Ketapi still Segama assemblyperson after quitting Warisan - speaker

Mohamaddin Ketapi is still the state assemblyperson for Segama although he quit Parti Warisan Sabah on Oct 30, State Legislative Assembly Speaker Kadzim M Yahya said.

Kadzim said on Oct 30, he received an email from Mohamaddin about a letter and document which cancelled a promissory document that was signed with Warisan before the Sabah state election last year.

"Then on Nov 1, my office received a letter from a law firm claiming that it was acting on behalf of Mohamaddin with the letter stating his resignation as the Segama assemblyperson.

“The next day, my office received a letter and statutory declaration from Mohamaddin denying that he signed the resignation letter that was submitted on Oct 30 and also denied that he appointed the law firm on his behalf," Kadzim said at a media conference in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

He also said he physically met Mohamaddin on Tuesday to ask him on the matter and Mohamaddin stated he did not resign as the assemblyperson for Segama.

"I also received a statutory declaration from him that he never resigned as the assemblyperson and I also wish to stress that based on the law, a resignation letter with no date is invalid. Hence, Mohamaddin remains as the Segama assemblyperson.

On Oct 30, Mohamaddin, who is also the MP for Lahad Datu, announced he quit Warisan to become an independent assemblyperson supporting the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state government led by Chief Minister Hajiji Noor, and also remained as an independent MP.

He was the third assemblyperson from Warisan who left the party after Hassan A Gani Pg Amir (Sebatik) and Yusof Yacob (Sindumin).

Mohamaddin was the tourism, arts, and culture minister in the Pakatan Harapan federal administration.

- Bernama