Bersatu vice-president Ronald Kiandee’s open call for party president Muhyiddin Yassin’s resignation has exposed a widening rift with a faction said to support party deputy president Hamzah Zainudin.

Various party leaders at the central and division levels today promptly issued statements responding to Ronald, with critics pointing to the Sabah Bersatu chief’s “failure” in leading Perikatan Nasional at the last Sabah state polls.