PENAMPANG : PKR Tuaran
division chief Ansari Abdullah has taken the party leadership to task for
failing to honour the promise of political autonomy for Sabah.
“PKR has failed to show its
sincerity, fail to show that it is practicing autonomy. So today, all of us
will have to go back to our respective divisions to explain the situation and
will make a decision on any future undertaking. Saturday (which is the
nomination day) is a very long time to go, and in politics, anything can
happen,” he said.
“The real issue here is not
about me being a candidate, it is about us being promised the autonomy but
autonomy is not here. Fullstop. It is about the division making a decision,
(and) the decision is not respected. Fullstop. It is about the promise to treat
us as equal partners, (but) now are we being treated as equal partners when we
are not even consulted about the candidates' list?” he added.
He told reporters this when
cornered after chairing an informal meeting here, on Thursday (18 April 2013)
together with several divisional leaders and members who were dissatisfied with
the newly-unveiled PKR candidates' list by Sabah PKR chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini,
in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, two days ago.
He was commenting on the
Party leadership rejecting of three quarter of the candidates proposed by the
seven divisions in the West Coast North Zone, in Sabah, one day after the
dissolution of the Parliament.
“The seven proposed
candidates' names which was announced recently is not my list. It is not
Ansari's line-up. It was the decision made by the respective divisions in the
West Coast North areas. We were promised of the autonomy to make decision as
stipulated in the Buku Jinggaand Kuching Declaration.
“Unfortunately three quarter
of the list were rejected, where of the seven candidates, only two made it. It
is sad to say but the Party has failed the test (of trustworthiness and
sincerity)," he said.
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