Jeffrey will stay put in Star, not join PCS

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah State Reform Party (Sabah Star) Deputy Secretary-General Guandee Kohoi said party Chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (pic) will stay put in the party despite efforts to entice him to join Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS). According to him, Dr Jeffrey had declined a Parti Cinta Sabah membership offer despite claims that Sabah Star was not able to open branches and recruit members.

"Dr Jeffrey Kitingan wants to remain consistent as he stood and won the Bingkor State seat on a Star ticket in GE13.

"It is not true that Star cannot open branches or register members," he clarified.

He said the party constitution is unique and under its constitution, there is no need to register divisions or branches.

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"It is purely an in-house administrative matter and free from hassles and legal compliances with the Registrar of Societies as had been faced by so many conventional political parties, including Umno, MIC, DAP and even LDP in Sabah in recent times," he said.

He said Star is an NGO-oriented party in Sabah and is independent of Star in Sarawak and derives its authority and power from the party constitution and its establishment is approved by the party's Supreme Council.

"He also believes in uniting all Sabahans rather than just a particular race or community. He is not worried about PCS which is his brainchild as Star and PCS are both members of the United Sabah Alliance (US) or Gabungan Sabah," he added.

Guandee said Dr Jeffrey had been consistent in his struggle and has not wavered since the 1980s despite being imprisoned under the draconian ISA more than two years in the early 1990s.

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Guandee said his struggle for Sabah and highlighting the rights of Sabahans is gaining ground now.

"The fight for Sabah rights are now beginning to be voiced by other political parties both in government and in the opposition. These rights are now receiving the attention of the Federal Government with a Special Committee to be formed to study the return of the 40 per cent net revenue entitlement and the devolution of powers to Sabah and Sarawak under the return of autonomy to the Borneo States," he said.

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