KOTA KINABALU - De facto Parti Keadilan
Rakyat (PKR) leader Anwar Ibrahim appears determined
to crack Sabah PKR's conundrum. In what is
seen as a move to salvage the political future of the
party in the state, Anwar is expected to appoint
Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, who resigned as a
vice-president of PKR last October, as the
party's liaison chief for Sabah and Sarawak.
Hope this makes you happy, Jeffjeffrey-kitingan.jpg
According to a reliable source quoted by Bernama,
it was hoped the surprise move would a
ppease Jeffrey and his supporters, thus averting
a split in the party. The source said Anwar
was scheduled to make a special announcement
on the appointment at the launching of the
state party convention here this Sunday.
Jeffrey was earlier rumoured to be contemplating
rejoining Parti Bersatu Sabah led by his elder
brother Joseph Pairin Kitingan following the
former's resignation as PKR vice president.
Jeffrey, who was once Bingkor assemblyman,
had also been linked to the purported
application to register a new party called Parti
Cinta Sabah which he later denied he had a
hand in it. Several division chiefs aligned
with Jeffrey were believed to have initiated
the formation of the new local-based party.
Upset with earlier appointments It is believed
that many of the division chiefs, including
Jeffrey himself, were disappointed with
Anwar's decision to appoint Ahmad
Thamrin Jaini as the party's new chief in Sabah.
Sabahan Ahmad Thamrin was named as the new
state PKR chief recently after a group of division
chiefs expressed no-confidence in PKR
vice-president Azmin Ali leading the state PKR.
Liew's resignation rejected The appointment
was said to be on a temporary basis as the
party election at the state level would
probably be held next year.
It is reliably
learnt that the PKR leadership had also
rejected the resignation of former Sabah PKR
deputy chairman Christina Liew as a
supreme council member. In announcing
her resignation on Oct 28, Liew had said
she would remain as a party member and
retain the post of Kota Kinabalu division chief.
Rakyat (PKR) leader Anwar Ibrahim appears determined
to crack Sabah PKR's conundrum. In what is
seen as a move to salvage the political future of the
party in the state, Anwar is expected to appoint
Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, who resigned as a
vice-president of PKR last October, as the
party's liaison chief for Sabah and Sarawak.
Hope this makes you happy, Jeffjeffrey-kitingan.jpg
According to a reliable source quoted by Bernama,
it was hoped the surprise move would a
ppease Jeffrey and his supporters, thus averting
a split in the party. The source said Anwar
was scheduled to make a special announcement
on the appointment at the launching of the
state party convention here this Sunday.
Jeffrey was earlier rumoured to be contemplating
rejoining Parti Bersatu Sabah led by his elder
brother Joseph Pairin Kitingan following the
former's resignation as PKR vice president.
Jeffrey, who was once Bingkor assemblyman,
had also been linked to the purported
application to register a new party called Parti
Cinta Sabah which he later denied he had a
hand in it. Several division chiefs aligned
with Jeffrey were believed to have initiated
the formation of the new local-based party.
Upset with earlier appointments It is believed
that many of the division chiefs, including
Jeffrey himself, were disappointed with
Anwar's decision to appoint Ahmad
Thamrin Jaini as the party's new chief in Sabah.
Sabahan Ahmad Thamrin was named as the new
state PKR chief recently after a group of division
chiefs expressed no-confidence in PKR
vice-president Azmin Ali leading the state PKR.
Liew's resignation rejected The appointment
was said to be on a temporary basis as the
party election at the state level would
probably be held next year.
It is reliably
learnt that the PKR leadership had also
rejected the resignation of former Sabah PKR
deputy chairman Christina Liew as a
supreme council member. In announcing
her resignation on Oct 28, Liew had said
she would remain as a party member and
retain the post of Kota Kinabalu division chief.
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