PETALING JAYA: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Johari Abdul replied to Bersatu on the status of the parliamentary seats of four Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) MPs who quit Sabah Bersatu on Monday (Jan 16).
According to sources in Parliament, the letter was sent to Bersatu vice-president Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee on Monday afternoon.
“The letter was sent to the Beluran MP (Kiandee), as he was the complainant,” the source said briefly.
However, the sources did not reveal the contents of the Speaker’s reply to Kiandee.
Attempts to contact Kiandee on the matter are currently underway.
It is understood that Speaker Datuk Johari Abdul will not be issuing any statements on the matter.
Last week, Johari had said a decision would be finalised on whether the four MPs who remained as members of GRS after quitting Bersatu would get to keep their parliamentary seats.
On Dec 29 last year, Kiandee said Bersatu had sent a notice to the Dewan Rakyat about the vacancies of the four parliamentary seats occupied by its former leaders.
The four MPs were Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali (Papar), Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (Batu Sapi), Datuk Matbali Musah (Sipitang) and Datuk Jonathan Yassin (Ranau).
Kiandee also said a letter from Sabah Bersatu to Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dated Nov 3 showed that the four were contesting as Bersatu members.
However, Kiandee said on Dec 10, Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor announced that Sabah Bersatu party leaders, including its MPs, had left the party, citing consideration of the current political landscape.
