SANDAKAN: Over 1,300 Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) members from 12 branches of the Libaran parliamentary constituency announced today that they were quitting the party with immediate effect.
According to Kampung Sri Ujung 2 branch head Nolokman Tamal, who led the mass exodus from the party, 1,320 members, mostly from the Sungai Sibuga state constituency, quit the party after losing confidence with the party leadership.
"We resigned of our own free will, without any pressure.
"We would also like to pledge our support for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister, and Tan Sri Musa Aman as Sungai Sibuga assemblyman," he told a press conference here, today.
Nolokman also said that 1,250 of the departing members were from 112 branches in Sungai Sibuga; while 70 members were from one branch in the Gum-Gum state constituency.
On June 26, more than 1,000 members from 11 Libaran branches announced their departure from Warisan after losing confidence with its leadership. – BERNAMA