KOTA KINABALU – Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi is still the state assemblyman for Segama although he had quit Warisan on October 30, said Sabah Speaker Datuk Kadzim M. Yahya.
He said that on October 30, he received an email from Mohamaddin about a letter and document cancelling the promise document signed with Warisan before the Sabah election last year.
“Then on November 1, my office received a letter from a law firm claiming that it was acting on behalf of Mohamaddin, with the letter stating his resignation as the Segama assemblyman.
“The next day, my office received a letter and statutory declaration from Mohamaddin denying that he had signed the resignation letter submitted on October 30 or that he had appointed the law firm on his behalf,” he said at a media conference here today.
Kadzim also said that he himself had met Mohamaddin face to face yesterday to ask him about the matter, and Mohamaddin had said that he did not resign as the assemblyman for Segama.
“I also received a statutory declaration from him that he had never resigned as the assemblyman, and I also wish to stress here that based on the law, a resignation letter with no date is invalid. Hence, Mohamaddin remains the Segama assemblyman.
On October 30, Mohamaddin, who is also the MP for Lahad Datu, announced that he had quit Warisan to become an independent supporting the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah state government led by Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor.
He is the third assemblyman from Warisan to leave the party after Sebatik assemblyman Hassan A. Gani Pg Amir and Sindumin assemblyman Yusof Yacob. – Bernama, November 17, 2021
