Why chose to work with ‘bad guy’, LDP leader asks Warisan’s Junz

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KOTA KINABALU: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) organizing secretary Peter Chong Su Leong said Warisan, which initially proclaimed to carve its own path, has resorted to collaborating with Pakatan Harapan (PH) led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, knowing that the party on its own did not stand a chance in the 14th General Election (GE14).

He said Warisan could have contested all the parliamentary and state seats in Sabah if the party was confident about their capability, rather than working with peninsular-based parties which they previously viewed with disdain.

Referring to Tun Dr Mahathir, Chong reminded Warisan vice president Junz Wong that a “bad guy” or a bad politician could cause more damaging repercussions.

“Warisan was previously proud of being a purely local political party. Junz himself even criticized Democratic Action Party (DAP) for not defending Sabah rights after quitting the party,” he said.

Chong said it was regrettable that Warisan decided to work with PH headed by Dr Mahathir although it was widely known that the latter had always been labelled as the “bad guy” by the opposition.

“But now Warisan couldn’t wait to bring Mahathir back into the picture,” he said.

Chong claimed that Sabah was still suffering from the consequences of Dr Mahathir’s actions, including his alleged involvement in ‘Project IC’.

He said Junz had even blamed Dr Mahathir as the mastermind behind Project IC and the issue of illegal immigrants (PTI) in Sabah in a statement released on February 19, 2014.

At that time, Chong claimed, Junz had questioned Dr Mahathir’s alleged involvement in the issuance of Malaysian identification cards to PTI and urged the former prime minister to admit his mistakes and apologize to Sabahans.

“Does Junz remember what he said? Or has he conveniently forgotten his statement after joining Warisan and striking a deal with PH?” he queried.

Chong took Junz to task for ridiculing LDP President Datuk Seri Panglima Teo Chee Kang, who has been working hard to restore Sabah rights.

“Junz has admitted that Teo is a good man.

“So why make such irresponsible remarks and judge the good politicians instead of the actual bad guy in politics?” he asked.

Although Warisan has chosen to work with the “bad guy”, Chong believed that the majority of Sabahans would support good, well-intentioned politicians.

“As Junz said, Teo and LDP vice president Datuk Chin Shu Ying are both good men.

“Creating a fine political culture starts with choosing the good men in politics,” he opined.