By : Joniston Bangkuai
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party member of parliament for Sepanggar Datuk Eric Enchin Majimbun has denied that he would support a parliamentary motion of no confidence in the prime minister.
Majimbun said his statement issued on Wednesday, when party president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee held a press conference to announce that the SAPP would push for a vote of no confidence in Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, made no mention of supporting such a move.
"If you read my statement carefully, I only stated that I had lost confidence in the leadership," said Majimbun, who was not present at the June 18 press conference and at the SAPP supreme council meeting on Friday.
Majimbun, who returned here from an official visit to Europe on Saturday, said he would be meeting Yong to find out more about the party's decision to endorse the no-confidence motion.
However, both Majimbun and Chua were absent when Parliament reconvened yesterday.
Majimbun said he decided not to attend the sitting because he was against the motion on inflation tabled by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad.
"I did not want to participate in something that would do little to ease the burden of the people caused by the drastic increase in fuel prices," he said, adding that he also had to attend the funeral of a relative.
Majimbun declined to state his stand on the no-confidence motion before he met Yong.
"I have to discuss the matter with the party president first. I need a thorough briefing on what the party has decided," Majimbun said.
The two-term MP also said that he would also have to look at the "overall political scenario" before making his stand on the matter.
On whether he would prefer the SAPP to remain in the Barisan Nasional, Majimbun said the matter was best left to the BN supreme council to decide.
Meanwhile, SAPP claimed that both Majimbun and Chua had received threatening text messages and phone calls following the party's move to push for a vote of no confidence in the prime minister.
Both had been summoned "to the party headquarters here for consultations on the next course of action, including on their safety," Yong said in a statement.
"We have received reports of intimidating and bullying tactics, including illegal banners instigating unspecified actions against Chua which appeared overnight in Tawau," Yong said.
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