Kok: LDP Should Gather Self Respect To Quit BN
(Malaysian Mirror) – SHAH ALAM – Teresa Kok today said that Sabah Chief Minister and UMNO Sabah Chairman Panglima Musa Haji Aman’s unilateral decision to change the Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah without consulting the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) makes plain the disregard and contempt that UMNO has for fellow Barisan Nasional component parties.
In her media statement, Kok criticised the unequal relationship in the coalition whereby Musa Aman has “created a situation whereby both Deputy Chief Ministers are from the same party, i.e. Parti Bersatu Sabah and the Chief Minister is of course from UMNO.”
“As in Peninsula Malaysia, UMNO is the overwhelmingly dominant BN component party in Sabah. UMNO Sabah dictates all manners of policy in their coalition without consulting other BN component parties.”
She said that UMNO’s “Big Brother” attitude marginalised other BN component parties and make them at the mercy of UMNO when it comes to decisions of holding any position in the state government.
Kok added that the callous manner in which Sandakan UMNO Youth Chief Haji Awang Kadin Tang dismissed and belittled LDP’s complaint of this matter is testimony to that fact.
