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| UPKO Komulakan fully behind acting president – BorneoPost Online <b>...</b> Posted: 09 Apr 2014 11:51 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU: UPKO's Komulakan questions the motive of the party's Supreme Council members who claimed of irregularities in the reappointment of fellow council members by acting president Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau. The movement's chief, Ewon Benedick, in a statement yesterday said: "I wonder what is their motive in bringing this up now, especially when they had not objected to it when Tan Sri Bernard Dompok first made the appointments last year and again when he recommended the appointments to be made during the last Supreme Council meeting he chaired on March 19." "As the elected UPKO Komulakan chief, I would like to express our undivided support to the acting president, Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau, to lead and command the party as he is constitutionally elevated to the position. "Being UPKO Kota Belud chief too, I would like to mention that our recent divisional meeting made a resolution to support Datuk Madius and I would like to reiterate the same level of support to him," Ewon said. Ewon added that it was therefore regretful that certain members of the Supreme Council had made a public statement questioning Madius' recent decision, which actually was in accordance with the party's constitution. UPKO vice president Datuk DrMarcus Mojigoh has explained what transpired in the Supreme Council meeting on March 31, he said, adding that by making public the group's complaint, their spokesperson's credibility as a leader has to be questioned. "This has exposed a question of credibility in UPKO Youth chief Arthur Sen's leadership as he was part of the meeting on March 31, knowing well the constitution and had then expressed his opinion. "But on another day, he seems to be in the dark on the role he had played and the constitution itself. This applies too to all those who were purportedly named in Arthur's statement because they too were also at the March 31 meeting. According to Ewon, he also noticed that several divisional chiefs, who are also new faces in the Supreme Council, were reported to be in the group led by Arthur. Ewon said in his opinion, they should be focusing on strengthening the party service and their leadership in their own division. Otherwise, it will raise questions as to whether they really command the support in their respective divisions, he said. In Ewon's opinion, the group's action appears to be an attempt to destabilize the party and it should serve as a lesson that self-damage and destruction of a party can be due to internal factor. "I therefore would like to remind all members to remember this and stand united against this kind of move. I agree with Marcus that Madius must be given a chance to prove his ability to lead the party and that we should give him all our support," he said. Ewon pointed out that there are certain leaders in the party who were given more than enough terms of authority in the government and members of the party know very well about his performance. Madius should be given his chance too. "I notice that they have been proposing Datuk Ewon Ebin as one of the party's vice presidents. But as much as I can recall, his (Ewon) last public statement was that he objected to the result of our party's election in October last year. "He has yet to make any public statement that he had since accepted the result. It brings a question to me whether you should appoint someone who objects to the decision by the very delegates who voted clearly who should lead the party," Ewon said. He stressed that UPKO Komulakan will be at the frontline to safeguard the interest of the party. "All these while, we, the younger ones, had felt that the UPKO leadership was very diplomatic and accommodating. The time has come, we strongly believe, that we should be more aggressive. A tooth for a tooth. Fight we will and we will even deliver the first blow. "And as long as I am UPKO Kota Belud chief, we will play that role to the best of our capabilities. We are here to serve the rakyat and the nation, not the agenda of certain individuals. We subscribe to the objective of the party clearly mentioned in the constitution with focus, daring and sincerity," Ewon said.   |
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