Ronnie Liu, who was voted into the Selangor DAP committee on Sunday, said he recalled the PPBM chairman calling “the Umno guys ‘useless’ and ‘rubbish'” at a meeting just before the May 9 polls.
He said Mahathir had also assured those present, including himself and Hindraf leader P Waytha Moorthy, that he would not accept “frogs” from Umno.
“Well, sir, if they are such useless rubbish, I certainly hope you won’t be a rubbish collector and take them into PPBM,” Liu said in a post on his Patreon page, a subscription content service for online creators.
He added that Mahathir, who is chairman of Pakatan Harapan (PH) had already “broken his promise twice” by taking Jeli MP Mustapa Mohamed and Bagan Serai MP Noor Azmi Ghazali into PPBM’s fold.
The former Umno lawmakers had left the party after the 14th general election which saw Barisan Nasional booted out of power for the first time by Mahathir’s coalition of DAP, PPBM, Amanah and PKR.
Liu, who is Sungai Pelek assemblyman, said if Mahathir accepted the former Sabah Umno leaders, it would be seen as a betrayal of voters who had elected to remove the party from government.
“Don’t tell me now you want them to come back into the government through a PPBM backdoor?” he added.
Yesterday, 36 elected representatives, senators and division heads in Sabah announced that they were leaving Umno, effectively crippling the party’s state chapter which was established in 1991.
Although the four MPs and nine state assemblymen who left said they were now independents, speculation is rife that their move was in preparation for their joining PPBM, which has yet to start its chapter in Sabah.
Fuelling such talk was confirmation by Mahathir yesterday that several Sabah Umno leaders had approached him before their decision.
But the prime minister refused to say if the party-less MPs would find a new home in PPBM.
“We have to see how they behave. If they are supportive and didn’t do anything wrong in the past, we will accept them,” he told reporters last night.
In his post, Liu acknowledged that PPBM had “only very few” MPs compared to DAP and PKR but voiced hope that the party would be able to win more seats, urging Mahathir to be “patient”.
“Why try to grow big fast like this?” he asked. “This is not the right way.
“Do you know at one time, PKR had only one MP (Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail)? Do you know at one time, DAP was reduced to only nine MPs? We persevered and we grew organically. That is the way to do it.
“If you allow a reverse takeover of PPBM by Umno, it will ruin whatever good things you have done for PH. Don’t let this happen.”
DAP: Dr M pernah gelar pemimpin Umno ‘tidak berguna’, ‘sampah’
PETALING JAYA - DAP mendakwa Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sudah 2 kali melanggar janji apabila menerima bekas pemimpin Umno, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed dan Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali menyertai PPBM.
Setiausaha DAP Selangor Ronnie Liu berkata, beliau pernah mendengar Dr Mahathir menggelar pemimpin Umno sebagai “tidak berguna” dan “sampah” sewaktu pertemuannya dengan beberapa aktivis dan NGO.
“Saya tertanya-tanya adakah Dr Mahathir masih ingat pertemuannya dengan beberapa aktivis dan NGO menjelang pilihan raya umum ke-14 (PRU14) apabila beliau memberi jaminan ketika itu tidak akan menerima ‘katak’ daripada Umno.
“Saya masih ingat lagi, kerana saya berada di sana bersama-sama Waytha Moorthy. Ya, Waytha Moorthy yang kini sudah menjadi menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri.
“Saya masih ingat Dr Mahathir menggelar pemimpin Umno ‘tidak berguna’ dan ‘sampah’. Jika mereka sampah, saya sendiri berharap Dr Mahathir tidak akan menjadi pengutip sampah dan membawa mereka yang lain masuk ke dalam PPBM,” katanya.
Tambah Ronnie, Dr Mahathir akan dilihat sebagai pengkhianat kepada pengundi pada PRU14 yang berhasrat menumbangkan kerajaan diketuai Umno, sekiranya membawa “katak” dari Sabah yang meninggalkan Umno semalam untuk menyertai PPBM.
“Jangan katakan kepada saya sekarang ini Dr Mahathir mahu mereka masuk semula ke dalam kerajaan melalui pintu belakang PPBM. Saya sedar PPBM hanya mempunyai beberapa ahli Parlimen sahaja, berbanding DAP dan PKR.
“Namun saya yakin di masa akan datang PPBM akan boleh menang lebih banyak kerusi. Bersabarlah, kenapa cuba segera membesar dengan cara begini. Ini bukanlah cara yang betul,” katanya.
Ronnie berkata, sekiranya Dr Mahathir membenarkan pemimpin Umno dari Sabah yang keluar dan menyertai PPBM, ia akan menyebabkan perkara baik dilakukannya musnah.
“Adakah Dr Mahathir tahu, pada satu ketika PKR hanya mempunyai seorang ahli Parlimen sahaja iaitu Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
“Adakah Dr Mahathir juga tahu pada satu ketika kerusi ahli Parlimen DAP pernah berkurangan sebanyak 9 kerusi. Kita jaga dan kita membesar secara organik. Inilah caranya,” katanya.
Umno Sabah kini lumpuh apabila Pengerusinya, Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor bersama sekumpulan wakil rakyat dan ketua bahagian meninggalkan parti itu untuk menjadi ahli politik bebas.
Mereka yang keluar parti itu terdiri daripada 9 Adun, 4 ahli Parlimen, 2 senator dan 21 ketua bahagian Umno Sabah.
Dr Mahathir sebelum ini mendedahkan Mustapa beberapa kali bertemunya semasa masih menjadi menteri. Ketika itu, Mustapa menyatakan rasa tidak gembira dengan pentadbiran Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
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