President of de-registered PASOK joins PKR

By Ezra Haganez

KOTA KINABALU : Former President of now-deregistered PASOK, Cleftus Mojingol, is joining opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

Mojingol who is currently on a business trip in Taiwan, issued his statement to join PKR through his one-time secretary-general of PASOK, Kanul Gindol, in Kota Kinabalu today. Kanul was also a former PKR Sabah state liaison secretary.

In his statement, Mojingol, who had been partyless for quite some time, said he made his decision to join PKR not long ago, based on requests from ex-PASOK members and supporters.

"I also made my own personal evaluation on the PKR support among the Kadazandusun community and I found out that PKR does have an overwhelming support and it already augurs well for PKR and Sabah.

"I was also taking into consideration that being in PKR or Pakatan Rakyat, the community's plights or ideas would be much easier to be heard," said Mojingol.

He said he would hand over his membership application form together with other leaders to PKR leader, Anwar Ibrahim during his visit to Sandakan on April 12 (Friday).  

"I would like to see Pakatan Rakyat be further consolidated. We should help the party formulate inclusive policies that would protect our rights and also achieve the people's aspirations," said the seasoned politician.

Mojingol also called on all ex-PASOK members and supporters to join with him on April 12 in Sandakan during Anwar's visit.

"I would like to appeal to our supporters to give an undivided support for PKR so that Pakatan Rakyat could garner the majority seats to form the new Federal Government," he said adding that it is time to breath a fresh air into the state-federal relationship under a new party.