Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah welcomed a proposal by Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin to allow non-bumiputera members to hold positions in the party.
The Indera Mahkota MP said he viewed this as an important development for the party.
“When we (members) from (former PKR deputy president) Azmin Ali’s group wanted to join Bersatu, there were some non-bumiputera among us. We are not going to leave them on their own,” he added.
He was speaking to reporters after launching Oryctes, Malaysia’s first spot precision drone designed specifically for oil palm plantations at the Futurise premises today.
Saifuddin thanked the Bersatu president for setting up a committee to study the possibility of amending the party constitution to accommodate non-bumiputera members.
“To me, this is an important matter because we should be celebrating members who left PKR including non-bumiputeras,” he said, adding that this would be a boost to Perikatan Nasional (PN).
“There will be diversity in PN. This is because there are parties dominated by a single race and if Bersatu is open to non-bumiputeras, there will be a party in the coalition with mixed membership.”
On Saturday, Muhyiddin said his party planned to create a new chapter to allow non-bumiputera associate members to hold positions in Bersatu.
The prime minister said a committee headed by veteran politician Rais Yatim would study this proposal and make recommendations to the Bersatu supreme council.
On the same day, Azmin officially announced he was joining Bersatu together with nine other MPs formerly from PKR, including Saifuddin.
- Bernama
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