{"id":5656,"date":"2020-08-25T17:59:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5656"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:59:58","slug":"saifuddin-welcomes-bersatu-plan-to-give-non-bumi-leadership-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5656","title":{"rendered":"Saifuddin welcomes Bersatu plan to give non-bumi leadership roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CYBERJAYA, Aug 25 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has welcomed a proposal by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to allow non-Bumiputera members to hold positions in the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifuddin, the Indera Mahkota Member of Parliament, said he viewed this as an important development for the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we from Datuk Seri Azmin Ali\u2019s group wanted to join Bersatu, there were some non-Bumiputeras among us. We are not going to leave them on their own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was speaking to reporters after launching\u00a0Oryctes, Malaysia\u2019s first spot precision drone designed specifically for oil palm plantations at the Futurise premises here today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saifuddin thanked the Bersatu president for announcing that a committee had been set up to study the possibility of amending the party constitution to accommodate these non-Bumiputera members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo me this is an important matter because we should be celebrating members who left Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) including non-Bumiputeras,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifuddin said this would be a boost to Perikatan Nasional (PN). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere will be diversity in Perikatan Nasional. This is because there are parties dominated by a single race and if Bersatu is open to non-Bumiputeras, there will be a party in the coalition with mixed membership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, Muhyiddin said Bersatu planned to create a new chapter to allow non-Bumiputera associate members to hold positions in the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prime minister said a committee headed by veteran politician Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim would study this proposal and make recommendations to the Bersatu Supreme Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same day, former PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali officially announced his joining Bersatu together with nine other MPs formerly from PKR, including Saifuddin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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