A group claiming to represent 30 of the 41 divisions of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) has expressed disappointment with the way four expelled members have been re-admitted to the party, two years after they were sacked for gross insubordination.

The ‘G4' comprising state assembly representatives Peter Nansian (Tasik Biru), Sylvester Entri (Marudi), Paulus Palu Gumbang (Batu Danau) and Rosey Yunus (Bekenu) were accepted back on March 20, but the move has not gone down well within the party.

In a statement to Malaysiakini , the group said the move was made without due consultation, and is not in accordance with the party constitution and decisions made during key meetings.

“(At these meetings) it was explicitly stated that the party ‘shall and will not accept the G4 back to be members of the party should there be any application from them’,” it said.

“Any attempt to reverse this resolution can only be done at the same forum. Even the supreme council does not have absolute authority to over-ride the decision of the delegates in approving the resolution passed.

“We wonder as well as to the validity of the certificates of reinstatement. As far as we know ... such certificates don’t exist and it is not part and parcel of the mechanism currently used to admit new members.”

The group urged party president William Mawan (left) and his deputy Tiong King Sing to provide a plausible explanation as to how this “gross mis-step” could have occurred.

It said the party has remained strong and intact without the presence of the G4 and “we are fully aware that the four seats will remain with the party”.

The group also called on Mawan to resign if he has no political will and wisdom to resolve the problem.

“The party ... belongs to all of its members who have a say in the manner in which the party is being run.  It doesn't belong to any single individual, a group of individual members or a family of any particular single individual,” they added.

The writer, who uses a pseudonym, is based in Sarawak.