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.
Will Bumburing join the opposition or set up his own Sabah Reform Movement?
ReplyDeleteBumburing akan sertai PKR.
DeleteWhat 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.
ReplyDeleteBN akan tetap mendapat sokongan rakyat walaupun Bumburing keluar.
ReplyDeleteMungkin ada rakyat yang akan ikut jejak Bumbering melompat parti ke PKR.
DeleteBumburing sudah buat keputusan beliau, tanpa beliau BN masih lagi kukuh.
ReplyDeleteBumburing rasa beliau boleh berjaya dengan PKR, jangan saja lepas ni lompat parti lagi.
ReplyDeleteLet see whether Bumbering can gain enough support.
ReplyDeleteHarap penyertaan Bumbering di PKR akan membawa PKT ke arah kemenangan.
ReplyDeletePRU13 di Sabah pasti hebat dan giat. kami melihat berapa banyak kerusi yang pembangkang boleh menangi.
ReplyDeleteThe party’s struggle is important and that our sincerity to the party and leadership is also important, not ourselves.
ReplyDeleteMusa 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.
ReplyDeleteBumburing pun mengikut langkah Lajim sekarang.
ReplyDeleteMengapa Bumburing keluar BN itu masih belum pasti lagi. Apa pun Lajim dan Bumburing sudah pun sah keluar daripada BN.
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