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KUCHING - A Sarawak PKR leader and state assemblyman for Ngemah Gabriel Adit is forming a new party known as Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia.
A group led by Adit will be meeting in Sibu today to announce the formation of the party and its pro tem office bearers.
It is reliably learnt that the party will be launched on Oct 15.
Adit (right) joined PKR early this year at a rousing gathering in Sibu which was attended by PKR top guns including its supremo Anwar Ibrahim. It is not known why Adit has changed his mind about PKR and decided to form a new party.
Sng, Tiong involved?
Sources told the Malaysian Mirror that Adit has been contacting a number of ex-PBDS members to join the group, but many have declined as they were unsure of those behind the formation of the new party.
Rumours have been rife that former Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) deputy president Sng Chee Hua is involved in the new party to pave the way for his son, Larry Sng, the state assemblyman for Pelagus, to join it later.
An assistant minister in the Chief Minister’s Office, Larry has been partyless since he was sacked from PRS two years ago.
Speculation is also rife that Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party treasurer and the MP for Bintulu, Tiong King Sing (left) could be among the prime movers of the new party. No reason is given as to why Tiong is involved.
There are also rumours that some PBB leaders are behind the formation of the new party in order to stop Dayaks from joining PKR.
The former president of the defunct PBDS Daniel Tajem has denied any involvement and has advised his former colleagues to be wary.
"Things are too fluid now," he said.
Sarawak PKR disappointed
In a story headlined ‘Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia to rival PKR?’ today, the Borneo Post quoted Sarawak PKR information chief See Chee How as saying that “the group forming the party should not be considered a PKR breakaway group” although he did not deny the possibility that certain PKR leaders were involved.
"We have heard about Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia too and that they are going to be launched in the middle of this month. We have heard that some PKR leaders are also involved. If this is true, of course we will be disappointed," he said.
See would not confirm claims that the chairman of the new party is currently a senior leader in Sarawak PKR.
The paper said that the group was deliberately formed under the name PRM to prevent Pakatan Rakyat, the opposition alliance spearheaded by PKR, from officially registering their name with the Registrar of Societies.
A group led by Adit will be meeting in Sibu today to announce the formation of the party and its pro tem office bearers.It is reliably learnt that the party will be launched on Oct 15.
Adit (right) joined PKR early this year at a rousing gathering in Sibu which was attended by PKR top guns including its supremo Anwar Ibrahim. It is not known why Adit has changed his mind about PKR and decided to form a new party.
Sng, Tiong involved?
Sources told the Malaysian Mirror that Adit has been contacting a number of ex-PBDS members to join the group, but many have declined as they were unsure of those behind the formation of the new party.
Rumours have been rife that former Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) deputy president Sng Chee Hua is involved in the new party to pave the way for his son, Larry Sng, the state assemblyman for Pelagus, to join it later.
An assistant minister in the Chief Minister’s Office, Larry has been partyless since he was sacked from PRS two years ago.
Speculation is also rife that Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party treasurer and the MP for Bintulu, Tiong King Sing (left) could be among the prime movers of the new party. No reason is given as to why Tiong is involved.There are also rumours that some PBB leaders are behind the formation of the new party in order to stop Dayaks from joining PKR.
The former president of the defunct PBDS Daniel Tajem has denied any involvement and has advised his former colleagues to be wary.
"Things are too fluid now," he said.
Sarawak PKR disappointed
In a story headlined ‘Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia to rival PKR?’ today, the Borneo Post quoted Sarawak PKR information chief See Chee How as saying that “the group forming the party should not be considered a PKR breakaway group” although he did not deny the possibility that certain PKR leaders were involved.
"We have heard about Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia too and that they are going to be launched in the middle of this month. We have heard that some PKR leaders are also involved. If this is true, of course we will be disappointed," he said.
See would not confirm claims that the chairman of the new party is currently a senior leader in Sarawak PKR.
The paper said that the group was deliberately formed under the name PRM to prevent Pakatan Rakyat, the opposition alliance spearheaded by PKR, from officially registering their name with the Registrar of Societies.
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