Jeffrey claims Pairin is losing his memory

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan the President of the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) tried to preserve his support among voters in Keningau and Tambunan, as said by his brother, Star Sabah Chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

Jeffrey responded to Pairin’s accusation that “my own brother (Dr Jeffrey) took his friends from Yayasan Sabah with him and as a result we lost the Kadazandusun people there.” On this Jeffrey said, “I am shocked that my brother’s memory is already failing him.”

He said that Pairin has already forgotten that Jeffrey was dismissed from his post as Yayasan Sabah Director after the Umno/BN government wrested away power from PBS in 1994. Jeffrey also said, “And he should also know that I was about to sue the government for wrongful dismissal, but they decided to avert a trial and paid me an out-of-court settlement.” He added, “Under such circumstances, how was I to take away my friends, and where would I take them to?”

He also told Pairin that the reason there were no Kadazandusuns in senior positions in Yayasan Sabah today was due to the decision of the State BN Government to radically cut the number of employees in Yayasan Sabah in 2001 or 2002 by offering them VSS packages.

He claimed, “And most of those affected were Kadazandusun officers, so how on earth did Pairin come up with the silly idea that I was the cause of them leaving Yayasan?” He said that “Pairin is so proud of the formation of the RCI (Royal Commission of Inquiriy on Illegal Immigrants) and claims that PBS is still speaking up for the people’s rights.”