SUPP facing ‘life and death’ struggle, says ex-chief
SUPP deputy secretary general Wong Soon Koh believes that asking him to explain why he joined the state Cabinet is an insufficent reason to convene a CC meeting.
(Free Malaysia Today) – KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) is self-immolating and party president George Chan cannot seem to see the urgency in heeding members’ call for him to step down.
In the face of the deepening infighting among party leaders, former president Woon Soon Kai issued an “urgent” warning to Chan.
He said Chan and the current leadership must resign en bloc now in order to pull the party out from its worst crisis.
“They must resign en bloc… it’s a matter of life and death for the party.
“To save the party, they must think what is best for the party instead of fighting among themselves for the top posts.
“Chan should fulfil his task and put the party in order before he quits.
“They (leadership) must also convene its triennial delegates’ conference as soon as possible to elect a new set of leaders,” he said, adding that there was no reason for them to hold on to their positions in the party.
Following SUPP’s dismal perfromance in the April 16 state election and Chan’s shocking defeat to a DAP greenhorn in Piasau, he had tendered his resignation.
The party’s central leadership, however, rejected his resignation and asked him to wait till the end of the year.
Wong, who had himself resigned as president after he failed to win the Bukit Assek constituency in the 1996 state election, said Chan must resign immediately in order to save the party.
Personal agenda
Meanwhile, SUPP deputy secretary-general Wong Soon Koh has accused a “certain leader” of trying to topple him.
Soon Koh, who declined to name the individual, said the “leader” considered him to be the “biggest obstacle” to him assuming the leadership of SUPP.
“Plainly speaking, that person considers me the biggest obstacle.
“He is trying every means to pull me down to achieve his personal agenda,” he said in a letter addressed to the leaders of the party.
A copy of the letter was made available to a number of reporters.
“I believe that the series of events unfolding in the party is a plot by a certain individual to assume the leadership even at the expense of the party’s survival,” Soon Koh said.
Many have speculated the “leader” to be SUPP treasurer-general David Teng.
