KOTA KINABALU: A leadership tussle is on the cards for the Liberal Democratic Party as vice-president Datuk Pang Nyuk Meng looks keen to take on president Datuk V.K.Liew.
Pang, who is state assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, is prepared to go against a decision by the party's supreme council that the top two posts should not be contested and challenged Liew, who was defeated as the Sandakan MP in the May 5 general election.
"I am keen to contest but I have not made a firm decision because I need to get the opinion of my grassroots leaders. If they say contest, I will take up the decision. If they say don’t, I will respect their decision," he said on Sunday.
Pang’s move comes amid a resolution by the party’s supreme council that the posts of president and deputy president not be contested during the annual congress on Sept 19-20.
However, Pang said that that decision was not binding and it was for the 800 delegates to decide if there should be a contest for the two posts or any other positions.
Liew, a former deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department, has called on Pang to reconsider his decision to challenge him, urging him not be influenced by external factors.
Observers believed that a leadership tussle will further weakened the LDP, the oldest component party within Sabah Barisan Nasional.
The party’s controversial deputy president, Senator Datuk Chin Su Phin, has warned Pang that he would pay a heavy price should be lose in the fight.
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