The grassroots members from the party’s Pendang, Jerai, Sungai Petani and Alor Setar divisions said they felt that they had been made fools because they had spent time, energy and money for its cause only for everything to go to waste with the general election imminent.
Their spokesman Shukor Shamsuddin, 38, a grassroots member from the Pendang division, told a media conference: “We demand that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (party chairman), Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (party president), Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir (deputy president), secretary-general Datuk Shahruddin Md Salleh and executive secretary Muhammad Suhaimi Yahya make a public apology to all members for their failure to lead the party properly which has resulted in this action by RoS.”
The temporary suspension order came after the party failed to furnish certain documents by March 29 to the Registrar.
Kedah Barisan Nasional chief Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said PPBM had been mired in problems since it was founded less than two years ago.
“They can’t even run their own party, how to govern the counrty?,” he said.
In MARANG, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said Dr Mahathir should have known better about the importance of the documents.
Abdul Hadi, who is MP for Marang and assemblyman for Rhu Rendang, said he did not know if (the failure to furnish the documents) was done on purpose or not, and said he preferred to stay out of the matter because it was not PAS business.