Gerakan man in hot water after proposing BN candidate
CAMERON POLLS | Cameron Highlands Gerakan chief Ho Kip Yap admits that he has landed in hot water with his party leaders after acting as the proposer for BN candidate Ramli Mohd Nor in the Cameron Highlands by-election.
However, Ho defended his decision, stating that Gerakan needed to take cognisance of BN's role as the government in Pahang.
"Since Gerakan is not contesting (in the by-election), I decided to nominate him (Ramli)...
CAMERON POLLS | Cameron Highlands Gerakan chief Ho Kip Yap (right in photo) admits that he has landed in hot water with his party leaders after acting as the proposer for BN candidate Ramli Mohd Nor in the Cameron Highlands by-election.
However, Ho defended his decision, stating that Gerakan needed to take cognisance of BN's role as the government in Pahang.
"Since Gerakan is not contesting (in the by-election), I decided to nominate him (Ramli).
"I was once a BN assemblyperson so until now I still support BN. We have to know that this is a BN state where the land and farms are under the BN government," he told Malaysiakini.
Ho had raised eyebrows when he turned up at the nomination centre in Tanah Rata this morning for Ramli. Gerakan had quit BN in June last year.
Ho admitted that he had acted as proposer without informing his party leaders.
"They did not know, I thought it was just a small matter since we are not contesting," he said.
Ho acknowledged that fellow party members are now upset at him for the move.
He said some party members had pushed for Gerakan to contest in the by-election.
"But the Gerakan division here and I are not in favour of it. If the party contests here, the situation would be miserable," he said.
Ho stressed that Gerakan will not be campaigning for BN in the by-election.
Gerakan president Dominic Lau (photo) later released a statement saying he has instructed the party's disciplinary committee to issue a show-cause letter to Ho, to demand an explanation, as this was a serious breach of party discipline.
"The party leadership was never consulted prior to his action.
"Ho’s action was unauthorised by the party, and therefore it does not represent Gerakan," he said.
Gerakan has yet to decide which candidate to support as it wants to gauge their proposals and commitment to the people of Cameron Highlands first, he said.
"In this sense, Ho has personally pre-empted the party's decision and undermine the interest of the party in his action in the nomination process earlier today," he said.
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