SAPP COMMEMORATES 3 YEARS OF PULL-OUT

PROUD….Dullie, Amde and Chong at the roundabout in Tanjung Lipat, which was among the many places where SAPP flags have been flown.

SABAH Progressive Party (SAPP) commemorates the third anniversary of its pull-out from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government to stand on the opposition side and fight for Sabah’s autonomy with the flying of the party flags along the roads throughout Sabah.

Some SAPP members were also seen driving their vehicles proudly with the party flags.

Three years on, SAPP continued with its belief and struggle that only kept on getting stronger, said Deputy President, Amde Sidek.

“By making SAPP flags visible all over the places we want to remind the people that SAPP’s struggle, especially after ditching BN on Sept 17, 2008 will never waver … we want to tell the people that we are still here fighting,” he said.

Amde who joined SAPP the moment it left the BN said he would not have entered into the political ring if SAPP had remained with the ruling coalition.

Another party leader who also joined right after the pull out, Dullie Marie said after three years SAPP continued to show its courage to fight for the interest of Sabah people and the State.

SAPP President Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee rocked the nation on Sept 17, 2008 when he announced the decision of the party’s supreme council to leave everything behind in the BN to begin their political struggle in a new leaf.

Prior to the move, which was about five months after the 2008 General Election, Yong had been vociferous in calling for Sabah BN to take opportunity of the window of change that had opened up since Sabah together with Sarawak had literally saved BN from being toppled at the Federal level.

SAPP was also the only party in the country’s political history that had announced a motion of no-confidence against a Prime Minister (Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi).

All these events led to the daring decision by SAPP, which was made despite the failed Pakatan Rakyat takeover of the government on Sept 16, 2008.

Motion of no confidence against the then PM was announced by SAPP. The actual motion in Parliament was submitted by the then MP Dr. Wan Azizah.