SAPP Not Part Of Independent Block In Parliment, Says Yong

KOTA KINABALU, March 11 (Bernama) -- The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) will not join the so-called independent block of parlimentarians who left Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) recently.
Its president, Datuk Yong Teck Lee, said that as such, SAPP's two members of Parliment Datuk Eric Majimbun and Datuk Dr Chua Soon Bui were not individual independents.
"They are from SAPP representing Sabah interests. However, SAPP will participate in non-BN bodies that promote Sabah's interests.
"On this basis, SAPP's two MPs are part of the Parliamentary Caucus on petroleum led by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah because this directly affects Sabah's interests," he said in a statement here on Thursday.
In rebutting comments by Pasir Mas Datuk Ibrahim Ali in a news portal, Malaysiakini, and other media yesterday suggesting that SAPP's two MPs were part of his "independent block", Yong said:
"Our stance remains that we left the BN government in 2008 because we have lost confidence on the BN resolving Sabah's problems which have since got worse by the day.
"This is why SAPP is cooperating with the opposition Pakatan Rakyat in Parliament to topple this BN administration.
"Any lies by some politicians in Kota Kinabalu, Sipitang and Sandakan and on the Internet in recent days that SAPP is returning to BN are desperate attempts to weaken SAPP's struggle for Sabah," he said.

tunku : it is best that sapp be with pakatan rakyat.the bn should not accept sapp anymore in the future.sabahan don't need party like sapp as this party is out there to divide the people and poison the mind of sabahan.we challenge yong teck lee to dissolve sapp and join pkr.i am sure he won't as he want to be the "president" of a party than just a ordinary leader of a party.he has never put the interest of the people ahead of his own personal interest.