Malaysia

PBB accepts Puncak Borneo MP Willie as ordinary party member

Lawmaker, currently with Bersatu, among those expelled from PKR in 2020

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 06 Aug 2022 6:40PM

PBB accepts Puncak Borneo MP Willie as ordinary party member
Datuk Willie Mongin is the current deputy plantation industries and commodities minister, and had applied to join Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu earlier this year. – Willie Mongin - P.198 Puncak Borneo Facebook pic, August 6, 2022

KUCHING – Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), which forms the bulk of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak coalition, has accepted Puncak Borneo MP Datuk Willie Mongin’s application as a member.

Announcing this after chairing PBB’s supreme council meeting here today, party president Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said Willie’s admission into the party would be as an ordinary member and without any commitment.

“(Accepted) as an (ordinary member). That’s all. Don’t embellish it. As an ordinary member, because he (Willie) supports PBB as a good party,” he told a press conference after the meeting.

Willie, who is the deputy plantation industries and commodities minister and a member of Bersatu, had applied to join PBB earlier this year.

He won the Puncak Borneo seat in 2018 on a PKR ticket but was expelled by the party along with several other MPs in 2020 who were aligned to its then deputy president, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. – Bernama, August 6, 2022

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