a BN candidate. I would like to stress here that in my numerous meetings with party president Tan Sri Bernard, I told him that I will have to bring up his name when I reply to this accusation, he asked me to accept the nomination as Tuaran MP.

“But I said, sorry brother, I will not stand on a BN ticket,” Bumburing said, stressing that struggling for the people’s cause and not the post of an elected representative was what drove him to make his decision.

He also reminded the people that he was not nominated in the 10th and 11th general elections but he continued to carry out his duty as Upko deputy president in accordance with the party’s struggles.

14 comments:

  1. Will Bumburing join the opposition or set up his own Sabah Reform Movement?

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  2. What I don't get is why Bumburing denies that he will leave BN when questioned earlier if he did plan to leave the party the first place.

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  3. BN akan tetap mendapat sokongan rakyat walaupun Bumburing keluar.

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    1. Mungkin ada rakyat yang akan ikut jejak Bumbering melompat parti ke PKR.

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  4. Bumburing sudah buat keputusan beliau, tanpa beliau BN masih lagi kukuh.

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  5. Bumburing rasa beliau boleh berjaya dengan PKR, jangan saja lepas ni lompat parti lagi.

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  6. Let see whether Bumbering can gain enough support.

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  7. Harap penyertaan Bumbering di PKR akan membawa PKT ke arah kemenangan.

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  8. PRU13 di Sabah pasti hebat dan giat. kami melihat berapa banyak kerusi yang pembangkang boleh menangi.

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  9. The party’s struggle is important and that our sincerity to the party and leadership is also important, not ourselves.

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  10. Musa said the support of the people towards BN was not affected by the action of Lajim and Bumburing and stressed that there was no crisis in Sabah BN.

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  11. Bumburing pun mengikut langkah Lajim sekarang.

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  12. Mengapa Bumburing keluar BN itu masih belum pasti lagi. Apa pun Lajim dan Bumburing sudah pun sah keluar daripada BN.

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