PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the four other parliamentarians who were booted out of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia recently have claimed that they are still members of the party.
They said the letter issued by Bersatu organising secretary Muhammad Suhaimi Yahya or statements by any individual did not change the fact that their sacking was against the party constitution and was motivated by bad intentions.
“Excuses that we lost our membership because we sat in certain seats in Parliament is not in the party constitution,” they said in a joint statement on Tuesday (June 2).
The statement was jointly issued by Dr Mahathir, his son Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah and Dr Maszlee Malik.
Suhaimi had sent them letters saying that their membership ceased after they decided to sit with the Opposition during the Parliament meeting on May 18.
They five, however, said they never declared they were leaving the party or joining any other political party in the country.
“Our choice not to support the government of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin or Perikatan Nasional does not mean we left the party.
“This cannot be determined by the organising secretary unless a complaint has been made to the disciplinary committee and the accused is given the opportunity to defend himself,” they said.
They added that Article 6 of the party referred to the objective and the goal behind the establishment of the party, with Article 6.7 stating the agenda of fighting corruption and the misuse of power.
On May 29, Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the five terminated their membership on their own volition and were not expelled.
The five were issued letters on May 28 stating that they had terminated their memberships with immediate effect under the Clauses 10.2.2 and 10.2.3 of the Bersatu party constitution by preferring to sit with the opposition bloc in Parliament on May 18.
Clauses 10.2.2 and 10.2.3 state that the membership of a member will be terminated automatically through the actions of announcing their exit from the party and partaking or joining as a member of any other political party in the country.
Dr M: Muhyiddin came to see me alone several times urging we leave Pakatan
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has claimed that Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had met him several times alone to convince him to abandon the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
This was before a highly publicised Bersatu meeting on Feb 23 that decided to officially leave the coalition.
The ex-premier admitted that he did not reject the suggestion but told Muhyiddin that he would have to think about it.
“But I did not agree to leave at that time because I was from Pakatan that won in our battle to topple Datuk Seri Najib Razak,” he said in a video released Tuesday (June 2).
Dr Mahathir said it was odd for Bersatu to work with Najib again, after toppling him in the 14th General Election.
He also said there was no reason to reject Pakatan although many had said that the coalition was supposedly led by DAP.
“There was no way DAP could be in charge of Pakatan. As the Prime Minister, there was no way I would agree with any suggestions that did not consider everyone, especially the Malays,” he said.
In the video, Dr Mahathir admitted to meeting the leaders of several parties who were planning to oust Pakatan as the government.
The leaders included Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang, Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, Muhyiddin, former PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) duo Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
A picture of the meeting had gone viral on social media recently.
Dr Mahathir said that the meeting was conducted at his home, according to his programme, after Bersatu had a supreme council meeting on Feb 23.
“We had met to discuss the decision made by the supreme council meeting. That was the reason we met. After the meeting, all would go to the palace to meet with the King,” said Dr Mahathir.
He said that in the Bersatu meeting, there were suggestions to leave Pakatan but Dr Mahathir said that they should think more about a matter as serious as that.
“They agreed to give me time to agree with their suggestion. Tan Sri Muhyiddin gave me one week to make a decision. But they had already planned to leave Pakatan,” he said.
He added that after the meeting in his house, the party leaders went to the Istana.
Dr Mahathir said he, however, did not go to the Istana because he wanted to think about the decision made by the Bersatu supreme council.
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