Friday 28 June 2013

ANOTHER PUTSCH IN SABAH PKR






CHOICE Lajim (left) is said to be the choice as Sabah PKR Chief for most of the 25 divisions while Thamrin has been branded a flop since his appointment by the national PKR leadership. AHMAD Thamrin likely to be ousted to make way for Klias lawmaker and former UMNO warlord, Lajim Ukin to take over, say sources close to the party

By : JONATHAN JAY ETHAN

KOTA KINABALU: The restless warrior from Beaufort seems not happy to play second fiddle. Just a week after being ‘appointed’ opposition chief in the Sabah State Assembly, Datuk Lajim Haji Ukin is said to be targeting the Sabah PKR leadership currently held by Ahmad Thamrin.

Sources close to the Klias lawmaker told the Borneo Insider Lajim has begun making his moves to strengthen his position in Sabah PKR with his underlings making the necessary contacts.

Already, it is said that as of to-date 19 out of the 25 divisions in the state have given their endorsement for Lajim to take over the leadership.

According to our source, a senior Sabah PKR leader who spoke on the condition of anonymity, this might take place sometime next week when a few more divisions and their heads confirm their backing for Lajim.

“We believe that Thamrin’s days are numbered,” said the source. “Even Thamrin knows that he is just warming the seat and when Lajim (and Wilfred Bumburing) crossed over to the other side, it was only a matter of time.

“But what is most interesting to see is whether the PKR leadership in Kuala Lumpur, under defector chief, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will give his blessings or not.

“It will be a severe test of his leadership as well as to the numerous promises he has made to Sabah leaders, one of them being that they will get the chance to choose the leader of their choice.

“Right now Thamrin is a KL-appointee. He does not have the full back of all the other division chiefs”.

[While Lajim said he would leave his NGO, the PPPS, which he helmed to continue his political platform after ditching UMNO last year, and apply to join PKR with his members, Wilfred, who contested and won Tamparuli on a PKR ticket, will not be doing so].

It is also believed that a KadazanDusun Murut leader from Papar has been slated as Lajim’s Number 2 should he get the vote from the divisions.

The Borneo Insider understands that the unhappiness over Thamrin’s leadership has been gathering steam, much so after the May 5 general election.

The sources we spoke to say Thamrin cold either step down and safe face or suffer the ignominy of being ‘ousted’, most likely by way of a ‘vote of no confidence’.
It was said the main reason which prompted the imminent ‘mutiny’ was mainly due to Thamrin’s lame leadership and poor performance since his appointment in October 2009.

“He (Thamrin) has no leadership quality. He’s only good for ‘fund-raising’, besides being a ‘Yes Man’. To put it bluntly, he’s just someone’s puppet. We just don’t see any hope for PKR Sabah to progress further under his leadership,” the sources said.

“But, we are confident that Lajim would be a more capable leader. In fact, this has been confirmed by virtue of his appointment as the Sabah opposition leader in the State Legislative Assembly, recently,” said a Sabah PKR divisional chief.

He further noted that Thamrin’s losing of the Gum-Gum state seat which he contested for in the last general election had also rendered him losing his mandate to lead Sabah PKR.

Polling 3,191 votes, Thamrin lost to Datuk ZakariaB.Mohd Edris of Barisan Nasional (BN) who polled 5,548 votes.

Besides this, the senior Sabah PKR leader also faulted Anwar for the fielding the wrong candidates in the last general elections, claiming that otherwise the party could have won more seats in Sabah.

He cited among the bad choices of candidates included Tan Sri Ibrahim Menudin who lost both the Labuan parliamentary and Bongawan state seats which he contested, and Datuk Mohammad Yahaya Lampong who lost the fight for Papar parliamentary seat, as well as an unknown figure, Fred Gabriel in the Pantai Manis state constituency.

“The fielding of some new faces from the PPPS and APS (Angkatan Perubahan Sabah) in replacement of those senior Sabah PKR leaders like Hj Ansari (former PKR Tuaran Chief) who had been working hard on the ground all these while, was another key contributing factor of the poor election result,” he added.

It is not known however how senior PKR Sabah leaders like Dr Roland Chia (Inanam) and Christina Liew (Api Api) as well as deputy secretary general, Darell Leiking (Penampang) would react to Lajim’s anticipated leadership. (BI)

21 comments:

  1. Pengerusi PKR Sabah Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini mungkin disingkirkan
    sebagai ketua untuk memberi laluan kepada Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin kata
    sumber

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  2. Minggu lepas Lajim yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Klias
    dilantik sebagai ketua pembangkang di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) kini
    beliau mensasarkan pula jawatan parti yang dipegang oleh Ahmad Thamrin.

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  3. Walaupun sebagai Pengerusi PKR, Ahmad Thamrin, namun beliau
    kredibelitinya mula dipersoal apabila tewas kepada calon BN, Datuk
    Zakaria Mohd. Edris di DUN Gum Gum pada Pilihanraya Umum ke-13 (PRU 13).

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  4. Sebaliknya, Lajim yang mengetuai Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah
    (PPPS) dan bertanding atas tiket PKR pada PRU 13 menang di DUN Klias,
    meskipun gagal mempertahankan kemenangannya di Parlimen Beaufort.

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  5. kini Lajim telah mula menyusun langkah untuk mengukuhkan kedudukannya dalam PKR Sabah.

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  6. Menurutnya, sehingga kini, 19 daripada 25 bahagian PKR di negeri itu
    telah diberikan sokongan mereka terhadap Lajim dan proses
    pengambilalihan kepimpinan negeri dijangka berlaku dalam waktu terdekat.

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  7. Kami percaya Thamrin sedang menghitung hari,” kata sumber itu. “Malah
    Thamrin tahu bahawa dia hanya akan memanaskan kerusi apabila Lajim (dan
    Wilfred Bumburing) melintasinya, ia hanya menunggu masa.

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  8. “Tetapi apa yang paling menarik untuk melihat sama ada kepimpinan PKR
    di Kuala Lumpur, di bawah ketua Umum, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan
    merestui atau tidak.

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  9. Ia akan menjadi ujian yang teruk kepada kepimpinan beliau (Anwar)
    setelah pelbagai janji-janji beliau kepada pemimpin-pemimpin Sabah,
    salah satunya akan mendapat peluang untuk memilih pemimpin kesukaan
    mereka.

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  10. “Sekarang Thamrin adalah pilihan (PKR) Kuala Lumpur. Beliau tidak
    mempunyai sokongan penuh daripada semua ketua-ketua bahagian yang lain

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  11. Tidak seperti Lajim, Datuk Wilfred Bumburing yang mengetuai APS
    (Angkatan Perubahan Sabah) dan bertanding atas tiket PKR serta memenangi
    DUN Tamparuli, tidak berminat untuk menjadi ahli PKR.

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  12. Sumber menyebut Thamrin boleh pilih sama ada berundur dengan maruah
    selamat atau mengalami kehinaan ‘digulingkan’, kemungkinan besar dengan
    cara ‘undi tidak percaya’.

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  13. Faktor utama yang mendorong ‘pemberontakan’ itu berlaku kerana
    kepimpinan dan prestasi Thamrin yang lemah sejak pelantikan beliau pada
    Oktober 2009.

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  14. Beliau (Thamrin) tidak mempunyai kualiti kepimpinan. Dia hanya baik
    untuk ‘dana’, selain menjadi ‘Yes Man’. Jelasnya, beliau hanya boneka
    seseorang. Kami tidak melihat apa-apa harapan untuk PKR Sabah terus maju
    di bawah kepimpinan beliau.

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  15. Tetapi, kami yakin Lajim akan menjadi pemimpin yang lebih
    berkebolehan. Malah, ini telah disahkan apabila beliau dilantik sebagai
    pemimpin pembangkang Sabah di dalam DUN, baru-baru ini, “kata sumber
    itu.

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  16. Anwar dilaporkan telah meletakkan calon-calon yang salah pada PRU 13 menyebabkan PKR Sabah tewas teruk.

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  17. Menurutnya, antara contoh salah pilih calon adalah Tan Sri Ibrahim
    Menudin yang kalah di kedua-dua kerusi, Parlimen Labuan dan DUN Bongawan
    dan Datuk Mohammad Yahaya Lampong yang bertanding di Parlimen Papar
    serta calon yang tidak dikenali Fred Gabriel di DUN Pantai Manis.

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  18. Pencalonan beberapa muka-muka baru dari PPPS dan APS untuk menggantikan
    orang-orang kanan pemimpin PKR Sabah seperti Hj Ansari (bekas Ketua PKR
    Tuaran) yang telah bekerja keras di peringkat grassroot selama ini,
    merupakan satu lagi penyumbang utama faktor keputusan teruk PRU lalu
    “katanya.

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  19. 9 Ketua bahagian PKR Sabah telah mengemukakan memorandum kepada
    presiden parti Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, supaya mengesahkan
    Lajim memimpin parti itu.

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  20. 19 bahagian itu adalah Papar, Sipitang, Beaufort, Beluran, Keningau,
    Labuan, Kinabatangan, Pensiangan, Silam, Kimanis, Kota Marudu, Tuaran,
    Sepanggar, Kalabakan, Kudat, Tenom dan Kota Belud. Dua lagi tidak
    dinamakan.

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  21. Kumpulan itu berharap agar Wan Azizah akan memberi pertimbangan yang
    sewajarnya terhadap cadangan mereka, sambil menambah bahawa pada masa
    ini tidak ada calon yang lebih sesuai dan berkelayakan untuk menerajui
    PKR negeri, selain daripada Lajim.

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